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: Mon, 01/21/19
January 21, 2019 “We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There…
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…