Dorothy Day, Madeleine L'Engle, Carl McColman, Ebook Deaks, MORE - Nov. 27 - ERB Daily Book Morsel
Published: Wed, 11/27/19
November 27, 2019
“The older I get, the more I meet people, the more convinced
I am that we must only work on ourselves, to grow in grace.
The only thing we can do about people is to love them.”
― Dorothy Day,
co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement
*** Our Introductory Reading Guide
On Dorothy Day
and the Catholic Workers
*** Kindle Ebook
Deal of the Day!
Visions of Voacation:
Common Grace for
the Common Good...
By Steve Garber
Only $2.99!!!
5 Essential Ebook Deals for
Church Leaders [14 November 2019]
Here are 5 essential ebook deals that are worth checking out:
(Annie Dillard, Steve Garber, David Brooks, Madeleine L’Engle, MORE)
Carl McColman – Unteachable
Lessons – Feature Review
Do the Work of Living, of Praying, of Loving, of Trusting, of
Listening to the Silence A Feature Review of Unteachable Lessons:
Why Wisdom Can’t Be Taught (And Why That’s Okay)
by Carl McColman (Paperback: Eerdmans, 2019)
Reviewed by June Mears Driedger
*** Madeleine L’Engle – Five Superb Biographies!
November 29 marks the 101st birthday of the novelist and Christian spirituality writer, Madeleine L’Engle …
You may have read her classic sci-fi novel, A WRINKLE IN TIME, but how much do you know about her
life and other works? We highly recommend these five biographies, which offer a rich introduction …
ALSO TIMELY: Madeleine L’Engle – Three Advent Poems
Matsuo Basho – Five Haiku – Poetry
November 28 marks the anniversary of the death of Japanese poet,
Matsuo Basho, the great master of the Haiku (1644-1694)…
We remember Basho with five elegant haiku that he wrote:
In Case You Missed It...
*** 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.
*** Eerdmans Theology Ebook Sale – November 2019
Some excellent theology ebook deals in the Eerdmans sale that is running through the end of the month.
Browse the full sale or check out our recommended deals, including books by Eugene Peterson,
Stanley Hauerwas, Jennifer Harvey, Bonhoeffer, MORE
Here's to energizing reading today!
Chris Smith
Editor, The Englewood Review of Books