APPENDIX 3

S0ME RESOURCES

Reading together about spiritual and cultural subjects will enrich a group seeking to be in authentic community. Following are some of the resources we have found helpful in our own explorations.

BEING CHURCH

• The Dream of God by Verna Dozier
• The ‘Givens’ of an Authentic Church, sermon by Gordon Cosby
• Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
• A Possible New Form of Church, sermon by Gordon Cosby
• What on Earth is a Kingdom of God? by David Buttrick

FACING OUR CULTURAL ADDICTIONS

• Breaking the Taboo: Talking About Faith and Money in the Church by John Sonnenday
• The Other Side of Sin, ed. by Andrew Sung Park &  Susan L. Nelson [In particular see chap. 5 ,
  Beyond the ‘Addict’s Excuse"’ by Ched Myers]
• Pathologies of Power by Paul Farmer
• Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger by Ron Sider
• When Society Becomes an Addict by Anne Wilson  Schaef

JESUS AND JUSTICE

• The Biblical Jubilee and the Struggle for Life by Ross Kinsler and Gloria Kinsler
• The Biblical Vision of Sabbath Economics by Ched Myers
• Cadences of Home: Preaching Among Exiles by Walter Brueggemann
• Good News to the Poor by Theodore Jennings, Jr.
• Jesus’ Plan for a New World by Richard Rohr
• Jesus the Rebel by John Dear

LOVE AND MERCY IN COMMUNITY

• The Art of Spiritual Direction: Giving and Receiving Spiritual Guidance by W. Paul Jones
• Awakening from the Sleep of Inhumanity by Jon Sobrino
• Becoming Human by Jean Vanier
• Community and Growth by Jean Vanier
• Life of the Beloved by Henri Nouwen
• Love Set Free by Martin Smith (out of print; check used bookstores or internet sources)

PRAYER/LIVING MINDFULLY

• Centering Prayer by Basil Pennington
• Invitation to Love by Thomas Keating
• Open Mind, Open Heart by Thomas Keating
• The Power of Now by Eckart Tolle
• The Way of Love by Anthony deMello

STAYING TRUE TO THE ESSENCE

• The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard
• Living in the Vision of God by Dallas Willard
• Radical Newness: the Essence of Being Church by
• Gordon Cosby and Kayla McClurg
• Reluctant Saint: the Life of Francis of Assisi by Donald Spoto
• Saving Jesus From Those Who Are Right by Carter Heyward

TELL US OF OTHER TITLES
IN THESE SUBJECT AREAS
THAT HAVE BEEN HELPFUL to YOU.

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