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, 12/23/19
December 23, 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: Fri, 12/20/19
December 20, 2019 “Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.” ― John Steinbeck,…
Published: Wed, 12/18/19
December 18, 2019 “Books... are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our…
Published: Mon, 12/16/19
December 16, 2019 “I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a…
Published: Fri, 12/13/19
December 13, 2019 “The Church, if it is to be the Church, must be the revelation of that divine Love which God 'poured out into our hearts.' Without…
Published: Wed, 12/11/19
December 11, 2019 “There is no Frigate like a Book To take us Lands away Nor any Coursers like a Page Of prancing Poetry – This Traverse may the…
Published: Mon, 12/09/19
December 9, 2019 “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: Fri, 12/06/19
December 6, 2019 “Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.” ― Willa Cather, novelist Tomorrow is the…
Published: Wed, 12/04/19
December 4, 2019 “Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that…
Published: Mon, 12/02/19
December 2, 2019 “The church isn't simply a collection of isolated individuals ... we need to learn again the lesson that a hand is no less a hand for…