Dr. G’s Top Reads of 2019

These are the books I recommend from my 2019 reading (in no particular order)

 

Dave Ferguson – The Big Idea: Aligning the Ministries of Your Church through Creative Collaboration (Leadership Network Innovation Series)

Dave Jacobs – Naked Man Running: 100 IDEAS that work in a small church

David Alves – A Sabbatical Primer for Churches: How to Love and Honor the Pastor God Has Given You

Wayne Cordeiro – Leading on Empty: Refilling Your Tank and Renewing Your Passion

Chad Hall – Coach the Person Not the Problem: A Simple Guide to Coaching for Transformation (Kindle only)

Michael Bungay Stanier – The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever

Parker J. Palmer – Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation

John Medina – Brain Rules (Updated and Expanded): 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School

Patrick Lencioni – The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate The Three Essential Virtues

Abraham Joshua Heschel – The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man (FSG Classics)

Marva J. Dawn – Keeping the Sabbath Wholly: Ceasing, Resting, Embracing, Feasting

Tim Sanders – Love Is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends

Nelson Roth – Relevant Discipleship Pathway: a framework for intentional transformation and multiplication

Henri Nouwen – Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World

Alan Hirsch – On the Verge: A Journey Into the Apostolic Future of the Church (Exponential Series)

Frank Viola – Insurgence: Reclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom

Alexander Rose – Washington’s Spies: The Story of America’s First Spy Ring 

Dallas Willard & John Ortberg – Living in Christ’s Presence: Final Words on Heaven and the Kingdom of God   

Special note on the above book: I recommend the audiobook to hear Dallas Willard’s words in his own voice.

Timothy Keller – Making Sense of God: Finding God in the Modern World 

Tish Harrison Warren – Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life

Mark Weible – Fishing On The Other Side: A Guide To Being The Church In The Digital Age 

Tony Reinke – 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You

Mark K. Campbell – Sense Vs Soul

Special note on the above book: This was the debut novel of my friend Mark K. Campbell and it really was one of my top reads of 2019. I read quite a bit of fiction, but usually don’t make those books part of my recommended list.