John O'Donohue, Mitali Perkins, David Foster Wallace, Katharine Hayhoe - Feb. 21

John O'Donohue, Mitali Perkins, David Foster Wallace, Katharine Hayhoe - Feb. 21 - ERB Daily Book Morsel

Published: Mon, 02/21/22

February 21, 2022

“The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day.”

David Foster Wallace,
novelist
From his essay, "This is Water"

Today marks the late novelist's 60th birthday!

Kindle Ebook
Deal of the Day!

Anam Cara:
A Book of
Celtic Wisdom
by John O'Donohue

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New / Featured on our website...

Lectionary Poetry – Transfiguration Sunday ( 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 Madeleine L'Engle, Malcolm Guite, Langston Hughes, MORE. Features TWO poems for most lectionary readings: one classic poem that can be read on a livestreamed service, and one contemporary poem...

New Book Releases – Week of 21 February 2022 – Mitali Perkins, more…

Here are a few new book releases from this week that are worth checking out… Mitali Perkins, Cole Arthur Riley, Krispin Mayfield, more

Katharine Hayhoe – Saving Us [Review]

Acting with Power, Love, and a Sound Mind. A Review of
Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing
in a Divided World by Katharine Hayhoe
(Hardback: Atria Books, 2021)
Reviewed by Brian Hauser

Joseph Gordon – Divine Scripture in Human Understanding [Excerpt]

An excellent theology book, just released in a paperback edition… Divine Scripture in Human Understanding: A Systematic Theology of the Christian Bible by Joseph K. Gordon
READ an excerpt AND enter to win
a copy of this book!!!

*** New Podcast Episode...
ERB Podcast Episode 38:
Jamin Goggin and Kyle Strobel

Host Jen Pollock Michel is joined by two first-time guests, Jamin Goggin and Kyle Strobel, to discuss the new re-release of their 2017 book The Way of the Dragon or The Way of the Lamb, while also touching on the more general concept of healthy or toxic uses of power in the church in our culture today.

*** From our Archives...

David Foster Wallace –
3 Important Interviews

Today marks the anniversary of the death of prominent novelist and essayist David Foster Wallace, author of Infinite Jest and other books.
In memory of this brilliant young writer, who died way too young, here are three important interviews that he did…

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Book Giveaway – Lisa Sharon Harper – Fortune [5 winners]

We’re excited to run this giveaway of FIVE copies of this great new book: Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World–
And How to Repair it All by Lisa Sharon Harper
(Hardback: Brazos Press, 2022) Enter now to win one...

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The Monthly Kindle Ebook Sale – February 2022

Amazon recently released their ebook sale for February 2022 …
(Most ebooks in this sale are $3.99 or less!)
Here are 15 of the Very Best Deals for Christian Readers

from this ebook sale … Barbara Brown Taylor, Dominique Gilliard,
John Perkins, Elizabeth Alexander, MORE

Here's to energizing reading today!

Chris Smith
Editor, The Englewood Review of Books