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: Tue, 11/21/17
November 21, 2017 “In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the…
Published: Fri, 11/17/17
November 17, 2017 “Humanity's legacy of stories and storytelling is the most precious we have. All wisdom is in our stories and songs. A story is how…
Published: Tue, 11/14/17
November 14, 2017 “Somebody has to stand when other people are sitting. Somebody has to speak when other people are quiet.” ― Bryan Stevenson, who was…
Published: Fri, 11/10/17
November 10, 2017 “Anyone who is to find Christ must first find the church. How could anyone know where Christ is and what faith is in him unless he…
Published: Thu, 11/09/17
November 9, 2017 “The joy and function of poetry is, and was, the celebration of man, which is also the celebration of God.” ― Dylan Thomas, poet, who…
Published: Wed, 11/08/17
November 8, 2017 “We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community. ” ―…
Published: Mon, 11/06/17
November 6, 2017 “The way of Jesus cannot be imposed or mapped — it requires an active participation in following Jesus as he leads us through…
Published: Fri, 11/03/17
November 3, 2017 "Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again; The eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes with pain, And dies among…
Published: Wed, 11/01/17
November 1, 2017 "Would I might wake St. Francis in you all, Brother of birds and trees, God’s Troubadour, Blinded with weeping for the sad and poor;…
Published: Sat, 10/28/17
October 28, 2017 "If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden." ― Frances Hodgson Burnettt, novelist, whose birthday is…