Kate Bowler, Wendell Berry, New Lectionary Poems, Paul Laurence Dunbar, MORE - Feb. 10 - ERB Daily Book Morsel
Published: Mon, 02/10/20
February 10, 2020
“I know why the caged bird sings, ah me,
When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore,-
When he beats his bars and would be free;
It is not a carol of joy or glee,
But a prayer that he sends from his heart's deep core,
But a plea, that upward to Heaven he flings-
I know why the caged bird sings!”
― Paul Laurence Dunbar, poet
Yesterday marked the anniversary
of the poet's death in 1906...
*** Five of our favorite poems
by Paul Laurence Dunbar!!!
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Deal of the Day!
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Everything Happens for a Reason
(And Other Lies I've Loved)
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New on our website...
*** Lectionary Poetry –
Epiphany Week 6 (Year A)
New poems posted for Week 6 of Epiphany... Including ones by Wendell Berry,
Isaac Watts, 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.
*** New Book Releases –
Week of 9 February 2020
Here are a few February 2020 book releases from this week that are worth checking out:
Two books on prayer, Books by Daniel Mallory (Ortberg) Lavery, Edward Hirsch, MORE
Emily Nemens – The Cactus
League – NPR Interview
With spring training baseball starting before long in the sun belt,
this new novel strikes a timely chord. Listen to an interview with the novelist:
The Cactus League: A Novel by Emily Nemens (Hardback: FSG, 2020)
In Case You Missed It...
*** The Decline of Social Media
[A Reading Guide]
I haven’t completely given up on it yet, but I’m finding
that I spend less and less time on social networks.
This decline for me has been driven by a number of factors,
Here are a list of books that I have found
to be helpful...
Here's to energizing reading today!
Chris Smith
Editor, The Englewood Review of Books