Michael Pollan, Book Giveaway, Black History Month, Pádraig Ó Tuama, MORE - Feb. 5 - ERB Daily Book Morsel

Published: Wed, 02/05/20













 



February 5, 2020
 

“The shared meal elevates eating from a mechanical process
of fueling the body to a ritual of family and community,
from the mere animal biology to an act of culture.”


 Michael Pollan, food writer

Tomorrow is Michael Pollan's birthday





*** Kindle Ebook
Deal of the Day!

Michael Pollan's book
COOKED: A Natural
History of Transformation

Only $1.99 !!!

 

February is Black History Month...
Looking for a book on
Black History to read?
We offer a few recommendations... 



 
 
Indianapolis Area Folks...
Englewood Christian Church will host a conversation
with Rodney Clapp, author of New Creation:
A Primer on Living in the Time Between the Times

This Friday night Feb 7,  6:30-8:30PM - FREE!
57 N Rural St.  - Indianapolis, IN   46201
[ DETAILS ]
 


New on our website... 

*** Book Giveaway! Ruth Everhart
– The #MeToo Reckoning [5 copies]


We’re excited to run this giveaway of FIVE copies of this superb new book
by Ruth Everhart!  The #MeToo Reckoning: Facing the Church’s Complicity
in Sexual Abuse and Misconduct
Enter now to win a copy of this new book  (It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3!) :​​​​​​​



 

*** Pádraig Ó Tuama – Poetry Unbound
– New Podcast from On Being.

 
On Being has recently released Poetry Unbound,
a new poetry podcast  hosted by Pádraig Ó Tuama,
which is rapidly becoming one of my favorite podcasts…
Check out the first four episodes of this podcast in the links below… 




Ilana Pardes – The Song of
Songs: A Biography – Review


The Heart of a Textual Garden
A Review of The Song of Songs: A Biography
by Ilana Pardes  (Princeton University Press, 2019)
Reviewed by Jonathan Homrighausen




In Case You Missed It... 


*** Lectionary Poetry –
Epiphany Week 5 (Year A)


New poems posted for Week 5 of Epiphany... Including ones by Rumi,
Sara Teasdale, Mavis Staples, 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.



 

*** Amazon Monthly Kindle
Ebook Sale! February 2020

 
Amazon recently released their February 2020 ebook sale …
Here are 20 of the Very Best Deals
for Christian Readers from this ebook sale …
N.T. Wright, Coretta Scott King, C.S. Lewis, MORE




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Here's to energizing reading today!

Chris Smith
Editor, The Englewood Review of Books