1. Famine in the Land by Steven L. Lawson - I've actually never read a single page of this book. It was recommended to me by an old profession [J. K. Jones] and I bought it. It's a book about expository preaching and was a textbook for LCC's preaching class some years ago and might still be. It's a short book too.
2. a Generous Or+hodoxy by Brian McLaren - I seriously thought I'd finished this but now I remember I got about 1/2 way through picked up the Last Word and the Word After That and never picked it back up. Oops. This should be a good finish.
3. The Bible Jesus Read by Phillip Yancey - it's a book about the Bible. Has some interesting perspectives showing what a 1st century person's Bible would've been like.
4. Read, Think, Pray, Live by Tony Jones - This is small book about lectio divina. Should be a quick finish.
5. Death by Meeting by Patrick Lencioni - I really like what I've read of this book as it one of the most recent that I've not finished. A book about how meetings can be good and not be dull and counter-productive. I typically shy away from leadership-ish books, but his material is both informative and entertaining. Only 2 chapters to go in this one.
6. An Hour On Sunday by Nancy Beach - This book has an outstanding polish in the way it looks, but it is like many worship books that I've read its kind of boring. I'd say that the book reads very much like Nancy teaches [seminars]. Interesting but not very dynamic and is mostly a passing of information. Too bad the book doesn't read as cool as it looks.
7. The Heart of the Artist by Rory Noland - Another book about worship that lacks inspirational material [which is ironic in my opinion]. I have read more than 1/2 of this book twice in two seperate copies...what is it about this book that I can't finish!?
8. What's So Amazing About Grace by Philip Yancey - My mom bought me this book for Christmas back when I was in college and I never read a single page. I'll give it a shot.
9. The Lovely Bones - Quite the interesting novel about a girl who was murdered and is now in heaven watching the mystery of her murder being unraveled by her family. She obviously knows what happened but she can't really help her Dad solve the mystery. Interesting ideas about what heaven looks like too.
10. The Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis - The only reason I haven't finished this relatively small book is because it makes me question my intelligence and my ability to read and digest complex sentences.
11. Story by Steven James - This is a basic retelling of the story of the Bible using some creative writing. I stopped short b/c I was getting the impression that the author didn't really do his homework on the topic of Scripture and ancient literature and he also sometimes paints a picture of God that I find a little hard to believe. I'll try to finish this one.
12. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien - I'm listening to this one on CD actually [for long car rides]. It's fantastic and I can't wait for another road trip. I'm just to the part where Bilbo sneaks by Golem and barely escapes the Misty Mountains.
