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| The 2012 and 2013 LU DMin Cohorts |
- James W. Sire, Naming the Elephant: Worldview as a Concept
- Lesslie Newbigin, Missionary Theologian: A Reader
- Brian M. Howell, Short-Term Mission: An Ethnography of Christian Travel Narrative and Experience
- Dwight Zscheile, Cultivating Sent Communities: Missional Spiritual Formation
- John H. Walton, The Lost World of Scripture: Ancient Literary Culture and Biblical Authority
- G.K. Beale, We Become What We Worship: A Biblical Theology of Idolatry
- Jerram Barrs, Echoes of Eden: Reflections on Christianity, Literature, and the Arts
- Emily P. Freeman, Million Little Ways: Uncover the Art You Were Made to Live
- Michael Goheen & Craig Bartholomew, The True Story of the Whole World: Finding Your Place in the Biblical Drama
- Shane Hipps, Selling Water By The River: A Book About The Life Jesus Promised And The Religion That Gets In The Way
- Mark Scandrette, Practicing the Way of Jesus: Life Together in the Kingdom of Love
- Kyle Idleman, Gods at War: Defeating the Idols that Battle for Your Heart
- Joe Rigney, Live Like A Narnian: Christian Discipleship in Lewis's Chronicles
- Paul Ricoeur, Time and Narrative, Volume 1
- Bryan P. Stone, Evangelism After Christendom: The Theology and Practice of Christian Witness
- Edwin Friedman, The Myth of Shiksa and Other Essays
- Edwin Friedman, Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue
- Don Edward Beck, Spiral Dynamics: Mastering Values, Leadership, and Change
- Scot McKnight, Embracing Grace: A Gospel For All of Us
- Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
- Stanley Hauerwas, Cross-Shattered Christ: Meditations on the Seven Last Words
Below are most of the books that I had to read for this residency. If you want my opinion on any of these, feel free to inquire. For the ones I have in physical, non-ebook format, I'd be glad to loan them out. I have put in bold the ones that I liked best.
- Michael Goheen, A Light to the Nations: The Missional Church and the Biblical Story
- Carl Savage and William Presnell, Narrative Research in Ministry: A Postmodern Research Approach for Faith Communities
- John Swinton and Harriet Mowat, Practical Theology and Qualitative Research
- David Fitch, Prodigal Christianity: 10 Signposts into the Missional Frontier
- Graham Hill, Salt, Light, and a City: Introducing Missional Ecclesiology
- Andy Crouch, Playing God: Redeeming the Gift of Power
- Leonard Sweet, I Am A Follower: The Way, Truth, and Life of Following Jesus
- Lawrence Golemon, Finding Our Story: Narrative Leadership and Congregational Change
- Timothy Keller, Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Work
- Alan Roxburgh, Missional: Joining God in the Neighborhood
- J.R. Woodward, Creating a Missional Culture: Equipping the Church for the Sake of the World
- The Arbinger Institute, Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out Of The Box
- Richard Beck, Unclean: Meditations on Purity, Hospitality, and Mortality
- Charles Campbell, Preaching Jesus: The New Directions for Homiletics in Hans Frei's Postliberal Theology
- Charles Campbell, The Word Before the Powers: An Ethic of Preaching
- Charles Campbell and Johan H. Cilliers, Preaching Fools: The Gospel as a Rhetoric of Folly
- Will D. Campbell, Brother to a Dragonfly
- Tian Dayton, The Magic of Forgiveness: Emotional Freedom and Transformation in Midlife
- Charles Marsh and John Perkins, Welcoming Justice: God's Movement Toward Beloved Community
- Christian Smith, The Bible Made Impossible
- Peter Steinke, Congregational Leadership in Anxious Times: Being Calm and Courageous No Matter What
- Desmond Tutu, No Future Without Forgiveness
- Miroslav Volf, Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation
- Simon Wiesenthal, The Sunflower: On The Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness
I am very grateful to my church for giving me the freedom to participate in this program. I know it is hard having me unavailable for several weeks at a time. The program has been challenging and shaping me in meaningful ways.
