Just read, about to read, currently reading
Since Geoffrey asked people to share what they’ve been reading lately, I thought I’d post my latest reading here on my blog too:
- Tansformation - Bob Roberts
- Talent is Never Enough - John Maxwell
- Selling Olga - Louisa Waugh
- Peppermint-Filled Pinatas - Eric Bryant
- The Power of Simple Prayer - Joyce Meyer
- To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
- Finding Our Way - Margaret Wheatley
- Sex God - Rob Bell
- Glocalisation - Bob Roberts
- Reposition Yourself - TD Jakes
May 26th, 2007 at 11:39 am
hi sam. you have two of bob roberts down on your list - can you tell me one good thing about his writing?
did you get a copy of eric bryant’s book when you were in the states earlier this month? amazon is only allowing me to pre-order this at the moment.
i’ve got ’sex god’ on my “to read” list too.
May 26th, 2007 at 11:41 am
i ought to have said i’m asking for one good thing about bob robert’s writing only because i haven’t read anything from him before and i have so many book on my “to read” list that i thought to ask this.
May 26th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
Yeah…I don’t think Eric’s book is out until June officially. I got a few copies for our team whilst I was in LA.
I hadn’t even heard of Bob Roberts until I was in LA when he was one of the speakers at Ethos. I’ve only read Transformation so far which I really enjoyed. He has a great heart for globally minded local churches which really resonates with me. Also a strong emphasis on how it will take transformed people to transform the world.
I don’t think it would hit my “must read” category, but I would recommend it.
I enjoyed Sex God. Good stuff, but probably not as significant a book as Velvet Elvis.
May 28th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
thanks for this. i’ll keep looking out for eric’s book being published.
May 30th, 2007 at 8:29 am
TD Jakes huh?
He is my favourite preacher, absolutely out of control!
Whats the book like?
And John maxwell…and Joyce meyer?
They all sound interesting…
May 30th, 2007 at 8:43 am
I LOVE listening to TD Jakes preach…awesome. I went to a leadership conference at his church in Dallas in 2002 and that was a LOT of fun! I’ve not started the book yet though. I really enjoyed his book “Maximise the Moment” though and also “He-Motions”. He can veer a bit too far towards excessive focus on money/material blessings sometimes (though not nearly as bad as a lot of them!), but says a lot of really good stuff too.
The John Maxwell book is really good. It sits really nicely as a tie in with the StrengthsFinder books and actually refers to that and intentionally builds on it.
TD Jakes and Joyce Meyer are about the only two TV personalities which I enjoy a lot of what they say. And Joyce’s book on prayer is actually really quite refreshing. I’m about half-way through and its got some really good and practical stuff to say. I love the huge emphasis on freeing people from all the guilt that so often builds with prayer as well as the religiosity. Some good stuff.
May 30th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
thanks for these thoughts - helpful.
June 24th, 2007 at 11:20 am
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June 25th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
Hi there. Thanks for this latest list.
One of the books I’m reading is ‘Off-Road Disciplines’ by Earl Creps. Creps is suggesting some new disciplines necessary to being missional today, moving us beyond techniques, programmes, and “bolt-ons”.