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, 04/12/21
April 12, 2021 “I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering... For our Lord suffered. And I come to believe that he suffered, not…
Published: Fri, 04/09/21
April 9, 2021 "The absence of anything lasting means the collapse of the foundation of historical life, confidence, in all its forms. Since there is…
Published: Wed, 04/07/21
April 7, 2021 "Believing in Christ's resurrection ... does not mean affirming a fact. It means being possessed by the life-giving Spirit and…
Published: Tue, 04/06/21
April 6, 2021 “A lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesn't become good, just because it's accepted by a majority.” -…
Published: Wed, 03/31/21
March 31, 2021 “Faith, then, is not a set of beliefs about the world. It is rather found in the loving embrace of the world. Because the actual e…
Published: Mon, 03/29/21
March 29, 2021 “If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.” - Virginia Woolf, novelist Yesterday marked the…
Published: Fri, 03/26/21
March 26, 2021 “My heart is moved by all I cannot save: so much has been destroyed I have to cast my lot with those who age after age, perversely,…
Published: Wed, 03/24/21
March 24, 2021 “All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful.” - Flannery O'Connor, novelist Tomorrow…
Published: Mon, 03/22/21
March 22, 2021 “Storytellers are a threat. They threaten all champions of control, they frighten usurpers of the right-to-freedom of the human spirit…
Published: Fri, 03/19/21
March 19, 2021 “The man that I named the Giver passed along to the boy knowledge, history, memories, color, pain, laughter, love, and truth. Every…