a bibliography for balance.

Read carefully, widely, critically, and charitably.


A list of books (in no particular order) that have shaped my thinking and, I hope, will hence shape yours:

Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis

My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers * (read it for free online)

A Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken

The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis

Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton

A Cry for Mercy by Henri Nouwen

What is the What by Dave Eggars

The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning

Practicing the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence

Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller