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, 02/19/20
February 19, 2020 "Learning does not consist only of knowing what we must or we can do, but also of knowing what we could do and perhaps should not…
Published: Tue, 02/18/20
February 18, 2020 “If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.” ― Toni Morrison, novelist TODAY…
Published: Fri, 02/14/20
February 14, 2020 "The man who wields the blood-clotted cowskin during the week fills the pulpit on Sunday, and claims to be a minister of the meek…
Published: Wed, 02/12/20
February 12, 2020 “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” ―…
Published: Mon, 02/10/20
February 10, 2020 “I know why the caged bird sings, ah me, When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore,- When he beats his bars and would be free; It…
Published: Fri, 02/07/20
February 7, 2020 “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: Wed, 02/05/20
February 5, 2020 “The shared meal elevates eating from a mechanical process of fueling the body to a ritual of family and community, from the mere…
Published: Mon, 02/03/20
February 3, 2020 "Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at which a man…
Published: Sat, 02/01/20
February 1, 2020 “I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I'm dead. I…
Published: Tue, 01/28/20
January 28, 2020 “Fear is such a powerful emotion for humans that when we allow it to take us over, it drives compassion right out of our hearts.” ―…