*** Our Lent Read-along has started...
Lenten Book Conversation – Part 1:
Abraham Joshua Heschel – The Sabbath

Welcome to our Lent Book Conversation! We are reading:
The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel
*** It’s not too late to join in!
PART ONE   Reading:  Introduction (by Susanah Heschel)
and Prologue (pages i – 11)  Facilitator: Susan Adams


 

Thomas Keating – Video Intro to his Work

Yesterday (March 7th) is the birthday of the late Catholic 
monk and contemplative Thomas Keating. These brief video 
clips serve as a great intro to his work… 

Mary Gordon – On Thomas Merton
[Feature Review]

An Old Friend Newly Met. A Feature Review of
On Thomas Merton by Mary Gordon
(Hardback: Shambhala, 2019)
Reviewed by Mark Jenkins

 

*** Eerdmans Monthly Ebook Sale – March 2019

Eerdmans recently announced their Kindle ebook bargains for March 2019!
If you love theology, be sure to check out these deals…
Hauerwas, Volf, Kelley Nikondeha, JR Daniel Kirk, MORE

St. Cassiane – Hymn for Holy Wednesday

(I know that I’m jumping ahead of things a bit by posting 
this hymn during Lent, but it also is an important piece of Women’s History) 
St. Cassiane was a ninth century Eastern Roman abbess, poet, composer, 
and hymnographer. She is one of the first medieval composers whose scores are 
both extant and able to be interpreted by modern scholars and musicians. 

5 Essential Ebook Deals for Church Leaders
– 7 March 2019

Here are 5 essential ebooks on sale now that are worth checking out:
( Walter Brueggemann, Alan Roxburgh, Sue Monk Kidd, MORE )

In Case You Missed It...

*** Fortress Press – Giant Sale
on Theology Ebooks!!!

Fortress Press is running a major ebook sale.
Most of their ebook catalog (800+ titles) 
is on sale for $4.99 or less! Featuring books by  
Brueggemann, N.T. Wright, Sallie McFague, Luke Powery, 
Monica Coleman, and MORE

 

*** Book Giveaway – Shane Claiborne
/ Michael Martin – Beating Guns [5 Copies]

A clarion call to change our hearts regarding one of the 
most significant moral issues of our time.
We’re giving away FIVE copies of this excellent new book:
Beating Guns: Hope for People Who Are Weary of Violence
Shane Claiborne / Michael Martin

Here's to energizing reading today!

Chris Smith
Editor, The Englewood Review of Books