Books

Recommended Reading:

• Alan Jamieson – Journeying in Faith.

One of the best books I have read on our journey with God. For all those who are not satisfied with trite answers or who wonder if in the quest for simplicity we haven’t got a bit simplistic.

Read it!

• Brian McLaren – A Generous Orthodoxy.

A clarion call for emerging church, in my opinion. McLaren calls us to appreciate the good from many different streams of Christian Faith.

His best book yet?

• Richard Rohr – Wild Man’s Journey.

Pretty much any book by Rohr is worth reading, but this is a fascinating book on male spirituality, charting the journey men must go through life, to become a “grand-father”, and father who is grand! There is an updated version of this book, and another (Adam’s return) that is very similar.

• Richard Rohr – Everything Belongs.

A very well read friend of mine said this was one of the books he had read, and he wasn’t wrong. In fact, I have only read the first few pages, and I am still reflecting and working with that: worth the price of the book just for that part.

On the go:

Here are some of the books I am currently reading or browsing.

• Dallas Willard – The Great Omission: reclaiming Jesus’ essential teaching on discipleship.

This along with other books are imforming my thinking on the crucial need for spiritual formation in churches today.

• Eddie Gibbs and Ryan Bolger – Emerging Churches: creating christian communities in postmodern culture.

The handbook on emerging church, from two authors who have done thier research on emerging churches in the UK and the US.

Books to read: