JRR Tolkien, Mr Rogers, Rachel Held Evans, NPR Author Interviews, MORE - Jan. 4 - ERB Daily Book Morsel5
Published: Fri, 01/04/19
January 4, 2019
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song
above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien,
novelist
Yesterday was his birthday (b. 1892)
*** LISTEN to Tolkien
Reading from
LORD OF THE RINGS
*** Kindle Ebook Deal of the Day!
The Simple Faith of Mr. Rogers
By Amy Hollingsworth
Only $2.99!!!
New on Our Website...
*** Amazon’s Monthly Kindle Ebook Sale – January 2019!
Here are 20 of the Very Best Deals for Christian Readers from this sale…
Mr. Rogers, Rachel Held Evans, Brian McLaren, Ursula Le Guin, Thomas Merton, MORE
*** Top 10 NPR Author Interviews of 2018!
NPR is one of the many sources we look to for tips on excellent new books!
We especially love their interviews with authors.
Here is a Top 10 list of our favorite NPR author interviews of 2018…
Kate Bowler, Brene Brown, Gregory Thornbury, MORE
Ashley Boggan Dreff –
Entangled [Feature Review]
What If We Can’t ‘Get Past’ Sex?A Review of Entangled: A History of
American Methodism, Politics, and Sexuality
By Ashley Boggan Dreff (Paperback: New Room Books, 2018)
Reviewed by Alex Joyner
John O’Donohue – Four of our Favorite Poems
This week marks the anniversary of both the birth (1 Jan 1956) andthe death (4 January 2008) of the Irish poet and philosopher John O’Donohue…
We remember the poet with four of our favorite poems by him…
Sheri Faye Rosendahl – Not Your White Jesus [Review]
To A Church Gone Astray. A Review of Not Your White Jesus:Following a Radical, Refugee Messiah
By Sheri Faye Rosendahl (Paperback: WJK Books, 2018)
Reviewed by Justin Cober-Lake
Advent and Christmas Calendar 2018
– Best Books of the Year!
Stop by daily through the Advent and Christmas seasons,
as we will feature one of the best books of 2018 each day!
The Calendar has been updated through today...
Here's to energizing reading today!
Chris Smith
Editor, The Englewood Review of Books