Lectionary Poems, Eugene Peterson, Chinua Achebe, Ursula Le Guin - March 22

Lectionary Poems, Eugene Peterson, Chinua Achebe, Ursula Le Guin - March 22 - ERB Daily Book Morsel

Published: Mon, 03/22/21

March 22, 2021

“Storytellers are a threat. They threaten all champions of control, they frighten usurpers of the right-to-freedom of the human spirit -- in state, in church or mosque, in party congress, in the university or wherever.”

- Chinua Achebe,

novelist

Yesterday marked the anniversary of Achebe's death in 2013.

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Daily Poetry Devotional for Lent 2021
Week 5:
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For the season of Lent, we offer a daily devotional based on a scripture reading for that day (RCL Daily Readings) and a poem relevant to that passage of scripture. In the traditional 40-day format of Lent, we offer these meditations for six days each week (no Sundays).

New Book Releases – Week of 22 March 2021 – Eugene Peterson Bio, more

Here are a few new book releases from this week that are worth checking out… Eugene Peterson biography, Anthea Butler on White Evangelical Racism, Richard Beck, more

*** BRAND NEW Podcast Episode
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Terry Cross – Serving the People of God’s Presence [Brief Review]

Everyone Has a Role to Play
A Brief Review of Serving the People of God’s Presence: A Theology of Ministry
by Terry Cross (Baker Academic, 2020)
Reviewed by Fred Redekop

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Here's to energizing reading today!

Chris Smith
Editor, The Englewood Review of Books