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, 05/25/18
May 25, 2018 “As I have come to realize that we all live and move and have our being in God, the names of each person, species, creature, and element…
Published: Wed, 05/23/18
May 23, 2018 “The poet's job is to put into words those feelings we all have that are so deep, so important, and yet so difficult to name, to tell the…
Published: Mon, 05/21/18
May 21, 2018 "Jesus did not advocate non-violence merely as a technique for outwitting the enemy, but as a just means of opposing the enemy in such a…
Published: Fri, 05/18/18
May 18, 2018 “[We] want good without having to name evil; we want decency without the authority to insist upon it; we want more community without any…
Published: Thu, 05/17/18
May 17, 2018 “It's just like heirloom tomatoes; this is heirloom music. We used to have all kinds of diversity in our poultry, in our vegetables, in…
Published: Wed, 05/16/18
May 16, 2018 “You must write, and read, as if your life depended on it.” ― Adrienne Rich, poet, Today is her birthday! *** READ Adrienne Rich's poem…
Published: Tue, 05/15/18
May 15, 2018 “There is no Frigate like a Book To take us Lands away Nor any Coursers like a Page Of prancing Poetry – This Traverse may the poorest…
Published: Fri, 05/11/18
May 11, 2018 “I have discovered that most people have no one to talk to, no one, that is, who really wants to listen. When it does at last dawn on a…
Published: Wed, 05/09/18
May 9, 2018 “I hope there is a spiritual breakthrough of sorts awaiting us, so that we can learn to live together in a new and stronger and less…
Published: Tue, 05/08/18
May 8, 2018 “The aim of God in history is the creation of an all-inclusive community of loving persons, with Himself included in that community as its…