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: Mon, 07/01/19
July 1, 2019 “Every faithful act of service, every honest labor to make the world a better place, which seemed to have been forever lost and forgotten…
Published: Fri, 06/28/19
June 28, 2019 “Do you not know that God entrusted you with that money (all above what buys necessities for your families) to feed the hungry, to…
Published: Fri, 06/21/19
June 21, 2019 “Being Slow means that you control the rhythms of your own life. You decide how fast you have to go in any conte t. If today I want to…
Published: Wed, 06/19/19
June 19, 2019 “All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.” ― Blaise Pascal, Philosopher, Theologian, and…
Published: Mon, 06/17/19
June 17, 2019 “I am all for churches being a part of the nonviolent marches and protests that have happened in the wake of violent killings, but these…
Published: Fri, 06/14/19
June 14, 2019 “This is what the love of God is like: it is free and therefore it is both all-powerful and completely vulnerable. All-powerful because…
Published: Wed, 06/12/19
June 12, 2019 “That peoples can no longer carry on authentic dialogue with one another is not only the most acute symptom of the pathology of our…
Published: Mon, 06/10/19
June 10, 2019 “Grown-ups desperately need to feel safe, and then they project onto the kids. But what none of us seem to realize is how smart kids…
Published: Fri, 06/07/19
June 7, 2019 “If you are looking for verses with which to support slavery, you will find them. If you are looking for verses with which to abolish…
Published: Wed, 06/05/19
June 5, 2019 “You must write every single day of your life... You must lurk in libraries and climb the stacks like ladders to sniff books like…