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, 11/09/20
November 9, 2020 “For every shrill and violent voice that throws itself in front of microphones and cameras in the name of God, there are countless…
Published: Fri, 11/06/20
November 6, 2020 “Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That's how the light gets in.” -…
Published: Tue, 11/03/20
November 3, 2020 “If we ceased to desire the goods of our neighbor, we would never commit murder or adultery or theft or false witness. If we…
Published: Fri, 10/30/20
October 30, 2020 “Reading can be a road to freedom or a key to a secret garden, which, if tended, will transform all of life.” - Katherine Paterson,…
Published: Mon, 10/26/20
October 26, 2020 “Why do we marry, why take friends and lovers? Why give ourselves to music, painting, chemistry or cooking? Out of simple delight in…
Published: Fri, 10/23/20
October 23, 2020 “It's when we face for a moment the worst our kind can do, and shudder to know the taint in our own selves, that awe cracks the…
Published: Wed, 10/21/20
October 21, 2020 “Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.” - Ursula K. Le Guin…
Published: Mon, 10/12/20
October 12, 2020 “Some days I am not sure if my faith is riddled with doubt, or whether, graciously, my doubt is riddled with faith. And yet I…
Published: Mon, 10/05/20
October 5, 2020 “When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious…
Published: Fri, 10/02/20
October 2, 2020 “Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose, or paint can manage to escape the madness,…