I love to read and so I decided that I will begin to list off the books I am reading or have read. There are way too many to go backward, so I will start with the last one I finished and then move forward. I will rate **** (excellent) *** (good) ** (average) * (poor) C (Currently reading)- If you are interested in why I rate a book a certain way – please ask.
- I became a Christian and all I got was this Lousy T-shirt - Vince Antonucci – ****
- Leadership – Rudy Giuliani – **
- Innovate Like Edison: The Success System of America’s Greatest Inventor – Michael J. Gelb – ***
- Pop Goes the Church – Tim Stevens – ****
- How to use both side of your Brain – Tony Buzan – ***
- Lincoln on Leadership – Donald Phillips _ ***
- Speed Reading – Tony Buzan – **
- The 4 hour Work Week – Timothy Ferris – **
- Wideawake – Erwin McManus – ****
- The Sacred Echo – Margret Fineberg **
- The Last Lecture – Randy Pausch ****
- Wild Goose Chase – Mark Batterson ****
- Messy Spirituality – Mike Yaconelli ****
- Falwell Inc. – Dirk Smillie ***
- The Brain that Changes Itself – Norman Doidge, M.D. ****
- Welcome to Your Brain – Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang **
- The Shack – Wm. Paul. Young **
- Axiom – Bill Hybels ****
- Lead Like Jesus – Ken Blanchard and Phil Hodges ****
- Fixing Abraham – Chris Tiegreen ****
- Good to Great in God’s Eyes – Chip Ingram****
- Becoming a Coaching Leader – Daniel Harkavy***
- Mad Church Disease – Anne Jackson***
- Comeback Churches – Ed Stetzer***
- Simple Church – Eric Geiger***
- What’s Possible – Daryn Kagan (**)
- Ultimate Leadership – John Maxwell (****)
- Fasting for Spiritual Breakthrough – Elmer Towns (***)
- Pursuit of Holiness – R.A. Torrey (****)
- Thinking for a Change – John Maxwell (**)
- Teaching to Change Lives – Howard Hendricks (****)
- Open – Andre Agassi (Got bogged down will return to it later)
- Primal – Mark Batterson (***)
- Spiritual Leadership – Blackaby (***)
- Fresh Encounter – Blackaby (**)
- Transforming Church in Rural America – O’Dell (***)
- The Energy Bus – Jon Gordon (***)
- Reread – Messy Spirituality – Mike Yaconelli (****)
- Training Camp – Jon Gordon (****)
- Reread – Pursuit of Holiness (listened to audio) - R.A. Torrey (****)
- Forgotten God (audio)- Francis Chan (****)
- Goldfish and the Shark - Jon Gordon (**)
- My Personal Best – John Wooden and Steve Jamison (****)
- Leadership is an Art – Max Dupree (***)
- Sun Stand Still – Steven Furtick (****)
- Jesus Life Coach – Laurie Beth Jones (****)
- The Way of the Wild Heart – John Eldredge (***)
- The Christian Atheist – Craig Groeschel (****)
- Boundaries – Dr. Cloud and Dr. Townsend (***)
- The Christian Manifesto – Francis Shaeffer (****)
- The Cause Within You – Matthew Barnett (***)
- The Man Code – Dennis Swanberg (**)
- Radical – David Platt (***)
- Weird – Craig Groeschel (**)
- Radical Together (c)
- Building Below the Waterline – Gordon MacDonald (c)
cool list. i should look some of those up – the names sound intriguing, like Messy Christianity and Pop Goes the Church
i am an avid reader too
I need to reread Messy Spirituality – It is a great read. Thanks for checking out the books. I read heavily in some spurts and slowly in others. I am in a slow spurt now.
whoops, just realized that i called “Messy Spirituality” “Messy Christianity”… but i guess both of those can be quite messy
for this Lent, i tried to give up reading fiction books. The only two books i am currently reading is the Bible and Philip Yancey’s Prayer. SOOOO long to read a few Ted Dekker’s and Dean Koontz’ books that i got in store… as well as a couple of Grisham ones that i bought but didn’t read yet.
i usually have a problem with reading – i am addicted to it and therefore most of the time i am reading 3 or 4 books at the same time (Bible doesn’t count)… and since i read everywhere, that was the reason i decided to slow down a bit and immerse myself into thinking about real life instead of living someone else’s.
I’ve heard a lot about Radical by David Platt, so I’d like to hear your thoughts on the book.
I found the book to be challenging in a good way. It pushed to me to think differently about missions and money and the church. It has been a while since I have read it and there are times where in thinking about things or where I am asked a question – some of the thoughts and questions Platt asks come to my mind. This is always a sign of a good book to me – it keeps me thinking and wondering long after reading it.
I actually enjoyed Radical Together a bit more because it hit on things in a bit more of a practical way. I did it as a discussion group with the deacons of the Church and again it’s challenges and different perspective caused us to have some excellent discussions on the direction that we are heading.
Thanks for asking!
Thanks for your review! I want to look into both books.