BOOKS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE - rev. 9/11/14

GENERAL:

*ADLER, MORTIMER, HOW TO READ A BOOK
*BENNIS, WARREN, ON BECOMING A LEADER
*COVEY, STEPHEN, THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE

THEOLOGICAL:

BONHOEFFER, DIETRICH, LETTERS AND PAPERS FROM PRISON
*BRUNNER, EMIL, THE WRITINGS OF, ESP. TRUTH AS ENCOUNTER
CALVIN, JOHN, INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION
LADD, GEORGE E., A THEOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
*LEWIS, C.S., THE WRITINGS OF, ESP. SURPRISED BY JOY 
LUTHER, MARTIN, THREE TREATISES
NIEBUHR, H. RICHARD, CHRIST AND CULTURE
PINNOCK, CLARK, THE OPENNESS OF GOD
STOTT, JOHN R.W., BASIC CHRISTIANITY
TALBOTT, THOMAS, THE INESCAPABLE LOVE OF GOD
TILLICH, PAUL, THE WRITINGS OF

PHILOSOPHICAL:

BUBER, MARTIN, I AND THOU
CARNELL, E.J., A PHILOSOPHY OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION
COPLESTON, FREDERICK, A HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
HOLMES, ARTHUR, ALL TRUTH IS GOD’S TRUTH
*PIRSIG, ROBERT, ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE

DEVOTIONAL/SPIRITUAL CLASSICS:

*BIBLE INCLUDING THE APOCRYPHA, THE
*BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
DE MELLO, ANTHONY, AWARENESS
*JULIAN OF NORWICH, THE SHOWINGS, OR REVELATIONS OF DIVINE LOVE
KEATING, THOMAS, OPEN HEART, OPEN MIND
KELLY, THOMAS R., A TESTAMENT OF DEVOTION
*LAWRENCE, BROTHER, THE PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD
NOUWEN, THE WRITINGS OF HENRI, ESP. THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SON
*PENNINGTON, BASIL, CENTERING PRAYER
ROHR, RICHARD, (MOSTLY HIS DAILY BLOGS)
SMITH, THE WRITINGS OF HANNAH WHITALL
WHISTON, CHARLES, PRAY

PSYCHOLOGICALLY ORIENTED:

CARNEGIE, DALE, HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE
*DYER, THE WRITINGS OF WAYNE, ESP. THE LATER ONES
FOWLER, JAMES, THE STAGES OF FAITH
FRANKL, VIKTOR, MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING
PECK, M. SCOTT, FURTHER ALONG THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED
*PECK, M. SCOTT, THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED
ROGERS, CARL, ON BECOMING A PERSON
*TOLLE, ECKHART, THE POWER OF NOW

FICTION:

BERRY, WENDELL, THE NOVELS, ESP. JAYBER CROW
*LEWIS, C.S., THE NARNIA CHRONICLES AND THE SPACE TRILOGY
TOLKIEN, J.R.R., THE HOBBIT AND THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY

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