An excerpt from

Water from a Deep Well:
Christian Spirituality from Early Martyrs to Modern Missionaries.
Gerald Sittser.
Hardback: IVP Books, 2010.
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Soon to be released in paperback!

The excellent book

Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Redeemed a Tragedy
Donald Kraybill, Steven Nolt, David Weaver-Zercher.
Paperback: Jossey-Bass, 2010.
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has just been released in an affordable paperback edition.

Read our review of this book by David Neuhouser.

An excerpt from this book:

An excerpt from the recent book

A Blessed Life:
Benedictine Guidelines for Those Who Long for Good Days.
Wil Derkse.
Paperback: Liturgical Press, 2009.
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We are giving away five copies of Jonathan Merritt’s new book Green Like God.

How to enter to win:

1. Announce the contest on Twitter, Facebook or your blog:
   The Englewood Review (@ERBks ) is giving away 5 copies of GREEN LIKE GOD by Jonathan Merritt.  Enter here: http://ow.ly/1y33e
   
2. (IMPORTANT!) Post a comment to this announcement with your name and a link to your post for #1.   We will choose our winner from among those who have left comments.
3. You may enter one time per day for the duration of the contest.
4. We will pick a winner at random from the eligible contestants and notify them this weekend.

The contest will end at 4PM ET on Friday April 23rd.

GREEN LIKE GOD:
Unlocking the Divine Plan for Our Planet.
Jonathan Merritt.
Hardback: FaithWords, 2010.
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A South Jersey farmer visited New York City not too long ago and took a tour of the Big Apple with a friend.  They were standing in New York’s theatre district just off Broadway during the rush of the day.  Car engines were roaring, people were shouting, feet were shuffling, and horns were honking.  The wide-eyes farmer stopped and asked his buddy, “Do you hear that cricket?”

His companion wondered how the farmer possibly heard the song of such a miniscule insect.

The farmer remained still, likely squinting his eyes and straining his ears.  He slowly took steps up an alleyway, motioning for his friend to follow.  Finally, the farmer turned and looked down to see a tiny cricket hiding in the cracks of a brick building.

How did the farmer hear its faint music?  The farmer’s ears were sensitive to the cricket’s melodies, having heard them many nights back on the farm.  He was primed to listen to the sound.  In the same way we must open all our senses to God around us.

The air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat:  they miraculously bring us life day in and day out.  We put seeds in the ground and somehow they grow into edible bounty—corn and what and rice.  In the most simplistic yet fascinating cycle, water condenses in clouds and rain falls to the ground.  It accumulates on mountaintops and flows down rivers into lakes.  This happens each and every year with no prodding from us whatsoever.  Without words, it is as if God is murmuring, “I am here and I will provide for you.”  The beauty of a sunset or the majesty of a snow-tipped mountain peak seems to echo, “I am here and I want to communicate with you.”   (72-72)

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You can also read the book’s first chapter here:

Don’t forget that our Easter Contest ends at NOON on Monday April 5th.

Click the banner to find out more and enter to win up to $125  in N.T. Wright Books:

One of the books we are giving away is

The Challenge of Jesus:
Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and Is.
N.T. Wright. Hardback: IVP Books, 1999.
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One of the essays in this book “The Challenge of Easter” (Read an excerpt) has also recently been published by IVP as its own little book, and all winners in our Easter contest will win a copy of this book.

Read an excerpt from The Challenge of Jesus:

Excerpt from the recent book:

When the Church was a Family:
Recapturing Jesus’ Vision for
Authentic Christian Community.
Joseph Hellerman.
Paperback: B&H Pub. Group, 2009.
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Last week, we ran an excerpt of
LIVING GENTLY IN A VIOLENT WORLD
by Stanley Hauerwas and Jean Vanier.

This week, we bring you the newest volume in the same
Resources for Reconciliation Series:

FRIENDSHIP AT THE MARGINS:
DISCOVERING MUTUALITY IN SERVICE AND MISSION.
Chris Heuertz and Christine Pohl.
Paperback: IVP Books, 2010.
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Continuing our series of essential works…

The Politics of Jesus:
Vicit Agnus Noster.
John Howard Yoder.
2nd Edition.
Paperback: Eerdmans, 1994.
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Living Gently in a Violent World:
The Prophetic Witness of Weakness.
(Resources for Reconciliation Series).
Stanley Hauerwas and Jean Vanier.
Paperback: IVP Books, 2008.
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We selected this book as an Englewood Honor Book for 2008.