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, 03/17/21
March 17, 2021 “It is not over, this birthing. There are always newer skies into which God can throw stars.” - Ann Weems, poet Yesterday marked the…
Published: Mon, 03/15/21
March 15, 2021 "One final paragraph of advice: do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast....a part-time crusader, a half-hearted…
Published: Fri, 03/12/21
March 12, 2021 "Quite clearly, the one thing the dominant culture cannot tolerate or co-opt is compassion, the ability to stand in solidarity with the…
Published: Wed, 03/10/21
March 10, 2021 “God’s time is always near. He set the North Star in the heavens; He gave me the strength in my limbs; He meant I should be free.” -…
Published: Mon, 03/08/21
March 8, 2021 “Our politics, religion, news, athletics, education and commerce have been transformed into congenial adjuncts of show business, largely…
Published: Fri, 03/05/21
March 5, 2021 "The number one cause of atheism is Christians. Those who proclaim Him with their mouths and deny Him with their actions is what an…
Published: Wed, 03/03/21
March 3, 2021 “In times of pain, when the future is too terrifying to contemplate and the past too painful to remember, I have learned to pay…
Published: Mon, 03/01/21
March 1, 2021 “Teach me, my God and King, In all things thee to see And what I do in any thing, To do it as for thee.” - George Herbert, poet Today…
Published: Fri, 02/26/21
February 26, 2021 “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, 02/24/21
February 24, 2021 “Poetry's work is the clarification and magnification of being.” - Jane Hirshfield, poet Today marks the birthday of Jane…