Here are a few of the books that have significantly impacted our lives and shaped us as a community:
Discipleship & Spiritual Formation
- Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times, by Soong-Chan Rah
- The Divine Conspiracy, by Dallas Willard
- Joy Unspeakable, by Barbara A. Holmes
- Everywhere Present: Christianity in a One-Storey Universe, by Stephen Freeman
- My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending our Hearts and Bodies, Resmaa Menakem
- It Takes a Church to Baptize: What the Bible Says About Infant Baptism, by Scot McKnight
- Prayer, by Hans Urs von Balthasar
- Surrender to Love, by David Benner
- New Seeds of Contemplation, by Thomas Merton
- Mere Discipleship and Scandalous Witness by Lee Camp
- You Are What You Love, by James K.A. Smith
Leadership
- Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership, Ruth Haley Barton
- We Do This ‘Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice, Mariame Kaba
- In the Name of Jesus, Henri Nouwen
- A Failure of Nerve, Edwin Friedman
- The Emotionally Healthy Leader, Peter Scazzero
- The Relational Pastor, Andrew Root
- Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Unchartered Territory, by Tod Bolsinger
Mission & Theology
- The Very Good Gospel, Lisa Sharon Harper
- The Politics of Jesus, Obery M. Hendricks, Jr
- The King Jesus Gospel, Scot McKnight
- Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope, Esau McCaulley
- Simply Christian, N.T. Wright
- Sanctifying Interpretation, Chris E.W. Green
- Jesus and the Disinherited, Howard Thurman
- Repenting of Religion, Greg Boyd
- Shalom and the Community of Creation: An Indigenous Vision, Randy S. Woodley
- Misreading Scripture With Western Eyes, E. Randolph Richards and Brandon J. O’Brien
- Inhabiting the Cruciform God, Michael J. Gorman
- Foolishness to the Greeks, Lesslie Newbigin
- Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as a Christian Tradition, by Christine D. Pohl
- The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race, Willie James Jennings
- On the Incarnation, by Saint Athanasius of Alexandria
- Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair, Duke L. Kwon and Gregory Thompson
Culture
- The Sacrifice of Africa, Emmanuel Katongole
- The Great Sex Rescue, Sheila Wray Gregoire
- Decolonizing Christianity, Miguel A. De La Torre
- Decolonizing Evangelicalism, Randy S. Woodley and Bo C. Sanders
- The Truth of our History, by Mark Charles
- I Bring the Voices of my People, Chanequa Walker-Barnes
- The Myth of Equality: Uncovering the Roots of Injustice and Privilege, by Ken Wytsma
- Seeing White: A fourteen-part documentary series exploring whiteness in America—where it came from, what it means, and how it works. by Scene on Radio
- The Making of Biblical Womanhood, Beth Allison Barr
- Jesus and John Wayne, Kristen Kobes Du Mez
- White Awake: An honest look at what it means to be white, by Daniel Hill
- Trouble I’ve Seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racism, by Drew G.I. Hart
Worship, Liturgy, & Anglicanism
- The Anglican Way: A Guidebook, by Thomas McKenzie
- Evangelicals on the Canterbury Trail: Why Evangelicals Are Attracted to the Liturgical Church, by Robert Webber
- Liturgical Theology: The Church as Worshiping Community, by Simon Chan
- For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy, by Alexander Schmemann
- Beyond Smells and Bells: The Wonder and Power of Christian Liturgy, by Mark Galli
- Giving Church Another Chance: Finding New Meaning in Spiritual Practice, by Todd Hunter (our Bishop).
