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, 03/23/18
March 23, 2018 “Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, Let the earth hear His voice; Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, Let the people rejoice; Oh, come to…
Published: Wed, 03/21/18
March 21, 2018 “While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.” ―…
Published: Fri, 03/16/18
March 16, 2018 “Books are like rocks. You hold one in your hand and look at it in various lights to get a sense of it, and then when you get a good…
Published: Thu, 03/15/18
March 15, 2018 “The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our…
Published: Tue, 03/13/18
March 13, 2018 “Just as surely as one of the functions of religion is to inform, counsel, and temper the society in which it e ists, just so surely is…
Published: Fri, 03/09/18
March 9, 2018 “All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he…
Published: Thu, 03/08/18
March 8, 2018 “What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Hu ley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would…
Published: Sat, 03/03/18
March 3, 2018 “We sit and talk, quietly, with long lapses of silence and I am aware of the stream that has no language, coursing beneath the quiet…
Published: Wed, 02/28/18
February 28, 2018 “The most fruitful and natural e ercise for our minds is, in my opinion, conversation.” ― Michel de Montaigne. Today is his birthday…
Published: Tue, 02/27/18
February 27, 2018 “Perserverence is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up…