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, 05/06/20
May 6, 2020 “Imagine if every church became a place where everyone is safe, but no one is comfortable. Imagine if every church became a place where we…
Published: Mon, 05/04/20
May 4, 2020 “Not TV or illegal drugs but the automobile has been the chief destroyer of American communities.” ― Jane Jacobs, urbanist Today is the…
Published: Fri, 05/01/20
May 1, 2020 “One of the things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what…
Published: Wed, 04/29/20
April 29, 2020 “The church from its beginning has rightly grounded its thinking in historical continuity with the word of God registered in, for e…
Published: Mon, 04/27/20
April 27, 2020 “The church has unfolded in many forms, and no one single e ternal form stands alone as the CORRECT visible e pression. As the church…
Published: Fri, 04/24/20
April 24, 2020 “Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It's splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.” ― Lucy Maud…
Published: Wed, 04/22/20
April 22, 2020 “From the beginning of time, in childhood, I thought that pain meant I was not loved. It meant I loved.” ― Louise Glück, poet TODAY…
Published: Mon, 04/20/20
April 20, 2020 "Don't sign your name between worlds, surmount the manifold of meanings, trust the tearstain, learn to live." ― Paul Celan, poet TODAY…
Published: Fri, 04/17/20
April 17, 2020 "I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited.
Published: Wed, 04/15/20
April 15, 2020 “Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that breaks the chains of…