PREVIOUS READING LISTS

2023

  1. THE INTENTIONAL YEAR :: HOLLY PACKIAM AND GLENN PACKIAM
  2. ENDURANCE :: ALFRED LANSING
  3. UNDER THE BANNER OF HEAVEN :: JON KRAKAUER
  4. SOUNDTRACKS :: JON ACUFFF
  5. BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE DON’T JUST HAPPEN :: SCOTT SAULS
  6. THE LONG WAY HOME :: RYAN VAN DUZER
  7. THE SATURDAY NIGHT GHOST CLUB :: CRAIG DAVIDSON
  8. TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT :: GRAHAM GREENE
  9. THE MAKING OF ANOTHER MAJOR MOTION PICTURE MASTERPIECE :: TOM HANKS
  10. WHAT IF THIS WERE ENOUGH :: HEATHER HAVRILESKY
  11. ON THE ROAD WITH ST. AUGUSTINE :: JAMES K.A. SMITH
  12. THE STARFISH AND THE SPIRIT :: LANCE FORD AND ROB WEGNER
  13. LAST PLACES :: LAWRENCE MILLMAN
  14. SACRED FIRE :: RONALD ROLHEISER
  15. COMEDY SEX GOD :: PETE HOLMES
  16. LITURGY IN THE WILDERNESS :: D.J. MAROTTA

2022

  1. HABITS OF THE HOUSEHOLD :: JUSTIN WHITMEL EARLEY
  2. LIVE NO LIES :: JOHN MARK COMER
  3. THE MINDFUL CHRISTIAN :: IRENE KRAEGEL
  4. WHERE THE DEER AND THE ANTELOPE PLAY :: NICK OFFERMAN
  5. AT HOME IN THE WORLD :: TSH OXENREIDER
  6. LETTERS TO THE CHURCH :: FRANCIS CHAN
  7. FREED TO LEAD :: DAVID REDDING AND TIM WHITMIRE
  8. UNDISTRACTED :: BOB GOFF
  9. BIG FISH :: DANIEL WALLACE
  10. EMBODIED :: PRESTON SPRINKLE

2021

  1. TO SHAKE THE SLEEPING SELF :: JEDIDIAH JENKINS
  2. WHAT IS THE BIBLE :: ROB BELL
  3. WALDEN :: HENRY DAVID THOREAU
  4. THE VERY GOOD GOSPEL :: LISA SHARON HARPER
  5. LIKE STREAMS TO THE OCEAN :: JEDIDIAH JENKINS
  6. THE POWER OF MOMENTS :: CHIP AND DAN HEATH
  7. THE GREAT RAILWAY BAZAAR :: PAUL THEROUX
  8. IMPROV LEADERSHIP :: STAN ENDICOTT + DAVID A. MILLER
  9. THE PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD :: BROTHER LAWRENCE
  10. THE ART OF PILGRIMAGE :: PHIL COUSINEAU
  11. GARDEN CITY :: JOHN MARK COMER
  12. SAILING ALONE AROUND THE WORLD :: CAPTAIN JOSHUA SLOCUM
  13. GOODBYE PHONE, HELLO WORLD: 65 WAYS TO DISCONNECT FROM TECH AND RECONNECT TO JOY :: PAUL GREENBERG
  14. A CHURCH CALLED TOV :: Scott McKnight + Laura Barringer
  15. REBEL TALENT :: FRANCESCA GINO
  16. SACRED TRAVELS :: CHRISTIAN GEORGE
  17. ON PILGRIMAGE :: DOROTHY DAY
  18. THE SEVEN STOREY MOUNTAIN :: THOMAS MERTON
  19. AT YOUR BEST :: CAREY NIEUWHOF

