Going back to school means most of the reading I am doing is for class.  Here are some of the books occupying my time: 

• Missional Leadership by Alan Roxburgh
• The Open Secret:  An Introduction to the Theology of Mission by Leslie Newbigin
• The Ministry of the Missional Church by Craig Van Gelder
• Theatre of the Oppressed by Augusto Boal
• Memories, Hopes and Conversations by Mark Branson
• Metavista by Colin Greene and Martin Robinson
• The Gospel in a Pluralist Society by Leslie Newbigin
• Heroic Leadership by Chris Lowny
• Untamed Hospitality by Elizabeth Newman
• Theology of Missional Leadership by Alan Roxburgh
• Doing Local Theology by Clemens Sedmak
• The Conscience of the Eye by Richard Sennett
• Flesh and Stone by Richard Sennett
• Modern SOcial Imaginaries by Charles Taylor
• Cultural Transformation and Religious Practice by Graham Ward
• Missional Map-Making by Alan Roxburgh
• Transforming Church by Kevin Ford
• Welcome to the Urban Revolution.  How cities are changing the world.  Jeb Brugman
• One. Life.  Scot McKnight
• Transformational Church:  Creating a New Scorecard for Congregations by Ed Stetzer and Thom S. Ranier
• Naked Spirituality by Brian McLaren
• Why? by Adam Hamilton
• ReFocus by David Mills
• Less Clutter.  Less Noise by Kem Meyer
• Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership by ruth Haley Barton

OTHER GOOD READS

• Taking Flight with Creativity, Len Wilson and Jason Moore
• New Monasticism:  What it has to say to today’s church, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
• Multi-Site Churches, Scott McConnell
• The New Christians, Tony Jones (it’s a bit to bitter, but, I am sticking with it)
• Generation Me, Jean M. Twenge, Ph.D.
• Q Shorts
• Exiles, Michael Frost
• Starfish and the Spider, Ori Brafman and Rod A Beckman

• Pagan Christianity? Exploring the roots of our church practices, Frank Viola and George Barna
• Tribes:  Why we need you to lead us, Seth Godin
• Finding Our Way:  The Return of the Ancient Practices, Brian McLaren
• The Forgotten Ways, Alan Hirsch
• Launch, Searcy and Thomas
• Altars in the World, Barbara Brown Taylor
• Acedia & Me, Kathleen Norris
• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
• axiom by Bill Hybels
• Enough by Adam Hamilton
• Love & Death, Forrest Church
• Seeing Gray by Adam Hamilton
• Just Courage by Gary Haugen
• Signs of Emergence by Kester Brewin
• They Like Jesus but not the Church by Dan Kimball.
• Inside the Organic Church by Bob Whitesel
• Same Kind of Different As Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore
• Everything Must Change:  Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope by Brian McLaren
• Leadership Challenge by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner
• Velvet Elvis:  Repainting the Christian Faith by Rob Bell
• The Jesus Way by Eugene Peterson
• Christ the Lord Out of Egypt by Anne Rice
• Serve God, Save the Planet
• Five Languages of Apology

Other great reads to start the day

• Advent and Christmas by Henri Nouwen
• It Was Not a Silent Night by COR
• Praying in Color by Sybil Macbeth
• This Day:  A Wesleyan Way of Prayer by Laurence Hull Stookey
• A Guide to Prayer for Ministers and Other Servants by Reuben P. Job and Norman Shawchuck
• The Daily Office