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, 10/17/18
October 17, 2018 “I prefer death in Christ Jesus to power over the farthest limits of the earth. He who died in place of us is the one object of my…
Published: Fri, 10/12/18
October 12, 2018 “Some days I am not sure if my faith is riddled with doubt, or whether, graciously, my doubt is riddled with faith. And yet I…
Published: Thu, 10/11/18
October 11, 2018 “People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in…
Published: Wed, 10/10/18
October 10, 2018 “[E]ducation is a holistic endeavor that involves the whole person, including our bodies, in a process of formation that aims our…
Published: Sat, 10/06/18
October 6, 2018 “The most clear evidence and assurance of the truth and goodness in these holy things of Christ and the new creature arises out of…
Published: Fri, 10/05/18
October 5, 2018 “Real poverty is the belief that the purpose of life is acquiring wealth and owning things. Real wealth is not the possession of…
Published: Wed, 10/03/18
October 3, 2018 “In a way, “failure” is just another word for “the journey,” for not being there yet but on the way. It’s the road we walk on to get…
Published: Tue, 10/02/18
October 2, 2018 “Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose, or paint can manage to escape the madness,…
Published: Fri, 09/28/18
September 28, 2018 “Sin, he reflected, is not what it is usually thought to be; it is not to steal and tell lies. Sin is for one man to walk brutally…
Published: Thu, 09/27/18
September 27, 2018 “Charity is the cement which binds communities to God and persons to one another ” ― St. Vincent DePaul, whose Feast Day is today…