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Graham Old\u2019s comment stung. Thanks Graham. The list on spiritual formation was slanted too one-sidedly toward individualism, and so I want to add a second list to balance it out. This one focuses on formation as a communal and missional endeavor. Community formation shapes individual formation.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m cheating here with some numbers with more than one book.<\/p>\n
1. R. Sider, Good News and Good Works<\/span> and Churches that Make a Difference<\/span> and Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger<\/span>
2. J. Wallis, Faith Works<\/span>
3. D. Guder, Missional Church<\/span>
4. S. Hauerwas, from Peaceable Kingdom <\/span>to A Better Hope<\/span>
5. J.H. Yoder, The Politics of Jesus<\/span>
6. W. Wink, Powers <\/span>series
7. D. Bonhoeffer, Life Together<\/span>
8. S. Grenz, Created for Community<\/span> and The Social God and the Relational Self<\/span>
9. B. Blount, Then the Whisper Put on Flesh<\/span>
10. Emergent: B. McLaren, Generous Orthodoxy<\/span>; D. Pagitt, Reimagining Spiritual Formation<\/span>
11. C.P. DeYoung, United by Faith<\/span><\/p>\nAdmittedly, some of these are more \u201ccome to our church\u201d than they are strictly missional, but each is committed to community, to a big gospel, and to the Kingdom as God\u2019s design.<\/p>\n
Again, there are many more, and you can post your own comments should you wish.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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