2020

  1. THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS :: FEARGHAL ONUALLAIN
  2. THE SECOND MOUNTAIN :: DAVID BROOKS
  3. TRAVELS WITH CHARLEY IN SEARCH OF AMERICA :: JOHN STEINBECK
  4. IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK :: JAMES BALDWIN
  5. TALKING TO STRANGERS :: MALCOLM GLADWELL
  6. TIP OF THE ICEBERG :: MARK ADAMS
  7. ON THE PLAIN OF SNAKES :: PAUL THEROUX
  8. NOTES OF A NATIVE SON :: JAMES BALDWIN
  9. SHE’S MY DAD :: JONATHAN WILLIAMS
  10. PARIS TO THE PYRENEES :: DAVID DOWNIE
  11. THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS :: ISABEL WILKERSON
  12. A LONG OBEDIENCE IN THE SAME DIRECTION :: EUGENE PETERSON
  13. THE BIOGRAPHY OF TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR :: JULIE WELCH
  14. CELEBRATION OF DISCIPLINE :: RICHARD FOSTER
  15. THE BEST AMERICAN TRAVEL WRITING 2019 :: ALEXANDRA FULLER
  16. THE JOYS OF TRAVEL :: THOMAS SWICK
  17. THE RUTHLESS ELIMINATION OF HURRY :: JOHN MARK COMER
  18. MRS. PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN :: RANSOM RIGGS

2019

  1. THE LOST CONTINENT :: BILL BRYSON
  2. I’M STILL HERE: BLACK DIGNITY IN A WORLD MADE FOR WHITENESS :: AUSTIN CHANNING BROWN
  3. SAME KIND OF DIFFERENT AS ME :: RON HALL + DAVE MOORE
  4. NORSE MYTHOLOGY :: NEIL GAIMAN
  5. BONHOEFFER: PASTOR, PROPHET, MARTYR :: ERIC METAXAS
  6. THE COST OF DISCIPLESHIP::DIETRICH BONHOEFFER
  7. THE HAPPY ISLES OF OCEANIA :: PAUL THEROUX
  8. THE ART OF WORK :: JEFF GOINS
  9. SNOWS OF KILIMINJARO :: ERNEST HEMINGWAY
  10. DREAM WITH ME :: JOHN PERKINS
  11. LIFE TOGETHER :: DIETRICH BONHOEFFER
  12. THE YEAR OF LIVING DANISHLY :: HELEN RUSSELL
  13. THE PASTOR :: EUGENE PETERSON
  14. THE ART OF TRAVEL :: ALAIN DE BOTTON
  15. HOW TO LEAD IN A WORLD OF DISTRACTION :: CLAY SCROGGINS
  16. WILD :: CHERYL STRAYED

2018

  1. Jayber Crow :: Wendell Berry
  2. Kill The Spider :: Carlos Whittaker
  3. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil :: Jon Berendt
  4. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings :: Maya Angelou
  5. Go Tell It On The Mountain :: James Baldwin
  6. Just Mercy :: Bryan Stevenson
  7. Bird by Bird :: Anne Lamott
  8. This Side of Paradise :: F. Scott Fitzgerald
  9. Nine Stories :: J.D. Salinger
  10. Our Man in Havana :: Graham Greene
  11. The Old Man and the Sea :: Ernest Hemingway
  12. Everybody, Always :: Bob Goff
  13. Journey Without Maps :: Graham Greene
  14. Creativity Inc. :: Ed Catmull
  15. What Happened :: Hillary Rodham Clinton
  16. Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership :: Ruth Haley Barton
  17. Visions of Gerard :: Jack Keourac
  18. Divine Direction :: Craig Groeschel
  19. Didn’t See It Coming :: Carey Niewhouf
  20. Where the Colors Blend :: Stephen Copeland
  21. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team :: Patrick Lencioni
  22. We Were Eight Years in Power :: Ta-Nehisi Coates
  23. In Defense of Food :: Michael Pollan
  24. Start Something That Matters :: Blake Mycoskie
  25. Originals: Adam Grant
  26. Doctor Sax :: Jack Keourac
  27. Turn Right at Machu Picchu :: Mark Adams
  28. The Last Arrow :: Erwin Raphael McManus