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, 09/30/20
September 28, 2020 “ Where will you find one more liberal than God? He buys the worthless rubbish which is your wealth, He pays you the Light that…
Published: Mon, 09/28/20
September 28, 2020 “Christ did not die for the good and beautiful. It is easy enough to die for the good and beautiful; the hard thing is to die for…
Published: Fri, 09/25/20
September 25, 2020 “For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time…
Published: Wed, 09/23/20
September 23, 2020 "Prayer is a nonlocative, nongeographic space that one enters at one's own peril, for it houses God during those few moments of…
Published: Mon, 09/21/20
September 21, 2020 "Every time we make the decision to love someone, we open ourselves to great suffering, because those we most love cause us not…
Published: Fri, 09/18/20
September 18, 2020 “Leaders who do not act dialogically, but insist on imposing their decisions, do not organize the people--they manipulate them.
Published: Wed, 09/16/20
September 16, 2020 “The Word is living, being, spirit, all verdant greening, all creativity. This Word manifests itself in every creature.” - St.
Published: Mon, 09/14/20
September 14, 2020 “If you don't understand, ask questions. If you're uncomfortable about asking questions, say you are uncomfortable about asking…
Published: Fri, 09/11/20
September 11, 2020 "[The] greatest gift that anyone can give anyone else is life. And the greatest sin a person can do to another is to take away that…
Published: Wed, 09/09/20
September 9, 2020 “Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.” - Mary Oliver, poet Tomorrow marks Mary Oliver's…