I love reading! There are so many good books about God, faith, and life that I believe should be shared far and wide. Below is a list of books I have read and would recommend to you. I have written a short (biased) review for each which I hope gives you an idea of what the book is about. I will continue to add more to this list as I continue reading. If you have any recommendations for me, feel free to connect. I would love to hear from you.
In this book, Walter Brueggemann offers his take on the heated conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people through a biblical and historical lens. Read more…
In this book, Gareth Brandt tackles the complex problem of male spirituality from an Anabaptist perspective. He does some important destruction in order to get us re-contructed in light of the biblical story. Read more…
In this book, Arpin-Ricci tracks the life of St. Patrick and uses the twelve steps of the AA program to show how the true expression of Christian faith is vulnerability in community. Read more...
This is one of Yoder’s most well known works wherein he outlines five practices for Christian communities. Read more...
In this book, Bonhoeffer outlines the importance of Christian community. He offers guidelines and practices for life together to flourish and grow. Read more...
In this book, Martin Luther King Jr. describes what being human is all about. We cannot ignore these questions anymore. And we will find that we are more united than we may think. Read more...
In this book, Thomas G. Long explores the role of preaching as witness. He writes about the nature and theory or preaching as well as practical principles for preparing and giving sermons. Read more...
In this book, we get a glimpse into the life of a young girl, Anna. We read about her experience as a Mennonite living in a colony in Russia as the Russian Revolution began. Read more...
In this book, Richard J. Foster categorizes certain aspects of the Christian faith into disciplines. He encourages us all to allow these disciplines to be a part of our faith journey as we grow closer to Jesus. Read more...
Instead of receiving a Jesus who spoke into Aboriginal tradition, Indigenous people were stripped of their culture and forced to accept a Jesus presented to them by a church with a long history of injustice. If only it could have been different. But it wasn’t. So Adrian Jacobs takes it upon himself to retrace that history and show what it could have looked like. Read more...
If you want a short, non-textbook, easy-to-read summary of the Anabaptist faith tradition, this would be a good choice. John D. Roth does a great job of sharing this powerful story of faith, conviction and God’s faithfulness. Read more...
In this book, Kraybill focuses on the teachings of Jesus and the coming of His kingdom. Compared to worldly kingdoms, however, this one is completely different and upside-down. It doesn’t follow the same ideas about what a kingdom should look like. The kingdom of Christ is centred on the ministry of Jesus which saw him as a servant, not a tyrant. Read more...
In this book, Jamie Arpin-Ricci walks through the teachings of Jesus’ famous sermon on the mount. As he interprets what Jesus is saying for our time, he draws on the story of St. Francis of Assisi, as well as Little Flowers (the intentional community in Winnipeg where Jamie pastors). Read more...
In this book, Stuart Murray gets at the core convictions, principles and values of Anabaptists in his English-European context. He looks at the history of Anabaptism as a guiding light for those who long to pursue the bare essentials of this faith. Read more...
In this book, Drew G. I. Hart dives deep into the history of racism in America and the call of Jesus to be an alternative community that stands with the marginalized and oppressed. Read more…