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, 08/12/20
August 12, 2020 “We do not build the kingdom of God on earth by our own efforts (however assisted by grace); the most we can do through genuine…
Published: Mon, 08/10/20
August 10, 2020 “People can meet God within their cultural conte t but in order to follow God, they must cross into other cultures because that’s what…
Published: Fri, 08/07/20
August 7, 2020 “Come friends, it's not too late to seek a newer world.” - Alfred Lord Tennyson Yesterday marked the birthday of the poet Tennyson,…
Published: Wed, 08/05/20
August 5, 2020 "Hope Then to belong to your place by your own knowledge Of what it is that no other place is, and by Your caring for it as you care…
Published: Mon, 08/03/20
August 3, 2020 “You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you odd.” ― Flannery O'Connor, novelist Today mark's the anniversary of Flannery…
Published: Fri, 07/31/20
July 31, 2020 “[L]ove ought to manifest itself in deeds rather than in words.... love consists in a mutual sharing of goods, for e ample, the lover…
Published: Wed, 07/29/20
July 29, 2020 “In the silence, whether we listen to the creation around us, the words of revelation, or the deepest stirrings of our own hearts, we…
Published: Mon, 07/27/20
July 27, 2020 “If grace is so wonderful, why do we have such difficulty recognizing and accepting it? Maybe it's because grace is not gentle or made-…
Published: Fri, 07/24/20
July 24, 2020 “We would like a church that again asserts that God, not nations, rules the world, that the boundaries of God's kingdom transcend those…
Published: Wed, 07/22/20
July 22, 2020 “Wait on the Lord" is a constant refrain in the Psalms, and it is a necessary word, for God often keeps us waiting. He is not in such a…