Looking For Ways to Grow Your Faith?

 Books Recommended For Spiritual Growth

“Half Truths: God Helps Those Who Help Themselves and Other Things the Bible Doesn’t Say” by Adam Hamilton

“An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith” by Barbara Brown Taylor

“The Problem of Pain” by C.S. Lewis

“Christian Standard Bible: Study Bible”

“Buechner 101: Essays and Sermons by Frederick Buechner” by Frederic Buechner

“The Seeds of Heaven: Sermons on the Gospel of Matthew” by Barbara Brown Taylor

“Torn: Rescuing the Gospel From the Gay-VS-Christians Debate” by Justin Lee

“What The Bible Really Says About Homosexuality: Millennium Edition, Updated and Expanded” by Daniel A. Helminiak, Ph.D.

“Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now” by Walter Brueggemann

“Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint” by Nadia Boltz-Weber

“Jesus + Nothing = Everything” by Tullian Tchividjian

“The Sin Of Certainty: Why God Desires Our Trust More Than Our ‘Correct’ Beliefs” by Peter Enns

“Sabbath In The Suburbs: A Family’s Experiment With Holy Time” by Maryann McKibben Dana

Books Recommended for Pastoral Care

“Couples In Conflict: A Family Systems Approach to Marriage Counseling” by Ronald W. Richardson

“Transitions Of The Heart: Stories of Love, Struggle and Acceptance by Mothers of Transgender and Gender Variant Children” Edited by Rachel Pepper

Books Recommended For Social Awareness

“Fear Of The Other: No Fear in Love” by William H. Willimon

“The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person” by Frederick Joseph

“White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism” by Robin Diangelo

“Love Over Fear: Facing Monsters, Befriending Enemies, and Healing Our Polarized World” by Dan White Jr.

“Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing” by Joy DeGruy, Ph.D

Books About the Christian Church (DOC)

“The Stone-Campbell Movement” by Leroy Garrett

“The Disciples: A Struggle for Reformation” by D. Duane Cummins

“Freedom in Covenant: Reflections on the Distinctive Values and Practices of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) by Robert D. Cornwall

Books Read by the Ecumenical Book Group

“For The Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards” by Jen Hatmaker

“The Emotional Intelligence of Jesus: Relational Smarts for Religious Leaders” by Roy M. Oswald and Arland Jacobson

“Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape” by Jenna Miscavige Hill and Lisa Pulitzer.

“The Year of Living Biblically” by A. J. Jacobs

“Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White” by Adam Hamilton

“A People’s History of Christianity” by Diana Butler Bass

“Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life” by Karen Armstrong

“The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Punishment” by T. Richard Snyder

“Jesus Freak: Feeding, Healing, Raising the Dead” by Sara Miles

“Animal, Vegetable, Miracle” by Barbara Kingsolver

“On the Mystery: Discerning Divinity in Process” by Catherine Keller

“Will the Circle Be Unbroken?” (Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith) by Studs Terkel

“Mountains Beyond Mountains” (The quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World) by Tracy Kidder

“The Lemon Tree” by Sandy Tolan

“The Language of God: A Scientist Looks at Evidence for Belief” by Dr. Francis S. Collins, head of the Human Genome Project

“The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical” by Shane Claiborne

“The Gospel According to America” by David Dark

“No God But God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam” by Reza Aslan

“The Heart of Christianity: How We Can Be Passionate Believers Today” by Marcus Borg

“Brother to a Dragonfly” by Will Campbell

“God’s Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible” by Adam Nicholson

“Practicing Our Faith: A Way of Life for a Searching People” edited by Dorothy Bass

“Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith” by Kathleen Norris