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, 08/19/19
August 19, 2019 What motives are we using to spur ourselves and those around us to deeper faith? "[Neither] fear nor self-interest is undefiled, nor…
Published: Fri, 08/16/19
August 16, 2019 “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: Wed, 08/14/19
August 14, 2019 “No one in the world can change Truth. What we can do and and should do is to seek truth and to serve it when we have found it. The…
Published: Mon, 08/12/19
August 12, 2019 “The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all…
Published: Fri, 08/09/19
August 9, 2019 "To the e tent that I accept the work of the cross as my invitation to participate in the self-giving intimacy of the Trinity, I must…
Published: Wed, 08/07/19
August 7, 2019 “If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” ― Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize-winning…
Published: Mon, 08/05/19
August 5, 2019 “A community is the mental and spiritual condition of knowing that the place is shared, and that the people who share the place define…
Published: Fri, 08/02/19
August 2, 2019 "A society must assume that it is stable, but the artist must know, and he must let us know, that there is nothing stable under…
Published: Wed, 07/31/19
July 29, 2019 “You have to resign yourself to wasting lots of trees before you write anything really good. That's just how it is. It's like learning…
Published: Mon, 07/29/19
July 29, 2019 “Is it not the great end of religion, and, in particular, the glory of Christianity, to e tinguish the malignant passions; to curb the…