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, 11/30/18
November 30, 2018 “The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” ― Mark Twain, born on this day, 1835 *** Kindle Ebook…
Published: Thu, 11/29/18
November 29, 2018 “A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the e panding universe.” ― Madeleine L'Engle,…
Published: Sat, 11/24/18
November 24, 2018 “Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.” ― Arundhati Roy, novelist and…
Published: Fri, 11/23/18
November 23, 2018 “I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.” ― C.S. Lewis Yesterday marked the 55th anniversary of his…
Published: Wed, 11/21/18
November 21, 2018 “If we look into the matter of how Christian theology rose in the beginning, the Christian Church was always already earlier, and…
Published: Tue, 11/20/18
November 20, 2018 “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” ― Leo Tolstoy, novelist, who was died on this day,…
Published: Fri, 11/16/18
November 16, 2018 “Storytellers are a threat. They threaten all champions of control, they frighten usurpers of the right-to-freedom of the human…
Published: Thu, 11/15/18
November 15, 2018 “In religious belief as elsewhere, we must take our chances, recognizing that we could be wrong, dreadfully wrong. There are no…
Published: Wed, 11/14/18
November 14, 2018 "Surely it's better to love others, however messy and imperfect the involvement, than to allow one's capacity for love to harden." ―…
Published: Tue, 11/13/18
November 13, 2018 “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come…