GAME-CHANGING READING
Getting wisdom is the most important thing you can do. Whatever else you get, get insight.
Proverbs 4:7
Good News Translation
Look for these impactful books at your favorite library, bookstore, or online seller.
Metanoia:
The Shape of the Christian Life
BROTHER JOHN OF TAIZÉ
This easy, inspiring read explores metanoia — a Biblical Greek word often translated as “repentance,” but more literally and deeply meaning “change of thinking” — as the basic “grammar” that shapes Christian living, a liberating force that frees us from self-centered outlooks into keener awareness of God and neighbor as part of an ongoing process of personal transformation in Christ.
Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus. Become like him. Do as he did.
MARK JOHN COMER
Down-to-earth in tone and content, this impactful, inviting manual lays out how to “apprentice to Jesus” — to shape your life around his through spiritual practices that he practiced — to meet the most challenging need that both church and world face today: people eager to move beyond “Christian” to Christlike in mindful discipleship bent on “being Jesus” amid our own time and culture.
Being Christian:
Baptism, Bible, Eucharist, Prayer
ROWAN WILLIAMS
In this slim and simple yet profound and beautifully written book, past Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams flexes his conversational style, poetic eye, and pastoral sensibilities as he delves into the four basic building blocks of Christian life — baptism, Bible, eucharist, and prayer — which have remained constants across ages, cultures, and changes throughout history.