Here are some of the things I'm reading right now:
(Scroll down for books that have been major influence on me in recent years.)
Organic Church: Growing Faith Where Life Happens
by Neil Cole
The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating the Missional Church
by Alan Hirsch
Simple Church: Returning to God's Process for Making Disciples
by Thom Rainer and Eric Geiger
The Tangible Kingdom: Creating Incarnational Community
by Hugh Halter and Matt Smay
Church Unique: How Missional Leaders Cast Vision, Capture Culture, and Create Movement by Will Mancini
Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything (Expanded Edition) by Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams
Prophets of Extremity: Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault, Derrida by Allan Megill
Preaching on Your Feet: Connecting God and The Audience in the Preachable Moment
by Fred R. Lybrand
Here are some major recent influences:
People of the Dream: Multiracial Congregations in the United States
by Michael Emerson
The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical
by Shane Claiborne
Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination
by Neal Gabler
Reimagine!: Business Excellence in a Disruptive Age
by Tom Peters
More to come...
Finally, some books I'm looking forward to:
Creating Magic: 10 Common Sense Leadership Strategies from a Life at Disney by Lee Cockerell (former Executive VP of Operations at Walt Disney World)
Lee is one of the leaders who created and for many years maintained the legendary culture at Walt Disney World, shaping both the Guest and Cast Member experiences. This is going to be good! Check out Lee's website and blog.
More to come...
