RECOMMENDED READING


September of 2014, we read the book "Fast Forward to Mission" by Alan Hirsch. Pick up your free digital copy now on Amazon.

Week of Sept 7

  1. Frameworks for Missional Christianity
  2. Move It, Conversion is Commission
  3. The Worldwide Message Tribe
  4. Move Out, The Mission Has a Church
  5. Any Time, Any Place
  6. Build a Bridge and Get Over It
  7. Use What's In Your Hand

Week of Sept 14

  1. Move In (Incarnation), Going Tribal
  2. St. Paul Goes to the Movies, Redeeming Your Hangout (Third Places, etc.)

  3. Speaking the Lingo (All Mission Is Cross-Cultural), Wired for God

  4. Priests in the Hood (Making Connections between God and People), What Is Good News for This People?

  5. Follow the Ant Trails, Experiencing Seamlessness

  6. Move Alongside (Urbs and Relationships), Ground Control to Major Tom: Making Contact, Beyond Functional Friendships

  7. The Art of Conversation(s), Sneezing the Gospel, Matthew's Party

Week of Sept 21

  1. Move From (Subvert), Questioning and the Quest
  2. Lifestyle, Community

  3. Sexuality, Recovering Missional Moxie

  4. There's Nothing Like a Good Stretch, Filling the Gaps

  5. All-Consuming Fires, Kingdom City Limits?

  6. Attractional-Extractional, Sustainability

  7. Getting Over Risk Aversion


This January 2015 we read the book "The End of Religion" by Bruxy Cavey. We discussed the book in our weekly meetings

WEEK OF Jan 4

  1. Preface: A Rest from Religion
  2. Introduction: The Holy Hand Grenade
  3. Water, Wine, and Scandal
  4. Religion, Spirituality, and Faith
  5. Blue Rose Tuesdays
  6. Chamber of Horrors
  7. Taking the "Mental" out of Fundamentalis

WEEK OF JAN 11

  1. Taking On the Establishment
  2. Breaking the Rules: Overriding Torah
  3. A Fence Around the Law: Trouncing Tradition
  4. Family Values: Undoing Tribalism
  5. Thy Kingdom Come: Transcending Territory
  6. Sacred Space: Redefining Temple
  7. Subversive Symbols

WEEK OF JAN 18

  1. The Day Religion Died
  2. Who Do You Think You Are – God?
  3. God or Son of God?
  4. Word of God
  5. Love Instead of Law
  6. Back to the Garden
  7. It's Time to Grow Up

WEEK OF JAN 25

  1. Religion Versus Relationship
  2. So What?
  3. The "Religion" God Likes
  4. Origins of the Word Religion
  5. Language Today
  6. Grasping the Gospel