What a blessing it is to have access to all of these wonderful books.
- The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering our Hidden Life in God by Dallas Willard. I’ve begun this book already and so far it hasn’t disappointed.
- In God We Don’t Trust by David Bercot. Looking at the history of America, questioning the “In God We Trust” narrative.
- Statistical Inference as Severe Testing (How to Get Beyond the Statistics Wars) by Deborah Mayo. A book on the philosophy of statistical testing by someone who seems to be firmly in favor of null hypothesis significance testing.
- The Autobiography of Charles G. Finney: The Life Story of America’s Greatest Evangelist–In His Own Words by Charles Finney. Evidently this dude was something else in his spiritual fervor and insight.
- The road to Fort Hamilton and Fort Hamilton Diary: The St. Clair Campaign both by Jim Blount. A couple of short accounts regarding Hamilton history.
- The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis. A devotional classic from the 15th century.
- Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church by NT Wright. I need to read more of NT Wright, and this one seems like a good place to start.
- Cathedrals, Castles, and Caves: The Origins of the Anabaptist Faith by Marcus Yoder. I look forward to reading this treatment of Anabaptist history written by someone I know personally.
- Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek. A recommendation from my brother-in-law, in the team-building/leadership category.
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling
- Shroud for the Archbishop (A Sister Fidelma Mystery) by Peter Tremayne
- The Last Detective (A Peter Diamond Mystery) by Peter Lovesey
Several books about finances and Jesus:
- Faith and Wealth: A History of Early Christian Ideas on the Origin, Significance, and Use of Money by Justo L. González
- Neither Poverty nor Riches: A Biblical Theology of Possessions by Craig Blomberg
- Through the Eye of a Needle: The Doctrine of Nonaccumulation by Roger Hertzler
And here are a number of additional books I considered including in my list above:
- Doubt, Faith, & Certainty by Anthony Thiselton
- Golden Apples in Silver Bowls: The Rediscovery of Redeeming Love by Leonard Gross
- The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism by Jemar Tisby
- The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James Cone
- Black Rednecks and White Liberals by Thomas Sowell
- You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit by James Smith
- Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth by Richard Foster
- The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the Quest for Political Power is Destroying the Church by Greg Boyd
- The Gospel Comes with a Housekey: Practicing Radically Ordinary Hospitality in Our Post-Christian World by Rosario Butterfield
- Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. This seems to be one of those “how do humans do cognition” books, perhaps in the same ballpark as Jonathan Haidt’s The Righteous Mind. Reading a little about it quickly surfaced some concerns regarding the unreplicability of some of the studies it cites, so I’m going in cautiously.
- Whose Justice? Which Rationality? By Alisdair MacIntyre
- Eusebius, The Church History
- Hamilton, Ohio: Its Architecture and History by James Schwartz
- Silent Rise: A City, the Arts, and a Blue-Collar Kid by Rick Jones