N.T Wright, Monthly Ebook Sale, Christie Purifoy, Seamus Heaney, MORE - April 6 -ERB Daily Book Morsel
Published: Sat, 04/06/19
April 6, 2019
“Dreams, books, are each a world; and books, we know,
Are a substantial world, both pure and good:
Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood,
Our pastime and our happiness will grow.”
― William Wordsworth, poet
Tomorrow (April 7) marks the anniversary of Wordsworth's birth in 1770
Get into the habit of reading more poetry
during National Poetry Month...
READ Wordsworth's poem
"Lines Written in Early Spring"!
*** Kindle Ebook Deal of the Day!
The King Jesus Gospel:
The Original Good News Re-visited
by Scot McKnight
Only $2.99!
New on Our Website...
*** New from ERB Editor
C. Christopher Smith
How The Body of Christ Talks:
Recovering the Practice
of Conversation in the Church
PRE-ORDER NOW!
Releases April 16...
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"Chris Smith has become a genuinely alternative voice to Church-as-Usual.
How the Body of Christ Talks both talks about conversation and illustrates
how it can be done. I can't recommend this book highly enough." - Scot McKnight
Amazon’s Monthly Kindle Ebook Sale
– April 2019!
Amazon recently released their monthly ebook sale for April…
Here are 20 of the Very Best Deals for Christian Readers from this sale…
N.T. Wright, Barbara Kingsolver, Eugene Peterson, Thomas Merton, Ursula LeGuin, MORE.
Christie Purifoy – Placemaker
[Feature Review]
A Flourishing Tree. A Feature Review of
Placemaker: Cultivating Places of Comfort, Beauty, and Peace
by Christie Purifoy (Paperback: Zondervan, 2019)
Reviewed by Tamara Hill Murphy
The Reading Room –
Excerpts from some of the
Best Fiction Books of the Last Month!
Get a taste of this month’s best fiction books,
by reading the following excerpts from books by:
G. Willow Wilson, Nathan Englander, Helen Oyeyemi, Peter Heller, MORE
Lenten Book Conversation – Part 5:
Abraham Joshua Heschel – The Sabbath
Part 5 of our Lent Book Conversation!
We are reading:
The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel
*** It’s not too late to join in!
PART FIVE Reading: Chapters VII-IX (pages 64-85)
Squires / Lathrop – How Neighborhoods Make Us Sick [Review]
A Christian Heart Beating for Health Equity A Review of
How Neighborhoods Make Us Sick: Restoring Health and Wellness to our Communities
Veronica Squires / Breanna Lathrop (Paperback: IVP Books, 2019)
Reviewed by Kendra Stanton Lee
Arthur Brooks – Love Your Enemies [NPR Interview]
I’ve just started reading this book, and it offers some useful wisdom for our times…
Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt
Arthur Brooks (Hardback: Broadside Books, 2019.)
Listen to a recent NPR interview that Brooks did about the book…
It's National Poetry Month...
*** Seamus Heaney – Reading his Poetry
In honor of National Poetry Month, enjoy these recordings
of the lauded Irish Poet reading some of his poems!!!
Here's to energizing reading today!
Chris Smith
Editor, The Englewood Review of Books