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, 09/10/21
September 10, 2021 “Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.” - Mary Oliver, poet Today marks Mary Oliver's…
Published: Wed, 09/08/21
September 8, 2021 “The world is holy. We are holy. All life is holy. Daily prayers are delivered on the lips of breaking waves, the whisperings of…
Published: Fri, 09/03/21
September 3, 2021 “We have, as human beings, a storytelling problem. We're a bit too quick to come up with e planations for things we don't really…
Published: Wed, 09/01/21
September 1, 2021 “What you must realize ... is the fact that there is no right way that is going to become apparent to you once and for all. The most…
Published: Mon, 08/30/21
August 30, 2021 “Jesus was not just concerned with souls. He wanted a changed society. That is precisely why he begins the new thing within a…
Published: Fri, 08/27/21
August 27, 2021 “Honest and earnest criticism from those whose interests are most nearly touched,-- criticism of writers by readers, of government by…
Published: Wed, 08/25/21
August 25, 2021 “The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, 'What are you going through?'" - Simone Weil,…
Published: Mon, 08/23/21
August 23, 2021 “Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will…
Published: Fri, 08/20/21
August 18, 2021 “There are those who seek knowledge for the sake of knowledge; that is Curiosity. There are those who seek knowledge to be known by…
Published: Wed, 08/18/21
August 18, 2021 “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…