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Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality

Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality

by Donald Miller

I never liked jazz music because jazz music doesn't resolve. . . . I used to not like God because God didn't resolve. But that was before any of this happened. In Donald Miller's early years, he was vaguely familiar with a distant God. But when he came to know Jesus Christ, he pursued the Christian life with great zeal. Within a few years he had a successful ministry that ultimately left him feeling empty, burned... (more)

Generous Orthodoxy, A: Why I am a Missional, Evangelical, Post/Protestant, Liberal/Conservative, Mystical/Poetic, Biblical, Charismatic/Contemplative, ... Emergent, Unfinished Christian

Generous Orthodoxy, A: Why I am a Missional, Evangelical, Post/Protestant, Liberal/Conservative, Mystical/Poetic, Biblical, Charismatic/Contemplative, ... Emergent, Unfinished Christian

by Brian D. McLaren

By celebrating strengths of many traditions in the church (and beyond), this book will seek to communicate a "generous orthodoxy."

The Secret Message of Jesus: Uncovering the Truth that Could Change Everything

The Secret Message of Jesus: Uncovering the Truth that Could Change Everything

by Brian D. McLaren

When Brian McLaren began offering an alternative vision of Christian faith and life in books such as A New Kind of Christian and A Generous Orthodoxy, he ignited a firestorm of praise and condemnation that continues to spread across the religious landscape. To some religious conservatives, McLaren is a dangerous rebel without a doctrinally-correct cause. Some fundamentalist websites have even claimed he's in... (more)

The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical

The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical

by Shane Claiborne

Using unconventional examples from his own life, Shane Claiborne stirs up questions about the church and the world, and challenges readers to truly live out theirÂ Christian faith.

Why We're Not Emergent: By Two Guys Who Should Be

Why We're Not Emergent: By Two Guys Who Should Be

by Ted Kluck, Kevin DeYoung

“You can be young, passionate about Jesus Christ, surrounded by diversity, engaged in a postmodern world, reared in evangelicalism and not be an emergent Christian. In fact, I want to argue that it would be better if you weren’t.” The Emergent Church is a strong voice in today’s Christian community. And they’re talking about good things: caring for the poor, peace for all men, loving Jesus. They’re doing... (more)

A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey

A New Kind of Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual Journey

by Brian D. McLaren

A Leadership Network Publication A New Kind of Christian 's conversation between a pastor and his daughter's high school science teacher reveals that wisdom for life's most pressing spiritual questions can come from the most unlikely sources. This stirring fable captures a new spirit of Christianity--where personal, daily interaction with God is more important than institutional church structures, where... (more)

Jesus Wants to Save Christians: A Manifesto for the Church in Exile

Jesus Wants to Save Christians: A Manifesto for the Church in Exile

by Rob Bell, Don Golden

There is a church not too far from us that recently added a $25 million addition to their building. Our local newspaper ran a front-page story not too long ago about a study revealing that one in five people in our city lives in poverty. This is a book about those two numbers.

Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope

Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope

by Brian D. McLaren

How do the life and teachings of Jesus address the most critical global problems in our world today? In Everything Must Change, you will accompany Brian around the world on a search for answers. Along the way you'll experience intrigue, alarm, challenge, insight, and hope. You'll get a fresh and provocative vision of Jesus and his teachings. And you'll see how his core message can infuse us with purpose and... (more)

Searching for God Knows What

by Donald Miller

In Searching for God Knows What, Donald Miller's provocative and funny new book, he shows readers that the greatest desire of every person is the desire for redemption. Every person is constantly seeking redemption (or at least the feeling of it) in his or her life, believing countless gospels that promise to fix the brokenness. Typically their pursuits include the desire for fulfilling relationships, successful... (more)

Through Painted Deserts: Light, God, and Beauty on the Open Road

Through Painted Deserts: Light, God, and Beauty on the Open Road

by Donald Miller

Fueled by the belief that something better exists than the mundane life they've been living, free spirits Don and Paul set off on an adventure-filled road trip in search of deeper meaning, beauty, and an explanation for life. Many young men dream of such a trip, but few are brave enough to actually attempt it. Fewer still have the writing skills of Donald Miller, who records the trip with wide-eyed honesty in... (more)

