• The Jesus Way: A Conversation on the Ways That Jesus Is the Way
    The Jesus Way: A Conversation on the Ways That Jesus Is the Way
    Author: Eugene H. Peterson
    Kevin says: Great like all of his others!
  • The American Soul: Rediscovering the Wisdom of the Founders
    The American Soul: Rediscovering the Wisdom of the Founders
    Author: Jacob Needleman
    Kevin says: Insightful!
  • A Resilient Life: You Can Move Ahead No Matter What
    A Resilient Life: You Can Move Ahead No Matter What
    Author: Gordon MacDonald
    Kevin says: great read – especially for us 40 somethings!
  • Red Letters: Living a Faith That Bleeds
    Red Letters: Living a Faith That Bleeds
    Author: Tom Davis
    Kevin says:
  • The Gospel According to Starbucks: Living with a Grande Passion
    The Gospel According to Starbucks: Living with a Grande Passion
    Author: Leonard Sweet
    Kevin says: Use your brain. . . Think. . . Compelling. . . A great E.P.I.C. book!
  • Fields of the Fatherless
    Fields of the Fatherless
    Author: C. Thomas Davis
    Kevin says: Care for the orphans. . . Change the world!
  • Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
    Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
    Author: David Oliver Relin
    Kevin says: Great Story. . . A must read!
  • The Terror: A Novel
    The Terror: A Novel
    Author: Dan Simmons
    Kevin says: One of the best reads in years. Hard to put down! Those poor guys on the ice!
  • Searching for God Knows What
    Searching for God Knows What
    Author: Donald Miller
    Kevin says: Very insightful!
  • Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology
    Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology
    Author: Eugene H. Peterson
    Kevin says: Weighty and excellent!
  • Living the Resurrection: The Risen Christ in an Everyday Life
    Living the Resurrection: The Risen Christ in an Everyday Life
    Author: Eugene H. Peterson
    Kevin says: Everything Peterson has written is worth reading. Another Classic.
  • The Sparrow
    The Sparrow
    Author: Mary Doria Russell
    Kevin says: A must read. Beautifully written. A powerful book about cross cultural relations, missions and faith. I couldn’t put it down!
  • Transformation: How Glocal Churches Transform Lives and the World
    Transformation: How Glocal Churches Transform Lives and the World
    Author: Bob Roberts Jr.
    Kevin says:
  • Glocalization: How Followers of Jesus Engage the New Flat Earth
    Glocalization: How Followers of Jesus Engage the New Flat Earth
    Author: Bob Roberts Jr.
    Kevin says: Missions and the local church
  • Ending Slavery: How We Free Today's Slaves
    Ending Slavery: How We Free Today’s Slaves
    Author: Kevin Bales
    Kevin says: The book to read now!
  • Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith
    Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith
    Author: Anne Lamott
    Kevin says: Sincere and clever. . . Such a great writer. . .
  • A Far Country
    A Far Country
    Author: Daniel Mason
    Kevin says: Tragic and beautifully written. Mason is one of our most gifted young authors.
  • Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis
    Our Endangered Values: America’s Moral Crisis
    Author: Jimmy Carter
    Kevin says: Great insights. . .
  • Understanding Global Slavery: A Reader
    Understanding Global Slavery: A Reader
    Author: Kevin Bales
    Kevin says: Powerful. . . well researched. . . a great source book for understanding the issue of slavery today.

  • To the Mountaintop: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Mission to Save America: 1955-1968
    To the Mountaintop: Martin Luther King Jr.’s Mission to Save America: 1955-1968
    Author: Stewart Burns
    Kevin says: A good read about a great man
  • Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
    Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
    Author: Anne Lamott
    Kevin says: Honest and real. True Christianity!
  • Not for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade--and How We Can Fight It
    Not for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade–and How We Can Fight It
    Author: David Batstone
    Kevin says: I wish every Christian would read this book, reflect, pray and act!

  • Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
    Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
    Author: Anne Lamott
    Kevin says: So good. . . So funny!

  • Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus (Hinges of History)
    Desire of the Everlasting Hills: The World Before and After Jesus (Hinges of History)
    Author: Thomas Cahill
    Kevin says: Great insights!
  • An Unstoppable Force: Daring to Become the Church God Had in Mind
    An Unstoppable Force: Daring to Become the Church God Had in Mind
    Author: Erwin Raphael McManus
    Kevin says: Great book on what the Church should – could be – and how to get there. . . No fluff!
  • The Prophets (Perennial Classics)
    The Prophets (Perennial Classics)
    Author: Abraham J. Heschel
    Kevin says: Just what you need to help make the prophets more accessible. . .
  • Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality
    Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality
    Author: Donald Miller
    Kevin says: Great style. . . Couldn’t put it down!
  • Where God Was Born: A Daring Adventure Through the Bible's Greatest Stories (P.S.)
    Where God Was Born: A Daring Adventure Through the Bible’s Greatest Stories (P.S.)
    Author: Bruce Feiler
    Kevin says: Wonderfully written and thought provoking. . .

  • The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels (Hinges of History)
    The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels (Hinges of History)
    Author: Thomas Cahill
    Kevin says: Great, powerful insights. . . A must read for anyone who wants to understand the Jewish Scriptures
  • The Orthodox Way
    The Orthodox Way
    Author: Kallistos Ware
    Kevin says: Deep, rich spirituality from the Eastern Christian Tradition.
  • Armies of Hanuman (Ramayana Series)
    Armies of Hanuman (Ramayana Series)
    Author: Ashok K. Banker
    Kevin says: 7 or more volume set of books of the Ramayana.
  • The Killer Angels
    The Killer Angels
    Author: Michael Shaara
    Kevin says: Moving and powerful!
  • The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
    The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
    Author: H.W. Brands
    Kevin says:
  • Halftime
    Halftime
    Author: Bob Buford
    Kevin says: Should be required reading for everyone at age 35!
  • Waking the Dead: The Glory of a Heart Fully Alive
    Waking the Dead: The Glory of a Heart Fully Alive
    Author: John Eldredge
    Kevin says: Great Book
  • Gods and Generals
    Gods and Generals
    Author: Jeff Shaara
    Kevin says: Great historical fiction which teaches great truths about the civil war and leadership.
  • The Celtic Way of Evangelism: How Christianity Can Reach the West...Again
    The Celtic Way of Evangelism: How Christianity Can Reach the West…Again
    Author: George G., III Hunter
    Kevin says: A must read for those seeking alternatives to doing Christianity only one way – and still being Evangelical.
  • On a Hill Too Far Away: Putting the Cross Back into the Center of Our Lives
    On a Hill Too Far Away: Putting the Cross Back into the Center of Our Lives
    Author: John Fischer
    Kevin says: Powerful. . .
  • How the Irish Saved Civilization (Hinges of History)
    How the Irish Saved Civilization (Hinges of History)
    Author: Thomas Cahill
    Kevin says: Couldn’t put it down!
  • The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
    The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
    Author: Thomas L. Friedman
    Kevin says: A must read – right now before it’s too late. Well written – frightening and exciting both at the same time. . .
  • Reversed Thunder: The Revelation of John and the Praying Imagination
    Reversed Thunder: The Revelation of John and the Praying Imagination
    Author: Eugene H. Peterson
    Kevin says: One of my favorite books by Peterson. I’ve read it four times and continue to learn new things.
  • Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses
    Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses
    Author: Bruce Feiler
    Kevin says: A 40 something Jew searches for his roots by walking the Bible with an archeologist. Fascinating. A wonderful book written well.
  • Reaching Out
    Reaching Out
    Author: Henri Nouwen
    Kevin says: In my list of “Top 10″ books on the Christian faith.
  • Christianity at the Religious Roundtable: Evangelicalism in Conversation with Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam
    Christianity at the Religious Roundtable: Evangelicalism in Conversation with Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam
    Author: Timothy C. Tennent
    Kevin says: Can we interact with people of other faiths respectfully and still be an Evangelical witness? The answer is yes. A great book for understanding the major religions and how to interact appropriately. The openning chapter alone is worth the read.
  • Revolution in World Missions
    Revolution in World Missions
    Author: K. P. Yohannan
    Kevin says: A powerful book with compelling advice for missions. It was personally convicting and insightful.
  • The Jesus I Never Knew
    The Jesus I Never Knew
    Author: Philip Yancey
    Kevin says: