At Church house we subscribe to Grove Books and regularly receive the latest editions. Initially the are placed on the filing cabinet which also holds the communal snack arsenal. This allows people to see what's arrived while grazing (or to Browse while they Browse*)
The top of the pile at the moment is Mission Shaped Hermit which looks at the life and teaching of Thomas Merton. In an idle moment over my lunchtime though I could not resist customising it [slightly]. I'm waiting to see when anyone will notice we now have, in effect, a muppets guide to mission.
(* recently discovered that browsing could refer to eating or looking, weird huh?)
I now want Muppest shaped church...
Animal as worship leader! Statler & Waldorf as church wardens!
That's fantastic! I think we could learn a lot from the muppets