The Story We Find Ourselves In: Further Adventures of a New Kind of Christian

The Story We Find Ourselves In: Further Adventures of a New Kind of Christian

by Brian D. McLaren

After many years as a successful pastor, Brian McLaren has found, as more and more Christians are finding, that none of the current strains of Christianity fully describes his own faith. In T he Story We Find Ourselves In — the much anticipated sequel to his award-winning book A New Kind of Christian — McLaren captures a new spirit of a relevant Christianity, where traditional divisions and doctrinal differences... (more)

The Last Word and the Word after That: A Tale of Faith, Doubt, and a New Kind of Christianity

by Brian D. McLaren

For all those seeking more authentic ways to hold and practice Christian faith, Brian McLaren has been an inspiring, compassionate—and provocative—voice. Starting with the award-winning A New Kind of Christian, McLaren offered a lively, wide-ranging fictional conversation between Pastor Dan Poole and his friend Neil Oliver as they reflected about faith, doubt, reason, mission, leadership, and spiritual practice... (more)

Adventures in Missing the Point: How the Culture-Controlled Church Neutered the Gospel

Adventures in Missing the Point: How the Culture-Controlled Church Neutered the Gospel

by Anthony Campolo, Brian D. McLaren

There is a stirring among churchgoers. Many are looking at how the Christian faith is being played out, wondering if somehow we’re missing the point. What if there is more to our faith than just getting our souls into heaven? What if there is a power in the gospel that’s been kept under lock and key because of our culture-controlled church? If we placed our beliefs and their origins under the microscope, what... (more)

Orthodox Heretic: And Other Impossible Tales

Orthodox Heretic: And Other Impossible Tales

by Peter Rollins

“This book should be banned! It’s DANGEROUS!” * * So might any Christian say for whom faith functions like a comfortable chair and a lot of good will. If you are comfy and satisfied, then what you have might not be faith after all, explains Peter Rollins. Christian faith only has meaning if it affects the ways that people live their lives. For many who are not Christians, critiquing Christianity from the... (more)

Church on the Other Side, The

by Brian D. McLaren

Tested strategies for pastors and churches that want to be somewhere else in the postmodern world and need reliable and practical help to get there. Now revised and expanded. Formerly titled Reinventing Your Church.

Flashbang: How I Got Over Myself

by Mark Steele

Mark Steele found himself trying to be a good Christian, but felt he wasn’t making any permanent difference. His life was turning into a flashbang — something that makes a lot of noise but leaves no permanent indentation. In this hilarious memoir, Steele gives autobiographical accounts of enduring 40 days of facial paralysis, suffering public embarrassment at a Presidential Inauguration, receiving treatments of... (more)

A Heretic's Guide to Eternity

by Spencer Burke, Spencer Burke

Distinguishing between religion and spirituality, Burke offers what he calls a new way of looking at God, one centered on the idea of grace. He emphasizes a God who is looking to save the world, not a God who seems more intent on condemning certain practices . . . . For Burke, God is to be questioned, not simply obeyed. His challenging thesis will appeal to many people today who have given up on organized religion... (more)

Metamorpha: Jesus as a Way of Life

by Kyle Strobel

Metamorpha is the Greek word for transformation, and Metamorpha: Jesus as a Way of Life calls people to a life of renewal, discovery and a beautiful dependence upon a God who became man and dwelt among us. Metamorpha offers an invitation to a journey beyond the black and white mediocrity of religiosity to a life of belief formation at the foot of the Master.

Making Sense of Church: Eavesdropping on Emerging Conversations About God, Community, and Culture

Making Sense of Church: Eavesdropping on Emerging Conversations About God, Community, and Culture

by Spencer Burke, Spencer Burke

Using the most compelling e-mail conversations from theOoze.com, an online meeting place for those interested in postmodern spirituality, author Spencer Burke comments on and guides the reader through subjects such as authentic community, experiential worship, the internet and God, and more.

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by Donald Miller

by Brian D. McLaren

by Brian D. McLaren

by Shane Claiborne

by Ted Kluck, Kevin DeYoung

by Brian D. McLaren

by Rob Bell, Don Golden

by Brian D. McLaren

by Donald Miller

by Donald Miller

by Brian D. McLaren

by Brian D. McLaren

by Brian D. McLaren

by Anthony Campolo, Brian D. McLaren

by Peter Rollins

by Brian D. McLaren

by Mark Steele

by Spencer Burke, Spencer Burke

by Kyle Strobel

by Spencer Burke, Spencer Burke