Alexander Schmemann, Willie Jennings, New Podcast Episode Lectionary Poetry - Dec. 13

Alexander Schmemann, Willie Jennings, New Podcast Episode Lectionary Poetry - Dec. 13 - ERB Daily Book Morsel

Published: Mon, 12/13/21

December 13, 2021

“[The] most important and most profound
question of the Christian faith must be,
How and from where did death arise,
and why has it become stronger than life?
Why has it become so powerful that the world itself
has become a kind of cosmic cemetery,
a place where a collection of people condemned
to death live either in fear or terror,
or in their efforts to forget about death
find themselves rushing around
one great, big burial plot?”

- Alexander Schmemann,
theologian

From his book:
O, Death, Where is Thy Sting?

Today marks the anniversary of Schmemann's death in 1983...

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*** Our Advent Calendar 2021 –
The Year’s Best Books for Christian Readers!

Our Advent calendar is loaded up with our picks for the best books of 2021 for Christian readers to be revealed one per day through Advent!

The calendar has been updated through today (Dec. 13)!

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Lectionary Poetry – Fourth Sunday of Advent (Year C)

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readings for this coming Sunday (BOTH Revised Common AND Narrative Lectionaries), including poems by Mary Ruefle, William Butler Yeats, Kamala Das, MORE. Features TWO poems for most lectionary readings: one classic poem that can be read on a livestreamed service, and one contemporary poem...

* Brand New Podcast Episode!
Episode 36:** Nate Pyle / Katy Drage Lines – On Willie Jennings’s Acts Commentary

ERB Editor C. Christopher Smith sits in the host chair again for a conversation all about Willie Jennings’s commentary on Acts. He is joined by two first-time guests, pastors Katy Drage Lines and Nate Pyle. The panelists discuss what it is about Jennings’s approach that is so innovative and helpful, and especially why this is a timely commentary for a post-COVID church.

George Packer – Last Best Hope [Video Review]

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*** From Our Archives...

Alexander Schmemann – Introductory Guide to His Theology

Today marks the anniversary of the death of the late Orthodox theologian Alexander Schmemann. To mark the occasion, we offer the following introductory guide to his theology.

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Here's to energizing reading today!

Chris Smith
Editor, The Englewood Review of Books