Author |
|
Title |
Dr.
William Lane |
 |
Mark
(NIC) |
Dr.
William Lane |
|
Hebrews
(Word) |
Frederick
Buechner |
 |
Godric
(a novel about a saint who doesn’t want to be a saint) |
Frederick
Buechner |
|
The
Faces of Jesus (a coffee-table book of art from the life of Jesus
to which Buechner interacts.) |
Frederick
Buechner |
|
Telling
the Truth |
Frederick
Buechner |
|
Magnificent
Defeat |
Frederick
Buechner |
|
Hungering
Dark |
Frederick
Buechner |
|
Sacred
Journey, Now & Then, Telling Secrets (autobiographical, wonderful!) |
Frederick
Buechner |
|
Son
of Laughter |
Dietrich
Bonhoeffer |
 |
Cost
of Discipleship (radically changed by life) |
Dietrich
Bonhoeffer |
|
Christ
the Center |
Dietrich
Bonhoeffer |
|
Life
Together (a wonderful blueprint for community) |
Calvin
Seerveld |
|
Rainbows
for a Fallen World (the book on aesthetics and the faith) |
Harold
Best |
|
Music
Through the Eyes of Faith |
Malcolm
Muggeridge |
|
Jesus
Rediscovered |
Malcolm
Muggeridge |
|
Jesus,
The Man Who Lives |
Alfred
Edersheim |
|
Life
and Times of Jesus the Messiah (best background to NT) |
F.
F. Bruce |
|
New
Testament History |
Abraham
Heschel |
|
God’s
Search for Man (absolute best on prayer) |
Abraham
Heschel |
|
The
Prophets (absolute best on Prophets) |
Ken
Gire |
|
Windows
of the Soul |
Wendell
Berry
|
|
Openings
(favorite poetry) |
Wendell
Berry
|
|
The
Hidden Wound (thoughtful look at slavery) |
Wendell
Berry
|
|
The
Wild Birds (contains some of the best short stories in American
literature |
Chet
Raymo |
|
The
Soul of the Night (personal favorite on astronomy) |
Calvin
Miller |
|
Singer
Trilogy |
Calvin
Miller |
|
Valiant
Papers |
Calvin
Miller |
|
Book
of Jesus |
Brennan
Manning |
|
Lion
and Lamb; the Relentless Tenderness of Jesus (possibly the best
devotional book written in our time) |
Brennan
Manning |
|
Signature
of Jesus |
Eugene
Peterson |
|
Reversed
Thunder (best book on Revelation) |
Mike
Mason |
|
The
Mystery of Marriage (best book on marriage) |
Henri
Nouwen |
|
Compassion |
Henri
Nouwen |
|
The
Genesee Diary |
Henri
Nouwen |
|
In
the Name of Jesus |
Henri
Nouwen |
|
Beyond
the Mirror |
Oliver
Sacks
(writes with more compassion than anyone I
know) |
|
The
Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat |
Oliver
Sacks |
|
Awakenings |
Oliver
Sacks |
|
Seeing
Voices |
Robert
Cahill |
|
How
the Irish Saved Civilization |
Simon
Winchester |
|
The
Professor and the Madman |
Simon
Winchester |
|
The
Meaning of Everyrhing |
David
McCullough |
|
Mornings
on Horseback |
David
McCullough |
|
1776 |
David
McCullough |
|
John
Adams |
Daniel
Boorstin |
|
The
Creators |
Eugene
Peterson |
|
Run
with the Horses |
Frederick
Douglas |
|
The
Narrative Life of Frederick Douglas |
Suetonius |
|
The
Twelve Caesars |
Alyn
Brodsky |
|
Benjamin
Rush |
