2011 Reading List

Philosophy

New Proofs for the Existence of God: Contributions of Contemporary Physics and Philosophy, by Robert J. Spitzer

The Physics of Immortality, Frank J. Tipler

Religion/Spirituality

Have a Little Faith, by Mitch Albom

Jesus Wept: When Faith and Depression Meet, by Barbara Cawthorne Crafton

Shaped by God’s Heart: The Passion and Practices of Missional Churches, Milfred Minatrea

A Door Set Open: Grounding Change in Mission and Hope, by Peter L. Steinke

Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth, by Richard J. Foster

Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life, Richard Rohr

Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India, by William Dalrymple

Guide for Grief: Help in Surviving the Stages of Grief and Bereavement After Loss, by Rodger Murchison

Fiction

The Book of Sorrows, by Walter Wangerin

The Red Tent, Anita Diamant

Poetry

The Back Chamber, by Donald Hall

Leadership

The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do, by Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller

Ecology

The View From Lazy Point: A Natural Year in an Unnatural World, by Carl Safina

Drifting Into Darien, by Janisse Ray

Miscellaneous Non-Fiction

Harlan Hubbard, by Wendell Berry

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand

Travels in Siberia, by Ian Frazier

Operation Dark Heart: Spycraft and Special Ops on the Frontlines of Afghanistan – and the Path to Victory, by Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer