This Summer's Best Books

At this month’s Cohort we each introduced ourselves by sharing what books (if any) had really blown our doors off this summer. Some folks wanted that list on the blog so here you go.

Peace,
Dixon


All the Kings Men by Robert Penn Warren
Red Cactus by Alan Pert
Colossians Remixed By Brian Walsh and Sylvia Keesmaat
Appreciative Inquiry for Congregational Change by Mark Lau Branson
Everything Must Change by Brian McClaren
St. Francis: A Revolutionary Life by ?
On Being Christian by Hans Kung
Legends of the Fall
Harry Potter 1 & 2 by. J.K. Rowling
Teaching to Transgress by Bell Hooks

Justice in the Burbs Excerpt

Baker Books has put an excerpt of Will and Lisa Samson's Justice in the Burbs: Being the Hands of Jesus Wherever You Live. The book is scheduled for release on August 7th, but you can get the introduction and chapter 1 pdf free. This looks like a very good book and hope that we get a chance to discuss in the next couple of months.

Michael Frost Audio

Many of the ideas from Michael Frost‘s book Exiles: Living Missionally in a Post-Christian Culture, are talked about in sessions that he did in Peterborough, Ontario in 2006. Resonate makes this audio available as a podcast or download from ODEO. I have had problems with the podcast taking a long time to download, but the mp3s downloaded fine.

No Cohort Meeting in July

Greetings All,
We are taking July off but will resuming our cohort gatherings on Thursday, August 2 at 11:30 at the Flying Saucer.

If you have ideas and about things you'd like to talk about this year email Dixon (dkinser@stbs.net) or comment below.

Peace in Jesus,
Dixon

Last Month's Conversation

Hey!
Last month's Cohort conversation is available for download (or your listening pleasure) here.

Next month we are on for June 7 with Matthew Paul Turner reading a selection from his forthcoming book Jesus Needs New P.R.. I've read some of the manuscript and it is really great.

Thanks to Matthew for sharing.

Peace and love,
Dixon

Flying Saucer Phone Number

Dixon. In the name of dog, change the phone number to 259-3039, which is the "real person" number.