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: Wed, 08/15/18
August 15, 2018 “One of the best parts of being human is other humans. It's true, because life is hard; but people get to show up for one another, as…
Published: Fri, 08/10/18
August 10, 2018 “I cannot think of a single advantage I've ever gained from being in a hurry. But a thousand broken and missed things, tens of…
Published: Wed, 08/08/18
August 8, 2018 “To learn what we fear is to learn who we are. Horror defies our boundaries and illuminates our souls.” ― Shirley Jackson, novelist…
Published: Fri, 08/03/18
August 3, 2018 “All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful.” ― Flannery O'Connor, novelist Today…
Published: Tue, 07/31/18
July 31, 2018 “He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor.” ― St. Ignatius of Loyola, Today is his Feast…
Published: Thu, 07/26/18
July 26, 2018 “Saints cannot e ist without a community, as they require, like all of us, nurturance by a people who, while often unfaithful, preserve…
Published: Fri, 07/20/18
July 20, 2018 “Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real.” ― Cormac McCarthy, novelist Today marks the writer's 85th birthday!…
Published: Thu, 07/19/18
July 19, 2018 “You must aim high, not in what you are going to do at some future date, but in what you are going to make yourself do today. Otherwise…
Published: Wed, 07/18/18
July 18, 2018 “But for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.” ― Jane Austen, Today marks the anniversary of the…
Published: Fri, 07/13/18
July 13, 2018 “Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery it is. In the boredom and pain of it, no less than in the e citement and…