As an alumnus of , I'm pretty angry about this firing of an English professor, who was in good standing with her department (and happens to be a friend of mine). Please read and share!!! 😡🤬😡
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Exvangelical since 1996. Still clinging to the margins of church. Sr Editor: // Books: How the Body of Christ Talks,
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New Book Releases – Week of 24 Apr '23 – Chao Romero & Liou, more…
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Ten of the Best New Theology Books released in April!!! NT Wright, more
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Ten New #Theology Books to Watch For — April 2023
Feat books by @profntwright, @JoseHumphreys, @NijayKGupta, @Jeff_Liou, @ProfeChaoRomero,
@ThomasJayOord, more
englewoodreview.org/ten-theology-b
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A-MEN!!!
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This 9 yr-old interview with Wendell Berry by Bill Moyers is one of the most truthful interviews ever shown on television -- and it is as prophetic and powerful and needed now as much as then.
youtube.com/watch?v=2ejYAf
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We’re giving away Four copies of ’s brand new book: Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church (Foreword by )
Enter now to win one!
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On the bus to a track meet this morning…
Two of the guys are playing chess on their phones and are SO into it! Making me smile…
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Five Excellent Ebook Deals that are running now…
Christian Wiman, Dorothy Day, more!
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Grieving today over the death of James Johnson III, a sharp young man on my track team who was shot and killed last night…What a senseless tragedy!
Here’s part of his story:
wrtv.com/news/good-news
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🎉🎉🎉Episode 50 of our podcast just went live!!!
A conversation on some of our favorite books of 2022.
Hosted by and featuring , , , and
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Congrats to , whose book Celebrities for Jesus is our Book of the Year!!!
(We had a tie for this award, and the other winner will be announced tomorrow)
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My copy of the gorgeous new edition of JRR Tolkien’s Silmarillion arrived yesterday! (Complete with maps and illustrations by Tolkien himself…) A great excuse to re-read this work…
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Diana Butler Bass, Monthly Ebook Sale, Michael Gorman, Bono [ERB Weekly Digest] aweber.com/t/Sk3ek
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. hosted the most recent episode of the podcast, and I was glad to have participated in a fantastic conversation with about his book, How to Inhabit Time, and my forthcoming book, In Good Time. Hope you'll listen:
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Kate Bowler, Monthly Ebook Sale, Wendell Berry, David Zahl, Jazz [ERB Weekly Digest] aweber.com/t/GFWa6
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Interested in doing a review for us? Here's our latest list of titles that we'd love to see reviewed:
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Check out this week’s newsletter from The Englewood Review, featuring books by More! (And Subscribe, if you don’t already! Link at top)
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New Podcast Episode, Ebook Bargains, Miroslav Volf, Dorothy Day [ERB Weekly Digest] aweber.com/t/9CSqU
Against Christian Nationalism.
A Reading Guide for understanding why Christian Nationalism is problematic, theologically, historically, etc.
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Need a laugh on this Monday? 🤣🤣🤣
Hilarious one-star customer reviews of Bibles!!!
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With cultural Christianity in steep decline it might just clear out space for the words and ways of Jesus to rise to the surface without all the clutter.
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“Leaders who do not act dialogically, but insist on imposing their decisions, do not organize the people--they manipulate them. They do not liberate, nor are they liberated: they oppress.”
- Paulo Freire,
Brazilian educator, author of Pedagogy of the Oppressed b 9/19/1921
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Today Only! Get the superb Kindle ebook, The New Testament in Its World: An Intro to the History, Literature, & #Theology of the First Christians by and Michael Bird for only $19.99! (Retail price for book: ~$60)
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included Catching the Light by Joy Harjo (from our "Why I Write" Series) in their Fall Most Anticipated Books for Christian Readers
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In the conclusion of her superb new book Celebrities for Jesus, @KatelynBeaty points to @HenriNouwen as one whose work might offer an alternative to the present celebrity culture of Christianity. I think Katelyn is right, and want to take a deeper look at this thought. 1/x 
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Last chance to enter!!!
We’re giving away a complete set (15 books) of the new My Theology series from
Including books by more
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“Instructions for living a life.
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.”
- Mary Oliver, poet
Born on this day, 1935
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"In our world of increasing isolation and infidelity, Thin Blue Smoke stirs our imaginations with the hope of what is possible through deep and tenacious friendships." —C. Christopher Smith, editor, The Englewood Review of Books
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Peter heard the gospel from Jesus himself, in the flesh, and only understood it fully several years after the resurrection.
It takes time for the truth to sink in and for the lights to go on.
So, be patient with others.
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For the upcoming holiday weekend… Best reads for Christians on Rest and Sabbath —
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The fact that “God is in control” does not mean that “God is controlling.”
In Genesis 1-2, for example, God was in control of the Garden, but He did not control Adam and Eve.
When we try to control other people, even for their good, we do that which God himself never did.
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FREE Ebook!!! Reading for the Common Good by
“A fresh, rich and quite unfamiliar proposal concerning human renewal.”
- Walter Brueggemann
Get your copy now: englewoodreview.org/enewsletter/
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Frederick Buechner Books - An Introductory Reading Guide
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FREE Ebook!!!
Reading for the Common Good: How Books Help Our Churches and Neighborhoods Flourish
by ERB Editor
Get your copy now:
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Remembering novelist Frederick Buechner, who died this week at the age of 96… His books are well-worth reading!
Here’s our introductory reading guide to his work…
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Not familiar with Buechner? Here's our introductory reading guide to his books:
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Frederick Buechner’s work was a light for me in a very dark season of my life… He will be missed. #RIP
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RIP, Frederick Buechner. 8/15/2022
“When you remember me,it means you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have left some mark of who I am on who you are. ...It means that even after I die, you can still see my face and hear my voice and speak to me in your heart.”
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Our friend , editor of , stopped by the office today and let us know what IVP books he’s been reading lately!
Check out his work at englewoodreview.org.
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