December 16, 2019

 

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!
How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! --
When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable
if I have not an excellent library.”

― Jane Austen, novelist

TODAY, Dec 16 is Jane Austen's birthday!



*** Get all of Jane Austen's novels
as FREE Ebooks!!!



*** Kindle Ebook
Deal of the Day!
The Reluctant Witness:
Discovering the Delight
of Spiritual Conversations
by Don Everts
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Our Advent Calendar ...

***Advent Calendar 2019 –
Best Books of the Year for Christian Readers!

Featuring our picks for the best books of 2019 for Christian readers,
to be revealed one per day through Advent!   UPDATED THROUGH TODAY!

New on our website... 



*** Lectionary Poetry – Advent Week 4 (Year A)

Our carefully-selected poems for next Sunday (Advent Week 3) are now live!  
Featuring poems by Ann Weems, Henry Vaughan, Malcolm Guite, 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!

 

*** Christian Faith in Practice
– 12 Important Books of 2019!

As the end of the year draws near, we highlight some of the
most important books  of 2019 that help us live more faithfully to the way of Jesus …

 

New Book Releases – Week of 16 December 2019

Here are a few book releases from this week that are worth checking out:
Adam Hamilton, Jesse Jackson, Poetry, MORE


 

Thomas Lynch – Whence and Whither – Review

“The beauty of our being, the desolation of our ceasing to be.” A Review of
Whence and Whither: On Lives and Living by Thomas Lynch
(Paperback: WJK Books, 2019) Reviewed by Jon M. Sweeney
*** This review originally appeared in our Eastertide 2019 magazine issue