Education
Faith & Fiction
Imagine
Fiction invites us to set aside ourselves and reflect the grace and empathy God shows to us all.
Walk with us through six short stories that spark faith and imagination.
These six stories were chosen to highlight a wide range of cultures, faith perspectives, and literary genres—from English and French classics to Native American, Muslim, African, and Latinx voices—each offering a unique lens on truth, tradition, and human experience.
Registration not required.
Selected Monday’s, 7:00 -8:30 PM
Meet in the Red Dog at Trowbridge Village, Lanier campus.
Nigerian
The Thing Around Your Neck
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
A meditation on grief and survival as a Nigerian woman seeks asylum, blending the personal with political themes.
PDF is found in the collection, The Thing Around Your Neck
French
The Necklace
by Guy de Maupassant
A Parisian woman’s desire for wealth leads to a devastating twist, a classic of irony and moral lesson.
English
The SIgnalma
by Charles Dickens
A haunting Victorian tale about premonitions and fate, showing Dickens’s mastery of atmosphere and suspense.
American Indian (Laguna Pueblo)
The Man to Send Rain Clouds
by Leslie Marmon Silko
Explores tradition, ritual, and cultural blending as Pueblo people incorporate Catholic rites into their own ceremonies.
British Pakistani Muslim
My Son the Fanatic
By Hanif Kureishi
A father struggles to understand his son’s turn toward religious fundamentalism.
Mexican American
Woman Hollering Creek
by Sandra Cisneros
Explores the voices of women in the U.S.–Mexico borderlands, weaving cultural myth with modern struggle.