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, 09/11/19
September 11, 2019 "The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care…
Published: Mon, 09/09/19
September 9, 2019 “One of the marvelous things about community is that it enables us to welcome and help people in a way we couldn't as individuals.
Published: Fri, 09/06/19
September 6, 2019 “I have advice for people who want to write. I don't care whether they're 5 or 500. There are three things that are important:…
Published: Wed, 09/04/19
September 4, 2019 “The greatest issue facing the world today, with all its heartbreaking needs, is whether those who, by profession or culture, are…
Published: Tue, 09/03/19
September 3, 2019 “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, Yesterday marked…
Published: Fri, 08/30/19
August 30, 2019 “History says, don't hope On this side of the grave. But then, once in a lifetime The longed-for tidal wave Of justice can rise up,…
Published: Wed, 08/28/19
August 28, 2019 “Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not…
Published: Mon, 08/26/19
August 26, 2019 “When someone works for less pay than she can live on — when, for e ample, she goes hungry so that you can eat more cheaply and…
Published: Fri, 08/23/19
August 23, 2019 “To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.” ― Simone Weil, philosopher Yesterday marked…
Published: Wed, 08/21/19
August 21, 2019 "Reality is what we notice on the surface – what we feel or see, what superficial perspectives we might gain, for e ample, from…