Saturday, May 30, 2009

The much awaited reading list

  • The Lausanne Covenant - http://www.lausanne.org/covenant
  • Rich Christians in the age of hunger - Ronald J. Sider
  • The Jesus I never knew - Philip Yancy
  • Announcing the reign of God: Evangelization and the Subversive memory of Jesus - Mortimer Arias
  • Travel well: Maintaining physical, spiritual and emotional health during International Ministry - Dr. Christine Aroney-Sine
  • Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Faith in Community - Deitrich Bonhoffer
  • Missions and Money: Affluence as a Western Missionary Problem - Jonathan Bonk
  • Poverty - Raneiro Cantalamessa
  • The Open Secret: An introduction to the theology of mission - Lesslie Newbigin
  • Can You drink the cup - Henri Nouwen
  • Compassion: A reflection of the Christian Life - Henri Nouwen
  • In the Name of Jesus - Henri Nouwen
  • The Twilight Labrynth: Why does darkness linger where it does? - George Otis Jr
  • Serving as Senders - Neil Pirolo
  • The Art of crossing Cultures - Craig Storti
  • From Brokenness to Community - Jean Vanier
  • City of Joy - Dominique Lapierre
  • Guilty Without Trial - Carloyn Sleightholme, Indrani Sinha

Then there are a couple sections where you get to choose 1 of 4 books. I've chosen
  • St. Francis of Assisi: A Biography - Omer Englebert
  • Finding life: Reflections from a Bangkok Slum - Ashley Baker

i linked this blog in the sidebar under the "websites i love" section so you can access the list easily whenever you want :)

1 comment:

Raleigh said...

mel. i want to read some of these books with you! but. BUT. many of them are not at my public library. i don't really want to buy all of them. maybe i can read them at borders!