New Podcast Episode, Fatihful Antiracism, Chinua Achebe, Spring Poems, - March 22

New Podcast Episode, Fatihful Antiracism, Chinua Achebe, Spring Poems, - March 22 - ERB Daily Book Morsel

Published: Tue, 03/22/22

March 22, 2022

“Storytellers are a threat. They threaten all champions of control, they frighten usurpers of the right-to-freedom of the human spirit -- in state, in church or mosque, in party congress, in the university or wherever.”

- Chinua Achebe,
novelist
(from his novel, Anthills of the Savannah)

Yesterday marked the anniversary of Achebe's death in 2013 ...

Kindle Ebook
Deal of the Day!

The Big Sort:
Why the Clustering of
Like-Minded America
Is Tearing Us Apart
by Bill Bishop

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New / Featured on our website...

Lectionary Poetry – Fourth Sunday in Lent (Year C)

Our weekly post of poetry that resonates with the lectionary
readings for this coming Sunday (BOTH Revised Common AND Narrative Lectionaries), including poems by Malcolm Guite, Jane Kenyon, James Weldon Johnson, 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 40: Reviewer Round-up: Justin Cober-Lake and Sara Easterly

ERB podcast producer Joel Wentz hops into the host seat for a fun and freewheeling conversation with two ERB reviewers (Justin Cober-Lake and Sara Easterly) about recent books they’ve written about, what they are looking forward to in publishing, and of course,
what we are all currently reading.

New Book Releases – Week of 21 March 2022 – Christina Edmondson & Chad Brennan, more…

Here are a few new book releases from this week that are worth checking out… Faithful Antiracism, Andre Henry,
Anne Tyler, Russ Ramsey, more

Jason Porterfield – Fight Like Jesus [Review]

The Way of Peace in Holy Week
A Review of Fight Like Jesus:
How Jesus Waged Peace throughout Holy Week
Jason Porterfield (Herald Press, 2022)
Reviewed by Leroy Seat

*** From our Archives ...
Five of our Favorite Spring Poems!

Here are a few of our favorite spring poems:
Emily Dickinson, Gerard Manley Hopkins, more

In Case You Missed It...

Ten Theology Books to Watch For – March 2022

Here are some excellent new theology books that will be released in March 2022... Including books by Michael Gorman, Grace Ji-Sun Kim, Samuel Wells, Robyn Henderson-Espinoza, more

Here's to energizing reading today!

Chris Smith
Editor, The Englewood Review of Books