Here are a few of the ones I wish everyone would read.
Non-Fiction:
Truly the Community by Marva Dawn
Missional Church by Darrel Guder
The Forgotten Ways by Alan Hirsch
The Secret Message of Jesus by Brian McLaren
In the Name of Jesus by Henri Nouwen
Call to Commitment by Elizabeth O’Conner
Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places by Eugene Peterson
How (Not) To Speak of God by Peter Rollins
The Good and Beautiful God by James Bryan Smith
Room of Marvels by James Bryan Smith
Slaves, Women and Homosexuals by William Webb
Ancient Future Time by Robert Webber
The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard
Celtic Book of Daily Prayer by the Northumbria Community
The Resurrection of the Son of God by N.T. Wright
Simply Christian by N.T. Wright
Fiction:
Jayber Crow By Wendell Berry
Gilead by Marilyn Robinson
Paul, Nice to see that things are going well for you and you church. Sounds like a great place and I wish we still lived in Wichita. We move to CO about a year ago and hard having a hard time finding a Church where we feel like we fit in. great website and will be checking it out often!
Chad
Heath and I have only read two from this list. (Nouwen and Sumner) Although the one by Willard sounds familiar, maybe we’ve read part of that one? We’ll have to check out some of the others!
I miss the comments in this section. Thanks for leaving them guys. Hey, Chad! Thanks for the comment and it’s always good to hear from you.
The only book on this list I’ve read is The Divine Conspiracy. But I agree, I wish everyone would read it. It is one of the few books I’ve read that has really influenced the way I look at the world and my place in it. Good stuff.
Brian
Sorry, I haven’t been good at responding to the comments on this page. Thanks for reading everyone!
You sent me a link to Peter Rollins a few weeks back. I bought “How (Not) To Speak Of God” and have have gotten through the first service description after reading the rest of it. Radical stuff. And I love it! I would pose one question to you based on the book: If really getting at God, who he is, what he is like, what the cross is about, is never fully possible, how can all of humanity be held to a series of few little hoops to jump through in order to not be condemned to hell? It makes me think that Jesus redeeming all things to himself is really that, redeeming ALL THINGS to himself regardless of whether we know his name or not, that we will all eventually be given a choice anyway as we stand before him someday. What say you? If you need to answer privately so as not to bring the wrath of Kahn down upon you, let’s do lunch.