Frances Hodgson Burnett, C.S. Lewis, Placemaking, Book Giveaway, MORE - Oct 30 - ERB Daily Book Morsel
Published: Tue, 10/30/18
October 30, 2018
“At first people refuse to believe that a strange new thing can be done,
then they begin to hope it can be done, then they see it can be done--
then it is done and all the world wonders why it was not done centuries ago.”
― Frances Hodgson Burnett, novelist
Yesterday marked the anniversary of her death in 1924
Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel
The Secret Garden is featured in
Sarah Lyon's argument for adults reading
Children's Literature
*** Kindle Ebook Deal of the Day:
Get All 3 novels of
CS Lewis's Space Triology
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*** Book Giveaway: Placemaking and the Arts – Jennifer Allen Craft
One of this week’s best new book releases!
"Jennifer Allen Craft argues that the arts are a significant form of placemaking in the Christian life.
The arts, she contends, place us in time, space, and community in ways that encourage us
to be fully and imaginatively present in a variety of contexts"
We’re giving away THREE copies of this excellent new book:
New Book Releases – Week of 29 Oct. 2018 – Placemaking, MORE
Here are a few new book releases from this week that are worth checking out:
Placemaking, Dorothy Sayers, Jamestown, the practice of meditation, MORE
In Case You Missed It...
*** Vital Conversations – Podcast Roundup – October 25
Five New Must-Listen Podcast Episodes!!!
Krista Tippett, Luci Shaw, Richard Foster, Brandan Robertson, MORE
Christian Intentional Community – A Reading List
A list of books that offer diverse perspectives on life in Christian intentional community.
Compiled by ERB Editor C. Christopher Smith
Jenna Henderson / Kimberly Miller –
Wendell Berry and the Quiet Work of Caring
The Quiet Work of Caring: Establishing Life-Giving Boundaries Within and Without
An Essay by Jenna Henderson and Kimberly Miller
“…the work now most needing to be done —that of neighborliness and caretaking—
cannot be done by remote control with the greatest power on the largest scale.”
—Wendell Berry
Here's to energizing reading today!
Chris Smith
Editor, The Englewood Review of Books