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: Wed, 01/10/18
January 10, 2018 “Mine is to chew on the appropriate te ts and make them delectable.” ― St. Gregory of Nyssa, today is his Feast Day. Hans Urs von…
Published: Tue, 01/09/18
January 9, 2018 “My poetry, I think, has become the way of my giving out what music is within me” ― Countee Cullen, poet, who died on this day 1946. *…
Published: Fri, 01/05/18
January 5, 2018 “Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says but…
Published: Thu, 01/04/18
January 4, 2018 “The human soul is hungry for beauty; we seek it everywhere - in landscape, music, art, clothes, furniture, gardening, companionship,…
Published: Wed, 01/03/18
January 3, 2018 “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, who was born on on…
Published: Fri, 12/29/17
December 29, 2017 “There is such generosity in love it will not fit Within a modest bo with corners and a key.” ― Luci Shaw, Poet, who was born on on…
Published: Fri, 12/22/17
December 22, 2017 “Against the ruin of the world, there is only one defense—the creative act.” ― Kenneth Re roth, Poet, who was born on on this day,…
Published: Thu, 12/21/17
December 21, 2017 “Waiting on God requires the willingness to bear uncertainty, to carry within oneself the unanswered question, lifting the heart to…
Published: Fri, 12/15/17
December 15, 2017 “The process of liberation brings with it a profound conflict. Having the project be clear is not enough. What is necessary is a…
Published: Thu, 12/14/17
December 14, 2017 “The soul that is quick to turn to speaking and conversing is slow to turn to God.” ― St. John of the Cross, whose feast day is…