Lectionary Poetry (new feature!), Marilynne Robinson, M. L'Engle, Thomas Lynch, MORE - Nov. 25 - ERB Daily Book Morsel
Published: Mon, 11/25/19
November 25, 2019
“It seems to me people tend to forget that we are to love our enemies,
not to satisfy some standard of righteousness
but because God their Father loves them.”
― Marilynne Robinson, novelist,
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Marilynne Robinson
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*** A Brand New Weekly Feature....
Lectionary Poetry – Advent Week 1 (Year A)
With the dawn of Advent and a new church year this coming weekend,
we are launching a new feature on our website, a weekly post of poems
that resonate with the lectionary readings for that week (Revised Common Lectionary).
We will offer here 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.
*** New Book Releases –
Week of 25 November 2019
Here are a few new book releases from this week that are worth checking out:
Thomas Lynch, Mark Noll, Sr. Theresa Kane, John Stott, MORE
Theresa Kane – The Nun
Who Confronted the Pope – Video
Watch this superb video clip about the encounter that Sr. Theresa Kane
had with the Pope, about the Catholic church's prohibition on women priests …
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*** Gratitude – Best Books on this Vital Practice!
With the Thanksgiving holiday only a week away in the United States,
we offer this list of the best books on gratitude …
*** What books on gratitude would you add to this list?
C.S. Lewis – Five Favorite Poems
from Spirits in Bondage!
November 22 marks the anniversary of the death of novelist and scholar, C.S. Lewis…
You probably are familiar with The Chronicles of Narnia, and also with C.S. Lewis’s
theological works, but did you know that he was also a poet?
We honor the occasion with five of our favorite C.S. Lewis poems …
Here's to energizing reading today!
Chris Smith
Editor, The Englewood Review of Books