{"id":2288,"date":"2011-05-20T05:02:23","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T09:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedockchurch.org\/blog\/?p=2288"},"modified":"2011-05-22T18:38:22","modified_gmt":"2011-05-22T22:38:22","slug":"next-book-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/2011\/next-book-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Next Book Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All you bibliophiles out there&#8230; after much debate and shifting around (all my fault! our old Book Group habit of meeting at Saturday lunchtime clashes with the walking tours!) we have a new time and a new book for the next Dock Book Group.<\/p>\n<p>The time is 9:30am on Saturday 28th May in the luxury surroundings of the TQ Premier Inn &#8211; early enough to make a good head start on the day, but not <em>painfully<\/em> early! &#8211; and the Premier Inn does a good breakfast (or a top-notch cup of coffee)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedockchurch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/41SUW2F0FfL._SS500_.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2289\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/2011\/next-book-group\/41suw2f0ffl-_ss500_\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/41SUW2F0FfL._SS500_.jpg?fit=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Love Wins\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/41SUW2F0FfL._SS500_.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/41SUW2F0FfL._SS500_.jpg?fit=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2289\" title=\"Love Wins\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedockchurch.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/41SUW2F0FfL._SS500_-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/41SUW2F0FfL._SS500_.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/41SUW2F0FfL._SS500_.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/41SUW2F0FfL._SS500_.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>The book, after much discussion, is Rob Bell&#8217;s newly-released <em>Love Wins<\/em>. \u00a0Could be a controversial choice &#8211; the blogosphere has been burning with debate even since before the book launched, many commentators feeling that Rob Bell had taken a step too far in his views. \u00a0But since it&#8217;s the book everyone&#8217;s talking about, the Dock Book Groupers felt it was good to have an informed view and actually read the thing! &#8211; some people appear to have written it off on the basis of the back cover blurb!<\/p>\n<p>The book deals with Heaven, Hell, life, death and everything in between (quite a light read then) &#8211; so whether we end up agreeing or disagreeing with Rob&#8217;s conclusions, it will be a great chat!<\/p>\n<p>You can find the book on Amazon <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Love-Wins-Heart-Lifes-Questions\/dp\/0007420730\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1305881957&amp;sr=8-1\">here<\/a> (and also watch a wee video from Rob giving an intro to his thinking) &#8211; it&#8217;s also available on Kindle and as an audiobook on iTunes.<\/p>\n<p><em>Chris<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All you bibliophiles out there&#8230; after much debate and shifting around (all my fault! our old Book Group habit of meeting at Saturday lunchtime clashes with the walking tours!) we have a new time and a new book for the next Dock Book Group. 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