Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Books I’ve Read in 2007

Some I read for fun. Some because folks loaned them to me and wanted my opinion. Others for my job.

• Fryer, Kelly A, Reclaiming the “C” Word: Daring to be Church Again
• Burke, Spencer, A Heretic’s Guide to Eternity
• Branson, Richard, Screw it, Let’s Do it
• Ferrazi, Keith, Never Eat Alone
• McLaren, Brian, The Church on the Other Side: Doing Ministry in the Postmodern Matrix
• Easum, Bill, Cornelius, Bil, Go Big: Lead Your Church to Explosive Growth
• Butler Bass, Diana, Christianity for the Rest of Us: How the Neighborhood Church is Transforming the Faith
• Butler Bass, Diana, Practicing Congregations: Imagining a New Old Church
• Allen, John A, All the Pope’s Men: The Inside Story of How the Vatican Really Thinks
• McLaren, Brian, A Generous Orthodoxy
• Hauerwas, Stanley and Willimon, William, Where Resident Aliens Live: Exercises for Christian Practice
• Buckingham, Marcus, The One Thing You Need to Know
• Ivins, Molly, Who Let the Dogs In? Incredible Political Animals I Have Known
• Simon, Paul, 52 Simple Ways to Make a Difference
• Gladwell, Malcolm, The Tipping Point
• Maxwell, John, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership
• Kouzes, Jim and Posner, Barry, The Leadership Challenge
• Kiyosaki, Robert T, Trump, Donald J, Why We Want You To Be Rich
• Driscoll, Mark, Confessions of a ReforMission Rev
• Kimball, Dan, They Like Jesus But Not the Church
• Canfield, Jack, The Success Principles.
• Allen, John A, Opus Dei: An Objective Look Behind the Myths and Reality of the Most Controversial Force in the Catholic Church
• Ronni Eisenberg & Kate Kelly, Organize Your Office! Simple Routines for Managing Your Workspace
• McManus, Erwin Raphael, An Unstoppable Force
• West, Morris, Lazarus
• Maxwell, John C, Talent is Never Enough
• Maxwell, John C, The 21 Indisputable Qualities of a Leader
• Byrne, Rhonda, The Secret
• Lamott, Anne, Bird by Bird: Some Instruction on Writing and Life
• Sanders, Tim, Love is the Killer App
• Tracy, Brian, Time Power: a Proven System for Getting More Done in Less Time Than You Thought Possible.
• Murrow, David, Why Men Hate Going to Church
• Eldredge, John, Wild at Heart
• Hybels, Bill, Holy Discontent
• Leonard, Elmore, Pagan Babies
• Slaughter, Michael, Unlearning Church
• Sanders, Tim, The Likeability Factor
• Bulter Bass, Diana & Stewart-Sicking, Joseph, eds, From Nomads to Pilgrims: Stories from Practicing Congregations.
• Welch, Jack, Straight from the Gut.
• Jackson, John, PastorPreneur
• Rainer, Thom, Breakout Churches
• Peters, Tom, The Pursuit of WOW! Every Person’s Guide to Topsy-Turvy Times
• Peters, Tom, the brand you 50
• Cooper, Anderson, Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival
• Peters, Tom, Re-Imagine!
• Myers, Joseph R, Organic Community: Creating a place where people naturally connect.
• Brewin, Kester, Signs of Emergence: A Vision for Church that is Organic/Networked/Decentralized/Bottom-uo/Communal/Flexible/Always Evolving
• Pagit, Doug & Jones, Tony, eds, An Emergent Manifesto of Hope
• Stetzer, Ed, and Dobson, Mike, Comeback Churches
• Luntz, Frank, Words that Work: It’s Not What You Say, It’s What People Hear
• Hale, Constance, Sin and Syntax: How to Create Wickedly Effective Prose
• Clark, Eliza, ed, Writer’s Gym: Exercises and Training Tips for Writers
• Flanagan, Tom, Harper’s Team: Behind the Scenes of the Conservative Rise to Power.
• Fishkoff, Sue, The Rebbe’s Army: Inside the World of Chabad-Lubavitch
• Turner, Michael A & Malambri, William F III, A Peculiar Prophet William H Willimon and the Art of Preaching
• Willimon, William, Conversations with Barth on Preaching
• Rutz, James, Megashift: The Best News Since Year One
• Viola, Frank, Rethinking the Wineskin: The Practice of the New Testament Church

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