Book Summaries
I was inspired by Derek Siver’s website, where he shares notes of books he’s read. I’ve often used his notes and thought why not share my own in case they are useful to folks.
Anatheism: Returning to God After God, Richard Kearney
Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School, John Medina
Atonement for a Sinless Society, Alan Mann
Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening, Cynthia Bourgeault
Change By Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation, Tim Brown
Cognitive Surplus: How Technology Makes Consumers into Collaborators, Clay Shirky
The Cornerstone Concept: In Leadership, In Life, Roberta Gilbert
Compassion: A Reflection on the Christian Life, Henri Nouwen, Douglas Morrison, and Donald McNeill
Dialogue: The Art of Thinking Together, Bill Isaacs
Die Empty, Todd Henry
Do the Work, Steven Pressman
Doing Justice: Congregations and Community Organizing, Dennis Johnson
Extraordinary Leadership: Thinking Systems, Making a Difference, Roberta Gilbert
A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix, Edwin H. Friedman
The Flinch, Julien Smith
Getting More: How to Negotiate to Achieve Your Goals in the Real World, Stuart Diamond
Fully Engaged: Using the Practicing Mind in Daily Life, Thomas Sterner
The Great Emergence: How Christianity is Changing and Why, Phyllis Tickle
The Holy Trinity and the Law of Three: Discovering the Radical Truth at the Heart of Christianity, Cynthia Bourgeault
How Much is Enough? Hungering for God in an Affluent Culture, Arthur Simon
How to Click With People: The Secret to Better Relationships in Business and in Life, Rick Kirschner
Ingenius: A Crash Course on Creativity, Tina Seelig
Insurrection: To Believe is Human To Doubt, Divine, Peter Rollins
Leading from the Second Chair: Serving Your Church, Fulfilling Your Role and Realizing Your Dreams, Mike Bonem & Roger Patterson
Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation, Parker J. Palmer
Naked Spirituality: A Life with God in 12 Simple Words, Brian D. McLaren
The New Breed: Understanding and Equipping the 21st Century Volunteer, Thomas McKee & Jonathan McKee
Personal Transformation and a New Creation: The Spiritual Revolution of Beatrice Bruteau, Ilia Delio (editor)
The Practicing Mind: Developing Focus and Discipline in Your Life, Thomas M. Sterner
Preaching as Local Theology and Folk Art, Leonora Tubbs Tisdale
Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now, Douglas Rushkoff
Purity and Danger, Mary Douglas
Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream, David Platt
Saved from Sacrifice: A Theology of the Cross, Mark Heim
Spirituality and the Awakening Self, David G. Benner
Sweet Heaven When I Die: Faith, Faithlessness, and the Country In Between, Jeff Sharlet
Systems-Sensitive Leadership: Empowering Diversity Without Polarizing the Church, Michael C. Armour and Don Browning
Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian Junger
The Unbearable Wholeness of Being: God, Evolution, and the Power of Love, Ilia Delio
Unchristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity…And Why It Matters, Gabe Lyons & David Kinnaman
Working Beneath the Surface: Attending to the Soul’s “Hidden Agenda” for Wholeness, Fulfillment, and Deep Spiritual Healing, Thomas Riskas
