1. One book that changed your life: The Wounded Healer by Henri Nouwen. After reading this book, I read everything by Nouwen I could find.
2. One book that you’ve read more than once: Generation to Generation by Edwin H. Friedman. A book every minister should read by a former rabbi and marriage and family therapist.
3. One book you’d want on a desert island: Letters and Papers from Prison by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. I would like to slowly read this book again.
4. One book that made you laugh: Tales from the Dallas Cowboys by Cliff Harris and Charlie Waters.
5. One book that made you cry: Days of Glory, Seasons of Night by Marilee Pierce Dunker. The story of her father, World Vision founder Bob Pierce, and his relationship to his family.
6. One book you wish had been written: What I Wish the 21st Century Church Understood about My Letters by the Apostle Paul.
7. One book you wish had never been written: Bobbed Hair, Bossy Wives, and Women Preachers by John R. Rice. (Yes, this really is a book.)
8. One book you’re currently reading: Pilgrim Heart by Darryl Tippens.
9. One book you’ve been meaning to read: The Mosaic of Christian Beliefs by Roger Olson.
10. Tag 5 others: Arlene Kasselman, Allan Bevere, Bill Williams, Bobby Valentine, and Wade Tannehill. I don’t know if I’m supposed to e-mail you or just hope you read this. So, I’m counting on you reading this and posting your answers.
Jim,
I am a Henri Houwen fan, too. Do like Eugene Peterson’s books?
Jim,
I am a Henri Nouwen fan, too. Do like Eugene Peterson’s books?
Oops! I corrected spelling Nouwen’s name and both got posted. Sorry.
I do, I like them alot. I often have thought that a retreat with a dozen or so pastors with Eugene Peterson would be awesome. They would have to pre-read the pastoral trilogy of 5 smooth stones, working the angles and under the unpredictable plant. That would be alright.
John,
I like Eugene Peterson as well. The book which really got my attention was “Working the Angles.” I am about to begin “Eat This Book.” Sounds like you like him as well.
Kent,
I think you are on to something. What a great time that would be. I would like to be one of those dozen. 🙂
Christ play in ten Thousand Places is exceptional as well. Was this a Eugene Peterson post?
Well, I read it, Jim. Lord willing, I’ll post my responses later this evening.
Oh my gosh, I can’t believe you have seen/read Bobbed Hair and Bossy Wives. Scot and I saw this book once MANY years ago and we still laugh about it from time to time.
Thanks for sharing this.
The book by Nouwen sounds especially interesting to me. I’ve read one of his, and it was very good (the kind I read out loud to my wife).
Jim,
Wow, that Bonhoeffer selection surprised me. That would make for some serious reading, that’s for sure. I read those in college, and it made me yearn to know Bonhoeffer and what made him tick. I then read many others of his in succession.
Kris,
I remember seeing this book many years ago. As I recall, I read through a few pages. What intrigued me was the “bobbed hair.” I had no idea what that was but apparently it was not good! 🙂
Scot,
That Bonhoeffer selection, in part, stems from my memory of first reading it. I recall being so impressed with this man. I would like to return to the book and read it again.
(Desert island or not. 🙂
Jim:
Number 6 is great! Paul has been quite hermeneutically abused in modern scholarship.
I did it, Jim! My responses are posted on my blog. Blessings to you, dear brother! BTW, I echo the sentiments expressed above in regard to #6.
When I first read this, I was grateful NOT to have been on your list of people to be tagged. Then I got tagged by someone tagged by YOU! I think this is a despicable (as only Daffy Duck could say that word) thing to do to others! Now I have to come up with books that aren’t going to be nearly as impressive a list as others who have been tagged!
I need to read more Nouwen!!
Bob,
Thanks for dropping by. I looked at your list earlier. Doing this list has made me want to re-read Nouwen.
Thanks Allan/Bill– I wish there was a way to make #6 happen!
Greg,
This is so funny! I read this and laughed because I could just hear you say this. 🙂
I look forward to reading your list.
Ok, I’ve been preoccupied for a few days. I’m game I will post ten things on my blog.
I can confess though that I have actually read John Rice’s Bobbed Hair, Bossy Wives and Women Preachers. If you bring a really stout Martini it is almost funny but you need the Martini to find the humor, 🙂
Shalom,
Bobby Valentine