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: Fri, 01/18/19
January 18, 2019 “Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.” ― Mary Oliver, poet, who died yesterday at the age of…
Published: Wed, 01/16/19
January 16, 2019 "The Western arrogance of feeling that it has everything to teach others and nothing to learn from them is not just. A true…
Published: Mon, 01/14/19
January 14, 2019 “One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.” ― Lewis Carroll, Novelist /…
Published: Fri, 01/11/19
January 11, 2019 “Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement. . ...get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing…
Published: Wed, 01/09/19
January 9, 2019 “The artist's role is to raise the consciousness of the people. To make them understand life, the world and themselves more…
Published: Tue, 01/08/19
January 8, 2019 “There are years that ask questions and years that answer.” ― Zora Neale Hurston, novelist Yesterday was her birthday (b. 1891) ***…
Published: Fri, 01/04/19
January 4, 2019 “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, novelist Yesterday…
Published: Wed, 01/02/19
January 2, 2019 “One of the tasks of true friendship is to listen compassionately and creatively to the hidden silences. Often secrets are not…
Published: Sat, 12/29/18
December 29, 2018 ““Risk should not reflect a celebration of foolishness but a freedom from fear.” ― Luci Shaw, poet Today is herbirthday FIVE of our…
Published: Fri, 12/28/18
December 28, 2018 “In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to…