A couple of things about this picture (click on it to enlarge):
1. I had to put all of the books that have influenced my emerging/missional thinking all together onto one shelf. They were not already that way. Some were in the bookshelf, some were scattered around my office floor, some were in the bathroom.
2. There are a couple hard to read ones because the book jacket is gone. My daughter likes book jackets. She likes taking them off of my books and then hiding them.
3. You'll notice that not all of these books necessarily fall under the "emerging/missional" category. I put several books on that shelf that have influenced my thinking and have brought me to where I'm at today because they were asking some of the same questions that I have been asking for years. These books would include Your God Is Too Safe by Mark Buchanan and Dangerous Wonder by Mike Yaconelli.
In case you have a hard time looking at this picture (it came out surprisingly well), here are the names of the books:
- The five books above on the shelf above the main shelf: Emerging Churches by Gibbs and Bulger, Breaking The Missional Code by Stetzer and Putnam, A Generous Orthodoxy by McLaren, Unlearning Church by Slaughter, and The Shaping Of Things To Come by Frost and Hirsch.
- The four books on top of the books on the main shelf: Radical Reformission by Driscoll, Dangerous Wonder by Yaconelli, Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller, and The Divine Conspiracy by Willard.
- The main shelf: Carpe Manana by Sweet, Soul Salsa by Sweet, SoulTsunami by Sweet, Postmodern Pilgrims by Sweet, Messy Spirituality by Yaconelli, The New Kind of Christian trilogy by McLaren, Velvet Elvis by Bell, More Ready Than You Realize by McLaren, The Relevant Church by several people, The Church In Emerging Culture by several authors, Stories of Emergence edited by Yaconelli, The Externally Focused Church by Rusaw and Swanson, Traveling Mercies by Lamott, The Gutter by Gross, Out Of The Question...Into The Mystery by Sweet, Jesus In The Margins by McKinley, Emerging Worship by Kimball, Rich Christians In An Age Of Hunger by Sider, Your God Is Too Safe by Buchanan, An Unstoppable Force by McManus, The Multi-Site Church Revolution by Surratt and 2 others, Following Jesus by N.T. Wright, The Secret Message Of Jesus by McLaren, The Challenge of Jesus by Wright, The Irresistible Revolution by Claiborne, The Present Future by McNeal, and No Perfect People Allowed by Burke.
Next post will be the answer to this question: Which book(s) have influenced you the most in your thinking these days and in what way?
4 comments:
Believe it or not I just got Stories of Emergence. I know, I know, I'm a little behind. So far I've enjoyed the personal looks at the various authors thoughts and feelings.
I like books like this because it helps to know that you're not the only one that feels the way you do AND it also gives different perspectives.
I had at one time thought about starting a coffee shop/ 'christian' book reading room. It's not where you buy the books but you check them out - more like a library. Or you come sit and just discuss the books you are reading. I've been so tired of having to buy the books and it would be great to have a place to check them out and have forums (and coffee :0) ).
Rochelle and I have talked about pooling all of our books together since we read a lot of the same ones and create a borrowing system for us and others.
It would certainly help the wallet, that's for sure.
I like the reading room idea, though. That would be cool.
Yeah we still need to figure out how to do that Adam :) Messy Spirituality is still my favorite book in your collection I think the idea of a reading room where you can have book discussions with coffee is awesome..
Yeah, that idea sounds very spectacular.
Good books, by the way. My favorite is definitely "The Irresistable Revolution."
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