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, 07/23/21
July 23, 2021 “Indeed, learning to write may be part of learning to read. For all I know, writing comes out of a superior devotion to reading.” -…
Published: Wed, 07/21/21
July 21, 2021 “There is an impression abroad that literary folk are fast readers. Wine tasters are not heavy drinkers. Literary people read slowly…
Published: Mon, 07/19/21
July 19, 2021 “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” - Edgar Degas, painter Today is Degas's birthday... (b. 1834) Kindle Ebook Deal…
Published: Fri, 07/16/21
July 16, 2021 "We become what we love and who we love shapes what we become. If we love things, we become a thing. If we love nothing, we become…
Published: Wed, 07/14/21
July 14, 2021 “Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress truth.” - Wole Soyinka, Nigerian playwright Yesterday was Wole…
Published: Mon, 07/12/21
July 12, 2021 “Everything is a gift. The degree to which we are awake to this truth is a measure of our gratefulness, and gratefulness is a measure of…
Published: Fri, 07/09/21
July 10, 2021 “Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.” - June Jordan, poet Today is June Jordan's birthday ... (b. 1936)…
Published: Wed, 07/07/21
July 7, 2021 “Christianity revitalized life in Greco-Roman cities by providing new norms and new kinds of social relationships able to cope with many…
Published: Fri, 07/02/21
July 2, 2021 "I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound or stab us. If the book we're reading doesn't wake us up with a blow to the…
Published: Wed, 06/30/21
June 30, 2021 “Do you not know that God entrusted you with that money (all above what buys necessities for your families) to feed the hungry, to…