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, 09/04/20
September 4, 2020 “The greatest issue facing the world today, with all its heartbreaking needs, is whether those who, by profession or culture, are…
Published: Wed, 09/02/20
September 2, 2020 “The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all…
Published: Mon, 08/31/20
August 31, 2020 “Art is so often better at theology than theology is.” - Christian Wiman, poet Today is the birthday of Christian Wiman!!! *** Superb…
Published: Fri, 08/28/20
August 28, 2020 “Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.” - St. Augustine Today is the feast…
Published: Wed, 08/26/20
August 26, 2020 “I grew up hearing over and over, to the point of tedium, that "hard work" was the secret of success: "Work hard and you'll get ahead"…
Published: Tue, 08/25/20
August 25, 2020 “Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.” - Simone Weil, philosopher Yesterday marked the anniversary of Simone Weil's…
Published: Fri, 08/21/20
August 21, 2020 “Work as if everything depended upon work, and pray as if everything depended upon prayer.” - William Booth, founder of the Salvation…
Published: Wed, 08/19/20
August 19, 2020 “Reality is what we notice on the surface – what we feel or see, what superficial perspectives we might gain, for e ample, from…
Published: Mon, 08/17/20
August 17, 2020 “Love is about bottomless empathy, born out of the heart’s revelation that another person is every bit as real as you are. And this is…
Published: Fri, 08/14/20
August 14, 2020 “There is no bond like having read and liked the same books.” - E. (Edith) Nesbit, novelist Tomorrow is the birthday of novelist E.