SUGGESTED BOOKS TO READ

Books I have read:

1. The Burned-over District: The Social and Intellectual History of Enthusiastic Religion in Western NY, 1800-1860
by Whitney R. Cross

2. Community and Growth: Our Pilgrimage Together Revised Edition by Jean Vanier

3. The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming
by Henri J. M. Nouwen

4. The Road to Daybreak by Henri J. M. Nouwen

5. In His Steps by Charles M. Sheldon

6. Jesus Is Here by Charles Sheldon

7. Joshua by Joseph Girzone

8. Joshua and the Children by Joseph Girzone

9. Joshua in the Holy Land by Joseph Girzone

10. Joshua in the City by Joseph Girzone

11. Joshua in a Troubled World by Joseph Girzone

12. God's Politics : Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It by by Jim Wallis

13. The Purpose-Driven Life by Rick Warren

14. Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places : A Conversation in Spiritual Theology by Eugene H. Peterson

15. Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places Study Guide by Eugene H. Peterson and Peter Santucci

16. Intuitive Leadership : Embracing a Paradigm of Narrative, Metaphor, and Chaos by Tim Keel

17. Breathing Space : A Spiritual Journey in the South Bronx by Heidi Neumark

18. Presence-Centered Youth Ministry: Guiding Students into Spiritual Formation by Mike King

19. Jewish New Teatament Commentary by David H. Stern

20. Strength to Love By Martin Luther King, Jr.

21. Desperate for His Presence: God's Design to Transform your Life and your City by Rhonda Hughey

22. Red Moon Rising: How 24-7 Prayer is Awakening a Generation by Peter Grieg and Dave Roberts.

23. Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope by Brian McLaren.

24. In Spirit & Truth by Art Seamans.

25. Upstarts in Upstate by Art Seamans.

26. The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith and Politics in a Post-Religious Right America by Jim Wallis.

27. The Irresistible Revolution: living as an ordinary radical by Shane Clairborne.

28. An Emergent Manifesto of Hope edited by Doug Pagitt and Tony Jones.

29. Iraq Journal 2003 by Shane Claiborn.

30. Jesus for President:  Politics for Ordinary Radicals by Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw.

31. Christian Theology, Volume I by H. Orton Wiley. 

32. Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White:  Thoughts on Religion, Morality, and Politics by Adam Hamilton.

33.  Vulnerable Communion:  A Theology of Disability and Hospitality by Thomas E. Reynolds.  

34.   The Sacred Way:  Spiritual Practices for Everyday Life by Tony Jones.

35. 24-7 Prayer Manual:  A Guide to Creating & Sustaining Holy Space in the Real world by Pete Grieg & David Blackwell.

36.  Asia-Pacific:  from the rising of the son by Brent Cobb.  

37.   EURASIA:  Bountiful Blessing by R. Franklin Cook, Gustavo Crocker, Jerald D. Johnson, and T. W. Schofield.  

38.  Africa:  Where the Decades Still Whisper by Robert Perry.

39.  The Caribbean:  a legacy of love by Keith Schwantz.  

40.  South America:  a harvest of holiness Compiled by Christian Sarmiento.  

41.  Mexico and Central America:  A Tapestry of Triumph  by Tim Crutcher.  

42.  The Good Life:  Seeking purpose, meaning, and truth in your life by Charles Colson with Harold Fickett.  

43.  Reading Paul by Michael J. Gorman.  

44.  A Story from the New Testament World:  The Lost Letters of Pergamum by Bruce W. Longenecker with extracts from Ben Witherington, III.

45.  the voice of romans:  the gospel according to Paul by chris seay with david b. capes and kelly hall.

45.  Wisdom for the Long Walk of Faith:  Spiritual Direction by Henri Nouwen with Michael J.  Christiansen and Rebecca J. Laird.

46.  The New Christians:  Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier by Tony Jones.

47.  A Christianity Worth Believing:  Hope-Filled, Open-Armed, Aliove-and-Well Faith for the Left Out, Left Behind, and Let Down in us All by Doug Pagitt.

48.  Church on the Other Side:  Exploring the Radical Future of the Local Congregation by Brian D. McLaren.

49.  Church Re-Imagined:  The Spiritual Formation of People in Communities of Faith by Doug Pagitt and the Solomon's Porch Community.

50.  A Generous Orthodoxy by Brian D. McLaren. 

Some books I would like to read or own:

1. Grassroots Reform in the Burned-over District of Upstate New York : Religion, Abolitionism and Democracy by Judith Wellman

2. A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Edited by Clayborne Carson and Peter Holloran