Teachers: We’d like to hear from you!

Attention K-12 teachers of reading / literature / poetry (or art or music or theater): What books are you recommending / assigning to your students? What do your students particularly enjoy reading – or enjoy having read to them?  Please let us know by giving the title and author to the Bookstore’s Cashier. Thank you!

Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha

Are you interested in reading material from the same time as Biblical writing, but for one reason or another was not included in the Bible? The Apocrypha and the pseudepigrapha are considered non-canonical by many Christians, but are included in some traditions Bibles. These ancient Jewish and Christian texts include books like the Gospel of Thomas, the Book of Enoch, 1st and 2nd Maccabees, the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, the Gospel of Peter, and the Gospel of Mary.

The Gospel of Thomas presents alternative early Christian beliefs and teachings that are not found in the accepted Gospels.  Your Bookstore carries some of this material and can get others for interested readers. Beacon Bookstore also carries several books offering background and additional information to help in understanding how various translations changed meaning over the centuries. We carry some of the sacred text material from other faith traditions such as the Quran.

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Your Beacon Bookstore carries books being recommended for our adult discussions and classes, guidebooks on journaling and writing about your life and thinking during this important time in our country’s history (think about how valuable we find diaries of Revolutionary War or Depression-Era writers), and some great “rest-your-brain” (or give-your-brain-a-workout) poetry. Looking for books about the lives of our LGBTQIA+ siblings and children after reading Authentic Selves in the last couple of months? We have a number of books for children, youth, and adults.  

And more…

T-shirts, mugs, pins, hymnals, and a variety of greeting cards.

Come take a look!