July 27, 2007
I have a gift certificate to amazon.com that I am itching to spend. Anyone have any book recommendations that they want to share? What books have had big impact on you? What books did you find enjoyable. Either fiction or non. Can be Church related or not.
Ok. let me know in the comments.
I’m the pastor of The Well in Feasterville, PA about 30 minutes Northeast of Philadelphia; Designer, Programmer, Owner of 343design; Website specialist for MyOhai; Board Member for Lemonade International; Member of the Ecclesia Network; Father of four boys and husband.
Over the years this blog has focused on the the calling of the church in suburban America. This has naturally transitioned into thoughts and questions around the nature of leadership and community life in this unique context.
07.27.07
By: Tim Etherington
EM Bounds, “Power Through Prayer” had a huge impact. Especially for someone with a preaching ministry, it is a must read.
07.27.07
By: Daniel Kirk
If you don’t have The Complete Stories of Flannery O’Connor, either use your gift cert. or sell your Bible to get the cash to by it.
Also, I’m not sure how up you are on your Newbigin, but I’ve been recently enjoying The Open Secret.
07.27.07
By: bill
Todd,
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here are some recommendations:
Divine Nobodies, Jim Palmer
Surrender to Love, David Benner
in theology, anything and everything Graeme Goldworthy, his stuff is dynamite!
Eugene Peterson series of book on Pastoring, Working the Angles, etc…
Devotional, Valley of Vision, love these Puritan prayers
that is just a sample.
07.27.07
By: Ginger Ware
Todd,
When exactly do you think you’re going to have time to read? (new kid, remember?)
Ginger
07.27.07
By: Rick Meigs
If you like SciFi in the vain of Isaac Asimov, try anything by Jack McDevitt.
07.27.07
By: Tim
Dude –
Renegotiating the Church Contract: The Death and Life of the 21st Century Church
by James Thwaites
You could probably get this book and have some money left over for another book!
07.29.07
By: David
I have been enjoying “Serve God, Save the Planet” by J. Matthew Sleeth. This book makes saving our environment feel doable (is that a word).
07.29.07
By: mark
i agree about flannery o’connor. but you could just borrow it from me.
i say the journal of john woolman. or the complete farside anthology. or anything dostoevsky. or anything george macdonald. wait a minute… this is starting to sound like my wish list.
07.30.07
By: David Congdon
Here are the most important books that shaped me:
1. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison
2. G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy
3. Augustine, Confessions
But I have to second the suggestion of Flannery O’Connor’s complete stories. You can’t get much better than O’Connor.
07.31.07
By: Todd
You guys have given me WAY too much to think about here…
but, strangely nothing strikes me and says “buy me now”
i’m going to add a bunch of these to my wish list though
07.31.07
By: Tim
“Don’t waste your life” by John Piper.