Become an OXFORD READER by joining the Oxford Lodge's virtual reading group. Each month, we host lively, guided discussions on literary works from a wide range of genres and time periods; fiction, nonfiction, theology, essays, poetry and the occasional film. This allows us to practice a type of intellectual hospitality while further seeking to develop our own inner life, ie. maturity in Christ. In other words, we read, listen and share in order to develop and maintain a perspective on life consistent with all that is true, good and beautiful; to become who — in Christ Jesus — we truly are. If that sounds appealing or interesting to you, please sign on.

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October 2025:

Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson (1980)

    • Crossing to Safety, Wallace Stegner

    • What Stephen King Has Taught Me About the Real World.  Christ Community Church, Kansas City, MO

    • “Go with God”, Stanley Hauerwas

    • On the Incarnation, Athanasius, including the intro, “On Reading Old Books” by CS Lewis

    • Who Was Athanasius & Why Was He Important?  

    • On Christian Doctrine, St. Augustine

    • Letters, Ambrose, Bishop of Milan

    • Forty Gospel Homilies, Gregory the Great

    • Esther, Old Testament, ESV

    • Peter’s Denial of Jesus, MT 26:69-75 by Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis

    • Seven Exegetical Works, St Ambrose

    • The Work of Aurelius Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, On the Trinity

    • “A Surprising Route to the Best Life”, David Brooks

    • The Cappadocian Fathers:  A Brief Introduction

    • The Nicene Creed

    • Consolations, The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words, by David Whyte

    • “Can America Survive without Christianity?” on “Honesty”, Bari Weiss’ Podcast w Jonathan Rauch

    • Dub Mattox, What is Open?

    • Edwin Friedman, A Failure of Nerve

    • Homer, The Iliad

    • Tim Alberta, The Kingdom, the Power & the Glory

    • Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Children

    • Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, A World Split Apart

    • Walker Percy “Stoicism In the South”, Walker Percy: A Documentary Film, by Win Riley

    • Tracy Kidder, Mountains Beyond Mountains, The Quest of Dr Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World, by

    • Flannery O’Connor, “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”, “The Nature & Aim of Fiction”

    • Chad Holley, Shield the Joyous

    • Chaim Potok, The Chosen

    • Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses

    • David Whyte, “Seeking Language Large Enough”, in conversation with Krista Tippett, “On Being” Podcast

    • Wendell Berry, Jayber Crow

You may be wondering…

  • Oxford Readers is open to everyone—students and adults. The meetings are all online, so you can join from most anywhere.

  • Meetings occur once a month, typically in the evening.

  • Simply complete the form above and you’ll be on the list. You will receive an email with more details, including how to join the call.

  • We totally understand and will look forward to seeing you the following month.

  • Read the book! As best you can, try to live with it for the whole of the month. Then just show up for the gathering. You may participate in the conversation as much (or as little) as you like.

  • The Oxford Readers is currently a free, public offering from the Oxford Lodge.