Reading for the Common Good How Books Help Our Churches and Neighborhoods Flourish by C Christopher Smith

Reading for the Common Good How Books Help Our Churches and Neighborhoods Flourish by C Christopher Smith

We have been created to live and work in community. But all too often we see ourselves primarily as individuals and run the risk of working at cross-purposes with the organizations we serve. Living faithfully in a neighborhood involves two interwoven threads: learning and action. In this book C. Christopher Smith, coauthor of Slow Church, looks at the local church as an organization in which both learning and action lie at the heart of its identity. He explores the practice of reading and, in his words, how we can read together in ways that drive us deeper into action. Smith continues, Church can no longer simply be an experience to be passively consumed; rather, we are called into the participatory life of a community. Reading is a vital practice for helping our churches navigate this shift. Discover how books can help your churches and neighborhoods bring flourishing to the world.

Smith, C. Christopher: - C. Christopher Smith is a writer, community developer, and editor of The Englewood Review of Books. He is coauthor of the award-winning book Slow Church: Cultivating Community in the Patient Way of Jesus and the author of Reading for the Common Good: How Books Help Our Churches and Neighborhoods Flourish. His work has been featured in the Washington Post, USA Today, the Indianapolis Star, HuffPost, Christianity Today, the Christian Century, Relevant, and Sojourners. Smith lives on the urban Near Eastside of Indianapolis, Indiana, where he is a longtime member of Englewood Christian Church, a congregation that has been learning to talk together for over two decades.

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ISBN 13	9780830844494
ISBN 10	083084449X
Title	Reading for the Common Good How Books Help Our Churches and Neighborhoods Flourish
Author	C Christopher Smith
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	InterVarsity Press
Year published	2016-05-12
Number of pages	179
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