Comments on: What Shall I Read?

By: Pastor Philip Spomer

Pastor Philip Spomer — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:30:35 +0000

If you haven’s yet read Chesterton’s Orthodoxy You’re missing out.

By: David Strunk

David Strunk — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:19:08 +0000

Last fall I read “On the Priesthood” by John Crsyostem (sp?) and found it hilariously weird (for a Presbyterian) but quite helpful in showing blind spots in contemporary ministry.

Something new? How about “Deep Church” by Jim Belcher?

Can you tell I’m thinking about ministry leadership these days?

By: Truth Unites... and Divides

Truth Unites... and Divides — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:02:01 +0000

Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown.

;-)

By: thomas dunbar

thomas dunbar — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:57:41 +0000

I’ve found it useful to keep a list of a dozen books I think important..list changes less and less over time and the “dozen” is a bit flexible; still, I find the exercise useful. Currently:

* Bible, Revised Standard Version
* The Confessions; Saint Augustine
* Rule & Homilies; Pope Gregory I
* The Gregorian Missal; Solesmes
* Summa Theologica; Thomas Aquinas
* Dante’s Paradise; Anthony Esolen
* Poems & Twelve Plays; Shakespeare
* Complete English Poems; John Donne
* Nature Writings & Essays; John Muir
* Poems, Plays & Prose; Robert Frost
* Credo for Today; Joseph Ratzinger
* Compendium to the Catholic Catechism

By: Alison

Alison — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:31:19 +0000

My old suggestion would be Augustine’s Confessions. I have only read parts of this book, but I do want to read more of it. My dream is to read The City of God next year, but I do not think I know enough Scripture to attempt that feat yet.

Otherwise I agree with Ms. Ordway. I think either of her suggestions are wonderful. Athanasius’ ideas are entirely in line with what any Christians should think. I have read On the Incarnation, and I want to read Life of Antony.

By: Coyle

Coyle — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:21:03 +0000

Do you want specifically Christian suggestions? If not: Something old: Xenophon's Anabasis, a totally overlooked and underrated student of Socrates who led a stranded army of Greeks across 1000 miles of hostile territory- the first adventure biography! Something new: Roger Crowley's 1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West, reads like Lord of the rings :) If so: Something old: The Apostolic Fathers in English translated by Michael Holmes, a much needed modern translation. Something new: Either George Marsden's Jonathan Edwards' a Life or Kenneth Silverman's The Life and Times of Cotton Mather, both totally deserving the Pulitzer, the second of which actually won it.

By: Holly Ordway

Holly Ordway — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:39:26 +0000

Something old: Athanasius’ Life of Antony & On the Incarnation.

I just finished re-reading the Life of Antony (fabulous! it really helped me develop a better understanding of how to deal with spiritual attacks), and I am in the middle of reading On the Incarnation for the first time. Athanasius’ clear, beautiful prose is a delight; after reading the thick muddle that is all too common in modern theology books, it is like a drink of fresh, cool water on a hot day to read Athanasius explaining and elucidating core doctrines in a clear, readable, understandable way.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:16:49 +0000

Something new: Paul Among the People: The Apostle Reinterpreted and Reimagined in His Own Time by Sarah Ruden