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, 11/15/21
November 15, 2021 “In religious belief as elsewhere, we must take our chances, recognizing that we could be wrong, dreadfully wrong. There are no…
Published: Mon, 11/08/21
November 8, 2021 “We cannot love God unless we love each other, and to love we must know each other. We know Him in the breaking of bread, and we know…
Published: Fri, 11/05/21
November 3, 2021 "I do protest against the boast Of independence in this mighty land. Call no chain strong, which holds one rusted link. Call no land…
Published: Wed, 11/03/21
November 3, 2021 “To escape responsibility for violence we imagine it is enough to pledge never to be the first to do violence. But no one ever sees…
Published: Mon, 11/01/21
November 1, 2021 "Every empire ... tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but…
Published: Fri, 10/29/21
October 29, 2021 “It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading. Something that will stretch their…
Published: Wed, 10/27/21
October 27, 2021 “Grace doesn't sell; you can hardly even give it away, because it works only for losers and no one wants to stand in their line.” -…
Published: Fri, 10/22/21
October 22, 2021 “We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel... is an essential guide to our…
Published: Tue, 10/19/21
October 19, 2021 “Moment to moment, it turns out, is not God’s conception [of time], or nature’s. It is man conversing with himself about and through…
Published: Fri, 10/15/21
October 15, 2021 “Let nothing disturb you, Let nothing frighten you, All things are passing away: God never changes. Patience obtains all things.