today...to myself...okay, that sounds kind of dumb. Anyway, the Amazon fairy came to my house and dropped off four books, all of which I am excited to read. I am almost done with the book I've been reading, called No Perfect People Allowed. It's been a great read, I'll post my thoughts on it later on this week.
The four books I received are:
- The Externally Focused Church by Rick Rusaw and Eric Swanson. Rick Rusaw is a senior minister at a church in Colorado that I'm very familiar with. John Chandler grew up in that church, back when it was called First Christian (now it's called LifeBridge Christian Church). Anyway, I've heard good things about this book, including from John.
- The Present Future: Six Tough Questions For The Church by Reggie McNeal. I've also heard good things about this book, but don't know much about it, except that I got a good deal on it because I ordered it with The Externally Focused Church.
-Everything Belongs: The Gift Of Contemplative Prayer by Richard Rohr. I think I will start with this one, because it goes along with one of my personal goals for 2006 - to pray more.
- The Shaping Of Things To Come: Innovation and Mission for the 21st Century Church by Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch. Another book I don't know much about, but was highly recommended by several people.
So, lots of reading to do! I'll let you know my thoughts on them. For a good primer on Everything Belongs, go to the link above that has John Chandler in it. He has posted several quotes from the book.
2 comments:
Your amazon.com fairy looks different than mine..Mine is dressed in a mail uniform and drives a mail truck :)
Your books look good...I still have "No perfect People allowed" to read after the book I'm reading now so I'll be interested to read your thoughts on the book
It's a good book. The last part of it hasn't been that great, but the first part is definitely inspiring. I've been giving it a lot of thought. I'm sure that also reading The Externally Focused Church will also help me to see a vision for reaching our community...
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