Summertime may mean more time to take it easy with a good book. For the second-annual Seeds for the Parish summer reading list we asked members of the ELCA Facebook page for their recommendations, here are 30 of their favorite books (besides their #1 favorite, the Bible):
- “The Red Tent” by Anita Diamant
- “A new Kind of Christian” by Brian McLaren
- “Ask, Thank, Tell” by Charles Lane
- “Masquerade” by Bonnie Blythe, Pamela Griffen, Tamela Hancock Murray and Jill Stegl
- “The Jewish Annotated New Testament” Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Z. Brettler, editors
- “90 Minutes in Heaven” by Don Piper and Cecil Murphey
- “Can Christianity Cure Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?” by Ian Osborn
- “The Invisible Thread” by Yoshiko Uchida
- “A Good American” by Ursula Maria Mandel
- “Mighty be our Powers” by Leymah Gbowee
- “The Irresistible Revolution” by Shane Claiborne
- “Suffering” by Dorothee Solle
- “The Great Divorce” by C.S. Lewis
- “Heaven is for Real” by Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent
- “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins
- “At Home in Mitford” by Jan Karon
- “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury
- “The Wrong Man” by Jon Katzenbach
- “Out of the Silent Planet” by C.S. Lewis
- “Love Wins” by Rob Bell
- “The Meaning of Mary Magdalene” by Cynthia Bourgeault
- “A Journey of Grace” by Herbert Chilstrom
- “Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy” by Eric Metaxas
- “The Elegance of the Hedgehog” by Muriel Barbery
- “Faith, Fireworks and Fir” by Pam Andrews Hansen
- “Evolving in Monkey Town” by Rachel Held Evans
- “The Pursuit of Holiness” by Jerry Bridges
- “Radical” by David Platt
- “Chasing Francis” by Ian Morgan Cron
- “The Beginner’s Goodbye” by Anne Tyler
You may be interested in forming a summer reading group with members of your congregation. You could gather in someone’s backyard, at the church or at a coffee shop to chat about what you are reading.
What books would you recommend?
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Tips for your congregation’s library
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