The Wake Up Call –
9 April 2013
The Wake Up Call –
Like the smell of strong coffee wafting down the hall, we offer a few book-related thoughts and stories to jumpstart your day…
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“He who loves his dream of a community more that the Christian community itself becomes a destroyer of the latter, even though his personal intentions may be ever so honest and earnest and sacrificial.”
– Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who died on this day 1945
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“I can barely conceive of a type of beauty in which there is no Melancholy.” – Charles Baudelaire, *** [easyazon-link keywords=”Charles Baudelaire” locale=”us”]Books by Charles Baudelaire[/easyazon-link]
Book News:
- NY Review of Books: Review of Auden and Christianity
- The Millions: Robert Ebert: A Writer’s Role Model
- NPR Books: Interview with Meg Wolitzer about her new book The Interestings
Thanks be to God for this new day, may it be full of beauty and grace!
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C. Christopher Smith is the founding editor of The Englewood Review of Books. He is also author of a number of books, including most recently How the Body of Christ Talks: Recovering the Practice of Conversation in the Church (Brazos Press, 2019). Connect with him online at: C-Christopher-Smith.com
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