Our church is starting a bookstore and we are in the process of finding which books we should include. I thought I would ask my twitter and my facebook friends for their suggestions so I posted this. “If you were to recommend a book for a church bookstore what would it be?” Here were the responses so far. (The links are to Amazon.com)
Traveling Mercies- Ann Lamott
Cure for the Common Life: Living in Your Sweet Spot- Max Lucado
Couples Who Pray- Squire Rushnell and Louise DuArt
Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World- Joanna Weaver
Velvit Elvis- Rob Bell
Free Of Charge-Miroslav Volf
Celebration of Discipline- Richard Foster
Challenge of Jesus- NT Wright
Anything by NT Wright or Henri Nouwen
Charting a Bold Course- Andrew Seidel
The Shack- William P. Young
Anything by Ted Dekker
Anything by Rob Bell
So what books do you recommend?
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Well, I don’t know that I would offer The Shack or Velvet Elvis (haven’t read the latter but too many negatives to the former). I’d say anything by Lucado (especially Jesus, In the Eye of the Storm, 6 hours one Friday), The Ragamuffin Gospel and Abba’s child by Brennan Manning, Desiring God and the Pleasure’s of God by John Piper, Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis… There are others, but that’s a good starter list.
One book our youth are reading is Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris. It is challenging the hearts of our youth and they are stepping up to make a difference for Christ in this world.
I second the Do Hard Things book. I also thought Six Prayers God Always Answers was a great book.
http://www.amazon.com/Six-Prayers-God-Always-Answers/dp/1414318677/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1228505998&sr=8-1
Wild at Heart by John Eldridge, Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller, 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John Maxwell, and one I am reading right now is Messy Spirituality by Mike Yaconelli. I think it’s going to make the cut for this list!