N.T. Wright, Langston Hughes, Mary Oliver, Eugene Peterson, Yuval Levin, MORE - Feb. 1 - ERB Daily Book Morsel
Published: Sat, 02/01/20
February 1, 2020
“I tire so of hearing people say,
Let things take their course.
Tomorrow is another day.
I do not need my freedom when I'm dead.
I cannot live on tomorrow's bread.”
― Langston Hughes, poet
Today is the poet's birthday (b. 1902)
*** Five of our Favorite
Poems by Langston Hughes!
*** Kindle Ebook
Deal of the Day!
N.T. Wright's
important book
AFTER YOU BELIEVE:
Why Christian Character Matters
Only $1.99!!!
New on our website...
*** 5 Essential Ebook Deals for
Church Leaders – 31 January 2020
Here are 5 essential January 2020 ebook deals that are worth checking out:
(Eugene Peterson, Lauren Winner, Mary Oliver, Will Willimon, MORE)
Timothy Egan – A Pilgrimage
to Eternity – Feature Review
Carrying the Contradictions. A Feature Review of
A Pilgrimage to Eternity:
From Canterbury to Rome in Search of a Faith
by Timothy Egan (Hardback: Viking, 2019)
Reviewed by Margaret D. McGee
Yuval Levin – A Time to Build – NPR Interview
This is a fascinating new book… A Time to Build: From Family and Community
to Congress and the Campus, How Recommitting to Our Institutions Can Revive the American Dream
by Yuval Levin Listen to this NPR Interview with the author:
From our Archives...
This week marks the 105th birthday
of Thomas Merton...
Our Intro Reading Guide to
Thomas Merton's Work!
In Case You Missed It...
*** Lectionary Poetry –
Epiphany Week 4 (Year A)
New poems posted for Week 4 of Epiphany... Including ones by Thomas Merton,
Naomi Shihab Nye, Jane Kenyon, MORE. We hope that these poems
will be fruitful not only for preachers who will be preaching these texts
on the coming Sunday, but also for church members in the pews,
as way to prime our minds for encountering the biblical texts.
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Here's to energizing reading today!
Chris Smith
Editor, The Englewood Review of Books