Ryan and I love to read! We have read so many books that have either deepened our faith, challenged our thinking and way of living, or simply inspired and encouraged us onward. Ryan has especially read a *ton* more books than I have – but even then I was challenged or inspired by the questions he’d ask, the ideas he would raise, or the quotes he would share. Because there have been so many, I wanted to create a place where we could remember all those books that have been memorable in specific seasons or have impacted our overall journey. Most of these books, coupled with others on the list, take us back to specific places in our journeys where God has used them in our lives to continually shape us and direct our paths in ways we would have never dreamed. Hopefully we’ll keep adding to the list over the years!
SL journey and about poverty:
- Compassion ~ Nouwen, Mcneil, Morrison
- Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger ~ Sider
- Can You Drink the Cup? ~ Nouwen
- The Jesus I Never Knew ~ Yancey
- A Long Way Gone ~ Ishmael Beah
- Mustard Seed vs. McWorld ~Sine
- Under the Overpass ~Yankoski
- Simple Spirituality ~Huertz
- Enough: Contentment in an Age of Excess ~Samson
- The New Friars ~Beckensecker
- Jesus in the Margins ~McKinley
Grief:
- A Grace Disguised ~ Sittser
- A Grief Observed ~ Lewis
- Compassion ~ Nouwen, Mcneil, Morrison
- The Shack ~ Young
- Can You Drink the Cup? ~ Nouwen
Church:
- Pagan Christianity ~ Viola and Barna
- The Irresistible Revolution ~ Claiborne
- Velvet Elvis ~ Bell
Other:
- Sex God ~ Bell
- Drops Like Rain ~ Bell
- The Man Comes Around (spiritual journey of Johnny Cash) ~ Urbanski
- Crazy Love ~ Chan
- Waking the Dead ~ Eldredge
- Pursuit of God ~ Tozer
- Hinds Feet on High Places ~ Hurnard
- Destined for the Throne ~Billheimer
- Chronicles of Narnia ~ Lewis
- The Prophet ~ Gibran
- A Tear and a Smile ~ Gibran
- Wild at Heart ~ Eldredge
- Captivating ~ Eldredge
- Searching for God Knows What ~ Miller
- To Own a Dragon ~ Miller
- A Million Miles in a Thousand Years ~Miller
Yet to read/reading:
- Spiritual Parenting ~ Anthony
- Forgotten God ~ Chan
- A Framework for Understanding Poverty ~ Payne
- Finding Organic Church ~ Viola
- Bridges out of Poverty ~ Payne
- Radical ~ Platt
- Fatherless Generation ~ Sowers
