Barbara Brown Taylor Interview, New Book Giveaway, Wes Jackson, Phyllis Tickle, MORE - Mar 13 - ERB Daily Book Morsel
Published: Wed, 03/13/19
March 13, 2019
“Just as surely as one of the functions of religion is to inform, counsel, and temper
the society in which it exists, just so surely is every religion informed and
colored by its hosting society. Even a religion’s very articulation of itself
takes on the cadences, metaphors, and delivery systems of the culture that it is
in the business of informing. ”
― Phyllis Tickle, religion writer,
Yesterday marks the 85th anniversary of her birth...
*** Video Intro Guide to
the Life and Work of Phyllis Tickle
*** Kindle Ebook Deals!
Consulting the
Genius of the Place
by Wes Jackson,
one of the most important
ecological writers of today
Only $1.99!!!
New on Our Website...
*** Book Giveaway – Christie Purifoy – Placemaker [5 Copies]
A call to cultivate orchards and communities,
to clap our hands along with the trees of the fields.
We’re giving away FIVE copies of this excellent new book:
Placemaker: Cultivating Places of Comfort, Beauty, and Peace
Christie Purifoy (Paperback: Zondervan, 2019)
Barbara Brown Taylor – Holy Envy [NPR Interview]
Listen to this great NPR interview (by Terry Gross)
with Barbara Brown Taylor, author of:
Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith Of Others
In Case You Missed It...
*** Lenten Book Conversation – Part 1:
Abraham Joshua Heschel – The Sabbath
PART TWO will be posted on Friday...
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
New Book Releases – Week of 11 March 2019
Here are a few new book releases from this week that are worth checking out:
Barbara Brown Taylor, G. Willow Wilson, Christie Purifoy, MORE
Here's to energizing reading today!
Chris Smith
Editor, The Englewood Review of Books