Women's History Month, N.T. Wright, Mr. Rogers, D.L. Mayfield, Phyllis Tickle, MORE - March 13 - ERB Daily Book Morsel
Published: Fri, 03/13/20
March 13, 2020
"When, however, two or three faith-filled believers come together,
a religion... is formed. Once formed, it can never be separated entirely
from its context. Just as surely as one of the functions of religion
is to inform, counsel, and temper the society in which it exists, just so
surely is every religion informed and colored by its hosting society.
Even a religion’s very articulation of itself takes on the cadences, metaphors,
and delivery systems of the culture that it is in the business of informing.
Thus, when we look at these semi-millennial tsunamis of ours,
we as Christians must be mindful of the fact that the religious changes effected
during each of them were only one part of what was being effected, and that all the
other contemporaneous political, social, intellectual, and economic changes
were intimately entwined with the changes in religion and religious thought.”
― Phyllis Tickle,
religion editor and scholar
Yesterday was Phyllis Tickle's birthday (born 1934) ...
*** These video clips are a
great introduction to
Phyllis Tickle's work
*** Kindle Ebook
Deal of the Day!
Disruptive Witness:
Speaking Truth in a Distracted Age
By Alan Noble
Only $3.99 !!!
One of our Best Books of 2018
A Deeper Look at Women of the Bible
– A Reading Guide
March is Women’s History Month, and a crucial part of our history as the
Church is the many women who play a vital role in the biblical story …
We are fortunate that recent years have seen a boom in new books
that take a deeper look at the women of the Bible . Here is a reading
guide to some of the best ones.
D.L. Mayfield Interview –
Assimilate or Go Home
Losing Faith in Ourselves. An interview with
D.L. Mayfield —author of Assimilate or Go Home:
Notes from a Failed. Missionary on Rediscovering Faith
Originally published in the Fall 2016 issue of
our now-defunct magazine. Republished on the
occasion of the author’s birthday and her
forthcoming 2nd book, The Myth of the American Dream.
5 Essential Ebook Deals for
Church Leaders – 12 March 2020
Here are 5 essential March 2020 ebook deals that are worth checking out:
N.T. Wright, Kathleen Norris, J.R.R. Tolkien, MORE
Shea Tuttle – Exactly as
You Are– Feature Review
An Implicit Theology of Neighborliness
A Feature Review of Exactly as You Are:
The Life and Faith of Mister Rogers
Shea Tuttle. Hardback: Eerdmans, 2019.
Reviewed by Jeanne Torrence Finley
In Case You Missed It...
Book Giveaway! W. David O. Taylor
– Open and Unafraid [5 Copies]
March is Women’s History Month, and a crucial part of our history as the
Church is the many women who play a vital role in the biblical story …
We are fortunate that recent years have seen a boom in new books
that take a deeper look at the women of the Bible . Here is a reading
guide to some of the best ones.
*** Lectionary Poetry –
Lent Week 3 (Year A)
New poems posted for this coming Sunday, Week 3 of Lent...
Including ones by Madeleine L'Engle, Christian Wiman, Jericho Brown, 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.
Here's to energizing reading today!
Chris Smith
Editor, The Englewood Review of Books