A few of us are talking about reading Jean Vanier’s “Community and Growth” throughout the summer (online copy linked here).
So, a question to Jeremiah Community members, discerners and friends. What are you reading? Which writers, thinkers, poets, prophets and pray-ers are inspiring your vision of community? justice? spirituality? art? life?
Post your answers here!
I’m gonna start by responding to my own post.
Here are a few books I’ve either read or skimmed which I think are helpful to what we’re trying to do down here:
- Dorothy Day: Selected Writings (Dorothy Day) & A Penny A Copy: Writings from The Catholic Worker
- Making Room: Recovering Hospitality as A Christian Tradition (Christine Pohl)
- Life Together (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
- Keeping the Sabbath Wholly (Marva Dawn)
- The Irresistable Revolution (Shane Claiborne)
- 12 Marks of A New Monasticism (Rutba House)
- The Great Giveaway: Reclaiming the Mission of the Church from American Business, Para-Church Organizations, Psychotherapy, Consumer Capitalism and Other Modern Maladies (David Fitch)
- Suprised by Hope (+ Bishop N.T. Wright)
here’s a few beauts I’ve gone through:
Thomas Merton – Contemplative Prayer
– Thoughts in Solitude
Thomas a Kempis – The imitation of Christ
Madame Guyon – Experiencing God through Prayer
Less “Theological”, but thought-provoking and brilliant!
Michael Pollan – In Defense of food
Neil Postman – Amusing ourselves to death
L. Hunter lovins et al. – Natural Capitalism
Ronald Wright – A Brief History of Progress
I’ll let you know if I think of others…
Good choices gentlemen!
Some spiritual-growth related books in my current bedside pile are:
“The Gospel In a Pluralist Society” — Lesslie Newbigin
“Colossians Remixed” — Brian Walsh & Sylvia Keesmat
“Community & Growth” — Jean Vanier
“Life Together” — Deitrich Bonhoeffer
Outside of the Christian-box, I’m reading this interesting book called “Colour” by Victoria Finlay. A curious read about the history of colour and pigments, told through the story of Finlay’s research travels. Some fascinating comments on icon paintings…