Diana Butler Bass, Octavia Butler, Robert Alter, Lectionary Poetry

Diana Butler Bass, Octavia Butler, Robert Alter, Lectionary Poetry - June 21- ERB Daily Book Morsel

Published: Mon, 06/21/21

June 21, 2021

“Beware:
At war
Or at peace,
More people die
Of unenlightened self-interest
Than of any other disease.”

- Octavia Butler,
novelist

Tomorrow marks the birthday of Octavia Butler (b. 1947)...

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*** Brand New Podcast Episode!!!
Episode 29: Diana Butler Bass, David Dark, and Cathleen Falsani [Part 1]

Host Jen Pollock Michel is joined by 3 great guests for
a lively and wide-ranging conversation on Jesus, U2, reading during the pandemic and MORE:
Diana Butler Bass, David Dark and Cathleen Falsani.

New Book Releases –
Week of 21 June 2021 – Sarah Augustine, Julie Rodgers, more…

Here are a few new book releases from this week that are worth checking out… Sarah Augustine on the Doctrine of Discovery, Julie Rodgers's memoir OUTLOVE, and more

Lectionary Poetry –
5th Sunday After Pentecost (Year B)

Our weekly post of poetry that resonates with the lectionary
readings for this coming Sunday, including poems by Rumi, Wendell Berry, Emily Dickinson, MORE. Features TWO poems for most lectionary readings: one classic poem that can be read on a livestreamed service, and one contemporary poem...

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Sho Baraka – He Saw That It Was Good [Review]

The Jesus of Justice. A Review of
He Saw that it was Good: Reimagining your Creative Life to Repair a Broken World
by Sho Baraka
(Hardback: WaterBrook Press, 2021)
Reviewed by Kevin Book-Satterlee

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Beth Allison Barr – The Making of Biblical Womanhood [Feature Review]

Untelling the Complementarian Narrative. A Review of
The Making of Biblical Womanhood:
How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
by Beth Allison Barr (Paperback: Brazos Press, 2021)
Reviewed by Laura Barringer

Here's to energizing reading today!

Chris Smith
Editor, The Englewood Review of Books