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.
This year’s Faith & Fiction series explores stories from Latin America, Africa, South Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and the United States. These works invite conversation about Scripture and interpretation, tradition and progress, exile and love, the presence of God in ordinary life, the brevity of human existence, and the disruptive power of grace.
Registration not required.
Selected Monday’s, 7:00 -8:30 PM
Meet in the Red Dog at Trowbridge Village, Lanier campus.
Jorge Luis Borges
The Gospel According to Mark
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
A young man stranded on a remote ranch reads the Gospel of Mark to an isolated family who begins to understand the story in startlingly literal ways. Borges invites readers to consider how Scripture is heard, interpreted, and lived—and the surprising consequences of belief.
Chinua Achebe
Dead Men's Path
A progressive schoolmaster closes an ancient village footpath that local people regard as sacred, setting off a conflict between modern education and long-held tradition. Achebe raises enduring questions about humility, cultural understanding, and the costs of dismissing another person's faith.
Rabindranath Tagore
Kabuliwala
An Afghan fruit merchant living far from home forms an unlikely friendship with a young girl in Calcutta, reminding us that love, family, and longing transcend national, cultural, and religious boundaries. This tender story explores our shared humanity with remarkable warmth.
Leo Tolstoy
Where Love Is, There God Is Also
An elderly cobbler, grieving the loss of his family, waits expectantly for Christ to visit him. Through a series of ordinary encounters, he discovers that acts of compassion often become the very place where God is present. Tolstoy offers a moving meditation on faith lived through love.
Naguib Mahfouz
Half a Day
What begins as a boy's first day of school becomes an unforgettable allegory of an entire human life. Mahfouz reflects on the passage of time, the inevitability of change, and the wisdom gained as we journey from innocence to maturity.
Flannery O'Connor
Revelation
After an unexpected confrontation in a doctor's waiting room, a woman confident in her own righteousness is forced to reconsider herself and those around her. O'Connor's powerful story examines pride, grace, and the surprising ways God transforms the human heart.