New Lectionary Poems, Anne Lamott, Lesslie Newbigin, Wendell Berry, MORE - Dec. 9 - ERB Daily Book Morsel
Published: Mon, 12/09/19
December 9, 2019
“When the Church tries to embody the rule of God
in the forms of earthly power it may achieve that power,
but it is no longer a sign of the kingdom.”
― Lesslie Newbigin, missiologist,
*** Our Intro Reading Guide
to Lesslie Newbigin's work...
*** Kindle Ebook
Deal of the Day!
Anne Lamott's superb book
Grace (Eventually):
Thoughts on Faith
Only $4.99!!!
2019's Best Books is now live!
***Advent Calendar 2019 –
Best Books of the Year for Christian Readers!
It’s that time of year again! I just dug our Advent calendar out of the attic,
and have loaded it up with our picks for the best books of 2019
for Christian readers, to be revealed one per day through Advent!
Stop by daily through the Advent season... UPDATED THROUGH TODAY!
New on our website...

*** Lectionary Poetry – Advent Week 3 (Year A)
Our carefully-selected poems for next Sunday (Advent Week 3) are now live!
Featuring poems by bell hooks, Wendell Berry, G.M. Hopkins, Gillian Welch, MORE
In this new weekly series, we offer a broad selection of classic and contemporary poems
from diverse poets that stir our imaginations with thoughts of how the biblical text speaks
to us in the twenty-first century. If you find these poems helpful,
please SHARE THEM with friends who will also appreciate them!
*** New Book Releases –
Week of 9 December 2019
Here are a few new book releases from this week that are worth checking out:Andrea Smith, Architecture, Suzanne Wolfe, MORE
Adam Minter – Secondhand – NPR Interview
This is a fascinating new book… Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale
Adam Minter (Hardback: Bloomsbury, 2019.) LISTEN to an interview that the author
did with NPR's Terry Gross...
In Case You Missed It...
***12 Important Theology Books of 2019!
As the end of 2019 draws near, we highlight some of the most important
theology books released this year… N.T. Wright, Kathryn Tanner,
Grace Ji-Sun Kim, David Fitch, MORE
Here's to energizing reading today!
Chris Smith
Editor, The Englewood Review of Books