Reading List
Updated June 13, 2008

Fiction: General
Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures - Vincent Lam
The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky
Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
Thank You for Smoking - Christopher Buckley
The Inheritance of Loss - Kiran Desai
The Life of Pi - Yann Martel
Running With Scissors - Augusten Burroughs

Fiction: War
Memoirs of an Infantry Officer - Sigfried Sasson
The Regeneration Trilogy: Regeneration - Pat Barker
The Regeneration Trilogy: The Eye in the Door - Pat Barker
The Regeneration Trilogy: The Ghost Road - Pat Barker
A Solider of the Great War - Mark Helprin

Non-fiction: Christian Classics
City of God - Augustine
The Interior Castle - Teresa of Avila
Pens�es - Blaise Pascal

Non-fiction: Church Community Issues
Becoming a True Spiritual Community - Larry Crabb
The Externally Focused Church - Eric Swanson and Rick Rusaw
Is It A Lost Cause?: Having the Heart of God for the Church's Children - Marva J. Dawn
The Missional Leader: Equipping Your Church to Reach a Changing World - Alan Roxburgh and Fred Romanuk

Non-fiction: Food Issues
Diet for a Small Planet - France Moore Lapp�
In Defense of Food - Michael Pollan
The 100-Mile Diet: A Year of Local Eating - Alisa Smith and J.B. Mackinnon

Non-fiction: Post-Modern Christianity
Exiles: Living Intentionally In A Post-Christian Culture - Michael Frost
The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating The Missional Church - Alan Hirsch
Organic Church: Growing Faith Where Life Happens - Neil Cole
Punk Monk - Andy Freeman and Pete Grieg (IN PROGRESS)
Signs of Emergence: A Vision for Church That Is Always Organic/Networked/Decentralized/Bottom-Up/Communal/Flexible/Always Evolving - Kester Brewin

Non-fiction: Social Justice
Faith Works - Jim Wallis
For They Shall Be Fed: Scripture Readings and Prayers for a Just World - Ronald J. Sider
Journal - John Woolman
The Long Loneliness - Dorothy Day
Poor Bashing - Jean Swanson
The Power of a City at Prayer - Mac Pier and Katie Sweeting
Practical Justice - Kevin Blue
Rich Christians In An Age Of Hunger: Moving From Affluence To Generosity - Ronald J. Sider
The Scandal Of The Evangelical Conscience: Why Are Christians Living Just Like The Rest Of The World? - Ronald J. Sider

Non-fiction: Spirituality
The Call - Os Guinness
Celebration of Discipline - Richard J. Foster
Keeping the Sabbath Wholly - Marva J. Dawn
Red Moon Rising - Pete Greig and Dave Roberts
Reinventing Evangelism - Donald C. Posterski
Sacred Pathways - Gary Thomas
Soul Feast: An Invitation To The Christian Spiritual Life - Marjorie Thompson

Non-fiction: Other
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier - Ishmael Beah
The Complex Infrastructure Known As The Female Mind - Relient K
The Making of a Mentor: 9 Essential Characteristics of Influential Christian Leaders - Ted W. Engstrom and Ron Jenson (IN PROGRESS)

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The Finished List

-:- 2008
A Social Action Primer - Dieter T. Hessel
Basics of Christian Education - Karen B. Tye
Bent Hope - Tim Huff (summer)
Compassion: A Reflection on the Christian Life - Henri J. M. Nouwen, Donald P. McNeill and Douglas A. Morrison (summer)
The Courage to Teach - Parker J. Palmer
Courageous Calling - Bill Hybels
Being Leaders: the Nature of Authentic Christian Leadership - Aubrey Malphurs
The Imitation of Christ - Thomas � Kempis
Justice in the Burbs - Will and Lisa Samson (summer)
Practicing Greatness - Reggie McNeal
Three Cups of Tea - Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (summer)
To Die For: 100 Gastronomic Experiences To Have Before You Die - Stephen Downes

-:- 2007
A Christian Critique of the University - Dr. Charles Habib Malik
Courage and Calling - Gordon Smith
The Genesee Diary - Henri Nouwen
The Irrestible Revolution - Shane Claiborne
Leading From Within: Reflections of Spirituality and Leadership - Parker J. Palmer
Life of the Beloved - Henri J. M. Nouwen
Practicing the Presence of God - Brother Lawrence
Practicing the Presence of People - Mike Mason
Prayer - Richard J. Foster
The Spirit of the Disciplines - Dallas Willard
The Suburban Christian - Albert Y. Hsu