Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Summer Reading List - 2023

Sisters: This summer I’m leading with one of my life mentors, recently passed, Dr. Tim Keller…His influence is beyond measure, and yes! If you’re wondering, he WILL be “One of the great dead guys!” What a loss for us in terms of leadership! In his honor, I’m putting his books up first, in case there are any classics you haven’t read:

From Tim Keller
The Reason for God (begin with)
The Meaning of Marriage (Best marriage book out there)
The Prodigal God
Forgive
Prayer
Making Sense of God
Counterfeit Gods

Our FALL ’23 Text
ISAIAH by the Day by Eric Motyer

New
The Thrill of Orthodoxy by Trevin Wax
Mere Sexuality by Todd Wilson
On Earth As In Heaven by N.T. Wright
All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir by Beth Moore
You Are What You Love by James Smith

Prayer
Every Moment Holy, Volume I by Douglas Kaine McKelvey
Every Moment Holy, Volume II by Douglas Kaine McKelvey
31 Days of Praise: Enjoying God Anew by Ruth Myers
Praying God's Word by Beth Moore

Classics
Paul: A Biography by N.T. Wright
Humility by Andrew Murray
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
The Seeking Heart by Francois Fenelon
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Jonathan Edwards: A Life by George Marsden
After You Believe by N.T. Wright
The Pleasures of God by John Piper
The Normal Christian Life by Watchman Nee
The Religious Affections by Jonathan Edwards
The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Prodigals & Those Who Love Them by Ruth Graham
Prayers for Prodigals by James Banks
The Return of the Prodigal Son by Henri Nouwen

From my pastor: toward a life of “rest..”
The Way of the Heart by Henri Nouwen
Good and Beautiful and Kind by Rich Villodas
Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero
The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel
The Relational Soul by Richard Plass and James Cofield
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer
The Life You’re Looking For by Andy Crouch
Renovation of the Heart by Dallas Willard