Thoughtful Readers Gatherings

Good books and nourishing conversations for thoughtful readers curated by writer, spiritual director, and gatherer Charlotte Donlon.

With a few tweaks and a bit more attention and intention, author conversations and book discussions can be so much better than the typical experience.

It’s time for some fantastic author conversations and reader discussions with our Thoughtful Readers Gatherings and resources.

All Thoughtful Readers Gatherings and resources include a few simple liturgical elements to help participants have meaningful encounters.

Books Written by Charlotte Donlon

I wrote The Great Belonging because the formulas you’re looking for don’t exist.

From the Back of the Book:
What if loneliness is a necessary part of the human condition? What if it is a current that leads us deeper into belonging--to ourselves, to each other, and to God?

In The Great Belonging, writer and spiritual director Charlotte Donlon reframes loneliness and offers us a language for the disquiet within. Instead of turning away from the waters of loneliness for fear they will engulf us, she invites us to wade in and see what we find there. In vulnerable, thoughtful prose, Donlon helps us understand our own occasional or frequent loneliness and offers touchpoints for understanding alienation.

The Great Belonging is available wherever you buy books.

Charlotte’s next book about Spiritual Direction for Writers® will be published by Eerdmans in 2025.