Happy Columbus Day!
Trust all of you are doing well after a stormy weekend in many of our communities. Our prayers for those of you dealing with storm damage this week.
And this week is Fall Break for many more of our communities. Hope that means you
An Engagement in Doing
by Paul T. Jackson
Back around 1995 there was a book, Trends 2015, and in that book, if I remember correctly, the author took us on a historical tour of what happened over billions of years, and made a case for the fact that as
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Health Benefits of Reading Books for Pleasure
Beth Bruning discovered a Time magazine article that gives us a great discussion starter for this week!
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The YMCA: 175 Years of Innovation That Shaped America
Alex with Triangle2 Press shared information about one of their new books.
Catholic Librarians’ CLN Group
Current discussion: Catholic college or university that offers c
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Love this time of year! The Christy Award Announced Their Finalists.
Enjoy these 9 categories. The winners will be announced in Nashville on November 6.
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Laura Reed discovered her church’s library has its 40t
Happy Labor Day!
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In case you tried to open the links to our 3 CLN sponsors on the main page in recent days, all 3 links now work.
Our FOOTNOTE author, Paul T. Jackson challenges us this month based from his life ex
FOOTNOTE: Starting Over
© By Paul T. Jackson
All of us who are starting over are really at the point of a new beginning. It would be far better to use the term ‘starting anew.’ There are lots of beginnings. There are new births, new jobs, new skill
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Marie Terwilliger posted a Concourse question last Tuesday.
Paul T. Jackson is sharing a link to an interesting blog.
Be sure to see last week’s commen
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Babs Harris requests pertinent questions that all of us need to ponder in one form or another.
Melanie Makin is asking an interesting question for us to consider this week.
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How God Used a "Novel" Approach to Reach My Neighbor for God
One of our authors, Diane Moody, had a recent experience with her neighbor that will amaze all of us in showing how God uses Christian fiction to draw people to Him
FOOTNOTE: AUGUST 2026
I’m reading the book, The Dangerous Act of Worship, and thinking about how Christians are perceived, at least here in America by the un-churched, and those who have left the church, and in reflection, I am concluding, we as a gr
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The Christy Awards Gala and Conference will be in Nashville this November.
New School Year? New Church/Synagogue/Parish Year? - Q&A - Church Librarians Network
What Did You Learn from Your Summer Reading Challenge?
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Hi Everyone! WHAT’S NEW! How do you advertise new books to the collection? Kristine Primm sent this great question for us to share ideas this week. Tammy Brown shared what they did this summer in the First Baptist Church, Killen, Al |
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Church Roundtable Group Recommendations Request
Last Tuesday, Ann Nored requested recommendations for their group discussions. She has already received some recommendations. What would you add?
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Wow! What a week on the Church Librarians Network. One post as of this minute has 148 views. Thank you, Dottie, for starting this discussion about banned books.
If you have not read the post AND all the comments, carve out some time this
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Hope all of you had a great July 4th weekend! Things have been quiet on the CLN for a week or more but today things are getting back to normal. Welcome back!
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We have not grappled with banning books on the CLN. Dot
FOOTNOTE: JULY 2026
I was contemplating going camping this weekend, after a hiatus of some 8 years not
doing anything like this. Most of my camping has always been done with others or some
partner. I’ve been waiting for someone to be discovered who wou
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Take a look at 19 CLN posts of July 4 decorations.
Opportunity to Get Books, DVDs, and Supplies in Middle Tennessee
If you live in middle Tennessee, consider it a great opportunity to help one of our members make space
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Babs Harris shared a special experience on the first day of VBS last week. And I had a surprise experience on the last day of VBS.
Did your team do anything special for dads yesterday?
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