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Books by the Bed

13 July 2006

I have a problem...I can't simply pick up a book and devote my mind to said book until I finish it. I'm blaming seminary on this, where I had to juggle about 10 books at one time. Call me a creature of habit. Here are the books by my bed...

The Gospel in a Pluralist Society, by Leslie Newbigin

If the Emerging Church had a patron saint, he would probably be it, although Stan Grenz and NT Wright would give him a good run. I'll post my second installment on Newbigin's work soon. Great read.







From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya, by Ruth Tucker

This book is a look at the history of global missions through a biographical lens. I'm reading it for one of my classes through Gordon. More on this later...since I just started it.









Emerging Churches, By Eddie Gibbs and Ryan Bolger

This is the best book I've read on the emerging church thus far. It doesn't have an agenda, except to explore what makes emerging churches tick, and what is happening in our culture to necessitate this new expression of Christian community. An outstanding read.







The Great Good Place, by Ray Oldenburg

I'm reading this in hopes of providing some insight for how to structure the space we occupy when we do 'church'. Fascinating insights into what draws people to certain places: coffeeshops, pubs, cafes, etc. More on this later...








Basics of Biblical Hebrew, by Pratico and Van Pelt

And, of course, I'm continually reading this. I wouldn't call it compelling, nor would I call it a fun summer read, but alas, it's there. I did get an A on my midterm, so I'm basically a Hebrew genius...at least on the 1st half of the 1st semester of Hebrew. Beyond that I'm clueless, for now.






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