From Cultivating Communities and The Englewood Review of Books Every two weeks, we send out a newsletter featuring books and articles that help churches better understand the time and place in which they live, and that stir their imaginations about how to cultivate a deeper life together in their place.
Published: Tue, 12/12/17
December 12, 2017 “I trust in Nature for the stable laws Of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant And Autumn garner to the end of time. I trust in…
Published: Mon, 12/11/17
December 11, 2017 “Never be discouraged because good things get on so slowly here; and never fail daily to do that good which lies ne t to your hand.
Published: Sat, 12/09/17
December 9, 2017 “When the Church tries to embody the rule of God in the forms of earthly power it may achieve that power, but it is no longer a sign…
Published: Wed, 12/06/17
December 6, 2017 “Wisdom is the fruit of communion; ignorance the inevitable portion of those who 'keep themselves to themselves,' and stand apart,…
Published: Mon, 12/04/17
December 4, 2017 “Just as language has no longer anything in common with the thing it names, so the movements of most of the people who live in cities…
Published: Sat, 12/02/17
December 2, 2017 “In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy..” ― Ivan…
Published: Fri, 12/01/17
December 1, 2017 “Our task as image-bearing, God-loving, Christ-shaped, Spirit-filled Christians, following Christ and shaping our world, is to…
Published: Tue, 11/28/17
November 28, 2017 “Perspective is that part of a poem, novel, or play which a writer never puts directly upon paper. It is that fi ed point in…
Published: Sat, 11/25/17
November 25, 2017 “Love is holy because it is like grace--the worthiness of its object is never really what matters.” ― Marilynne Robinson, novelist,…
Published: Fri, 11/24/17
November 24, 2017 “Nationalism of one kind or another was the cause of most of the genocide of the twentieth century. Flags are bits of colored cloth…