| Welcome to my “Pastor’s Favorite” section. Here I have compiled lists of some of my favorite books, preachers, recording artists, movies, photographers and photographic locations. For good or for bad, this should help you know me better. Thanks for taking a look! |
| Favorite Books: I am a confirmed bibliophile. I love books. People who visit my office or home always comment on the number of books I have. I admit it; I have a lot! Here I have compiled a list of some of my very favorite books. I hope the list proves useful to you. |
| A Testament of Devotion by Thomas Kelly |
The World’s Religions by Huston Smith |
| What’s So Amazing About Grace by Philip Yancey |
God’s Politics by Jim Wallis |
| Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard |
The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a’ Kempis |
| The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer |
No Man is An Island by Thomas Merton |
| Windows of the Soul by Ken Gire |
Into the Depths of God by Calvin Miller |
| The Glad River by Will Campbell |
Dangerous Wonder by Michael Yaconelli |
| A Timbered Choir by Wendell Berry |
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien |
| The Life You’ve Always Wanted by John Ortberg |
The Lord of the Rings (trilogy) by J.R.R. Tolkien |
| Making All Things New by Henri Nouwen |
Walden by Henry David Thoreau |
| The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning |
Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey |
| Wishful Thinking by Frederick Buechner |
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson |
| Pilgrims in Their Own Land by Martin Marty |
Speaking My Mind by Tony Campolo |
| The Chronicles of Narnia (7 vols.) by C.S. Lewis |
Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller |
| Amazing Grace by Kathleen Norris |
Traveller by Richard Adams |
| The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky |
Prayers by Michel Quoist |
| Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster |
Wilderness Scenario by Pat O’Hara |
| Messy Spirituality by Michael Yaconelli |
Loving Nature by James A. Nash |
| To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee |
A Cry of Absence by Martin Marty |
| Disappointment With God by Philip Yancey |
House of Rain by Craig Childs |
| Sacred Thirst by M. Craig Barnes |
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer |
| Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder |
Joshua by Joseph Girzone |
| The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter |
Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns |
| Sea Edge/Sky Edge by Phillip Keller |
Sacred Pathways by Gary Thomas |
| Embracing the Love of God by James Bryan Smith |
The Life God Blesses by Gordon McDonald |
| Out of the Question…Into the Mystery by Leonard Sweet |
The Reflective Life by Ken Gire |
| Holy the Firm by Annie Dillard |
Tracks of a Fellow Struggler by John Claypool |
| Nature Writings by John Muir |
The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey |
| Life and Holiness by Thomas Merton |
Winter by Rick Bass |
| A Walk Through the Year by Edwin Way Tealer |
Secrets in the Dark by Frederick Buechne |
| Salvation on Sand Mountain by Dennis Covington |
A Diary of Private Prayer by John Baillie |
| The Nature of America, edited by Bill Fortney and David Middleton |
| Favorite Preachers: Fred Craddock, John Ortberg, John Claypool, Harry Emerson Fosdick, Clovis Chappell, G. H. Morrison, Craig Barnes, Eugene Lowry, Barbara Brown Taylor, Martin Luther King, Jr., Calvin Miller, David Buttrick, |
| Favorite Recording Artists: U2, Stephen Curtis Chapman, Dan Fogelberg, Michael W. Smith, James Taylor, Eagles, Josh Groban, Alison Kraus, Shania Twain, Van Morrison, Eva Cassidy, Carrie Underwood, Neil Diamond |
| Favorite Movies: Fiddler on the Roof, To Kill a Mockingbird, Butch Cassady and the Sundance Kid, Forest Gump, Cotton Patch Gospel, Seabiscuit, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Patch Adams, A River Runs Through It, Dead Poet’s Society |
| Favorite Photographers: Pat O’Hara, Bill Fortney, David Muench, John Shaw, Anselm Adams, Galen Rowell, Art Wolfe, Rob Sheppard, Bill Lea, Ken Jenkins |
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Favorite Photographic Locations: All photos by Chuck Summers, Click Here |