Cultivating Communities
C. Christopher Smith, Myles Werntz, Lindsey Cornett, Brad Fruhauff, Katy LinesFor church leaders who desire more for their churches, we explore what it means to be a rooted church, embodying the way of Jesus.
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Our Own Itineraries
Well, it is that time! Today, we’ll share the final reflection from Jim Aldrich about A Secular Age by Charles Taylor.
We began this series, believe it or not, in January of this year! (Every post in the series can be seen here.)
A Secula...
Read, Consider, Do
Welcome to September, friends of Cultivating Communities!
Below you’ll find a round-up of essays, book reviews, and other links worth spending some time with. Next week, we’ll be back with another post about A Secular Age. If this post is...
The Witness of Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry died yesterday, at the age of 92.
For the past 60+ years, Berry lived, worked the land, and wrote from a small farm in Henry County Kentucky. He wrote fiction, essays, and poetry that explored themes of human interdepend...
It’s Time to Speak Honestly About (and Grieve) Church Decline
In recent months, my parents have begun to slow down and show the effects of aging, and they are now both facing significant health challenges. Fortunately, neither of my parents is nearing death, but their situation has gotten me thinking...
Cross-Pressures and the Search for Meaning
Welcome back to our series exploring the book A Secular Age by Charles Taylor.1 Our friend and colleague, Jim Aldrich, has been walking us through Taylor’s ideas in bite-size chunks—pretty helpful considering this book clocks in at a cool 9...
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Authors
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Senior Editor, The Englewood Review of Books. Resource Coordinator for The Cultivating Communities project. Author: Slow Church (co-authored with John Pattison), Reading for the Common Good, and How the Body of Christ Talks.
What’s the moral life about? Let’s find out. Author/editor of ten books in theology/ethics. Words in Christianity Today, Christian Century, Comment, and on and on.
Lindsey is a loud talker, obsessive coffee drinker, and lover of the written word who lives in Indianapolis with her family. She is the Managing Editor of Englewood Press, a contributor to Indianapolis Moms, and an advocate for public schools.
Writer, editor, ghostwriter, and first student of Human Training
Dr. Katy Lines serves as a pastor with Englewood Christian Church in Indianapolis. She loves discovering what makes each place unique—its heartbeat, stories, and people—and how God is moving through it all.
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