These are the books I recommend from my 2021 reading (in no particular order) Dallas Willard – Knowing Christ Today: Why We Can Trust Spiritual Knowledge C.S. Lewis – Reflections on the Psalms Jonathan Acuff – Stuff Christians Like: Sometimes the Stuff That Comes with Faith Is Funny George M. Marsden – C. S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity: A Biography (Lives of Great Religious Books) Dallas Willard – The Great Omission: Reclaiming Jesus’s Essential Teachings on Discipleship Calvin Miller – The Book of Jesus: A Treasury of the Greatest Stories and Writings About Christ Kristin Kobes du Mez – Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation Win Collier – A Burning in My Bones: The Authorized Biography of Eugene H. Peterson, Translator of The Message Beth Allison Barr – The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth Aimee Byrd – Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood Bob Goff – Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World Jon Acuff – Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking (Overcome Toxic Thought Patterns and Take Control of Your Mindset) Dave Ferguson – Hero Maker: Five Essential Practices for Leaders to Multiply Leaders (Exponential Series) Heather Thompson Day – It’s Not Your Turn: What to Do While You’re Waiting for Your Breakthrough William Dwight McKissic Sr. – Beyond Roots: In Search of Blacks in the Bible Jemar Tisby – How to Fight Racism: Courageous Christianity and the Journey Toward Racial Justice Melvin E. Edwards – The Eyes of Texans: From Slavery to the Texas Capitol: Personal Stories from Six Generations of One Family Laura Hillenbrand – Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption Edward J. Blum & Paul Harvey – The Color of Christ: The Son of God & The Saga of Race in America Philip Yancey – Where the Light Fell: A Memoir Jemar Tisby – The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism Joseph M. Marshall III – The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History Robert J. Morgan – On This Day in Christian History: 365 Amazing and Inspiring Stories about Saints, Martyrs and Heroes