Literature
Set Them Free: The Other Side of Exodus
By Laurel Dykstra
Asserting that North Americans have more in common with Egypt than Israel, this book has a creative and prophetic re-reading of the Exodus that exposes the abuses of Empire, and challenges us to set free the people we constantly (yet unconsciously) oppress.
Simpler Living, Compassionate Life
Edited by Michael Schut
This compilation ranges from Henri Nowen to Richard Foster, Wendell Berry to Frederick Buechner – and explores how simplicity might revolutionize our views of time, money, food, and social structures.
Jesus and Nonviolence: The Third Way
by Walter Wink
Our world seems to believe that fight and flight are the only options. In this short book, Wink articulates a scriptural and subversive argument for a third way, nonviolent resistance.
Irresistible Revolutio
By Shane Claiborne
Using unconventional examples from his own life, Shane Claiborne stirs up questions about the church and the world, and challenges readers to truly live out..
The Sacred Way
By Tony Jones
This book mines the rich history of the church for spiritual disciplines that have been largely forgotten in the practice of Christianity. After introductory material that considers the human longing for spirituality and setting a working definition of the term (?To be enlivened by God's Spirit is the goal of Christian spirituality.?), there is a historical and theological exploration of sixteen different ancient practices.
And Then Mark Died
By Susan Vogel
In twenty-two letters written after the death of her son, Susan Sonnenday Vogel describes her pain, exhaustion, guilt, and despair. She also draws upon the hope, grace, and promise that are the gifts of the Christian Church. Written to family, friends, and members of her congregation, the letters are informed by doctrines of the church, Scripture, and the wisdom of foremothers and forefathers in the faith.
The Revolution: A Field Manual for Changing Your World
Edited by Heather Zydek
This book is a must have! It is an eye opener and truely does revolutionize the way you think about places out of our american comfort zone. I have marked it up, lent it to friends and recommended it to many people who are interrested in...
The Measure of a Man
by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Why nonviolence mattersEloquent and passionate, reasoned and sensitive, this pair of meditations by the revered civil-rights leader contains the theological roots of his political and social philosophy of nonviolent activism.
Hope in the Dark
Photography by Jeremy Cowartwith Reflections by Jena Lee
Twenty-five years ago, AIDS was unknown in sub-Saharan Africa. Today it's overwhelmingly the continent's biggest killer. In Hope in the Dark, photojournalist Jeremy...
Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger
by Ronald Cider
Do you want to make a true difference in the world? Dr. Ron Sider does. He has, since before he first published Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger in 1978. Despite a dramatic reduction in world hunger since then, 34,000 children still die...
The Heart of Racial Justice
by Brenda Salter McNeil
The racial divide is one of the most pervasive and daunting problems the church faces. It hinders our effectiveness as one body of believers. It damages our ability to witness to and serve seekers. Why won't this problem just go away? Because is it a spiritual battle, answer Brenda Salter McNeil and Rick Richardson.
Ending Hunger Now
by George McGovern, Bob Dole, and Donald Messer
Veteran statesmen George McGovern and Robert Dole here find common cause with theologian and activist Donald Messer in this powerful testimony and appeal to people of faith. They are each convinced we can overcome global hunger now, and their informed, strategic, impassioned thoughts encourage and equip.
Justice in a Global Economy
by Pamela Brubaler
TodayÕs complex social and economic problems leave many people in the affluent world feeling either overwhelmed or ambivalent. Even the small percentage of us who have examined the ethics behind our financial decisions and overcome the often-deterring factors of self-interest rarely know what to do to make any difference.
The Jesus I Never Knew
by Philip Yancey
How does the Jesus of the New Testament compare to the "new, rediscovered" Jesus of todayÕs generation, the Jesus we think we know so well? Best-selling author Philip Yancey says, "The Jesus I got to know in writing this book is very different from the Jesus I learned about in Sunday school. In some ways he is more comforting; in some ways more terrifying.
The Cost of Discipleship
by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
What can the call to discipleship, the adherence to the word of Jesus, mean today to the businessman, the soldier, the laborer, or the aristocrat?