Reading for the Common Good: How Books Help Our Churches and Neighborhoods Flourish, C. Christopher Smith. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2016. Summary: Explores how the communal practice of reading in congregations fosters a learning community and shared social imagination the results in clearer congregational identity, sense of mission in one's setting, and wider engagement with the environment, economics, and political order. … [Read more...] about Book Review: Reading for the Common Good, by C. Christopher Smith
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Interview: Chris Smith on Slow Church
When Slow Church: Cultivating Community in the Patient Way of Jesus (InterVarsity Press, 2014) came to my attention, the theme resonated with me both "on" and "off" campus. So I dropped C. Christopher Smith an email to see if he would be open to an interview and a visit to South Central Pennsylvania. Chris responded with a resounding, "Yes!" Enjoy the conversation -- even join in by making comments :) Note: As with previous interviews, I take full responsibility for the related links and pictures. In this case … [Read more...] about Interview: Chris Smith on Slow Church