All Saints Day, N.T. Wright, Maryanne Wolf, Deep Reading, MORE - Nov. 1 - ERB Daily Book Morsel
Published: Thu, 11/01/18
November 1, 2018
“Would I might wake St. Francis in you all,
Brother of birds and trees, God’s Troubadour,
Blinded with weeping for the sad and poor;
Our wealth undone, all strict Franciscan men,
Come, let us chant the canticle again
Of mother earth and the enduring sun.
God make each soul the lonely leper’s slave;
God make us saints, and brave.”
― Vachel Lindsay
"St. Francis of Assisi,"
a fitting poem for All Saints Day!
*** All Saints Day!
Remembering our Ancestors in the Faith
Featuring a selection of resources on our site that will help you connect to the stories of the saints.
We recommend learning about a saint or two that you know little or nothing about…
*** Kindle Ebook Deal of the Day,
for All Saints Day:
N.T. Wright's For All the Saints?:
Remembering the Christian Departed
Only $5.98!!!
New on Our Website...
*** Maryanne Wolf – Deep Reading and The Reading Brain [Interview]
Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World by Maryanne Wolf (Hardback: Harper 2018)
This book is essential reading for anyone who has the privilege of introducing young people to the wonders of language,
and especially those who work with children under the age of 10.
This public radio interview from Boston’s WBUR, offers a superb peek at the central ideas in the book:
Carly Gelsinger – Once You Go In [Review]
Questioning and Thanking and Running and Falling and Searching and Rebuilding
A Review of Once You Go In: A Memoir of Radical Faith
by Carly Gelsinger (Paperback: She Writes Press, 2018)
Reviewed by June Mears Driedger
In Case You Missed It...
*** 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
Here's to energizing reading today!
Chris Smith
Editor, The Englewood Review of Books