The ten best recently published books I read over the last month are
- (4.5) How to Try: Design Thinking and Church Innovation by Lorenzo Lebrija (Church Publishing, 2021)
- (4.5) Community as Church, Church as Community by Michael Plekon (Cascade Books, 2021)
- (4.5) Church After: Finding Transformation in Unexpected Change by Anna Mitchell Hall (Cane Mill Press, 2021)
- (4.0) Generation We: The Power and Promise of Gen Z by AnneMarie Hayek (Lioncrest Publishing, 2021)
- (4.0) Somehow Saints: More Travels in Search of the Saintly by Mary Lea Carroll (Prospect Park Books, 2020)
- (4.0) The Shimmering Is All There Is: On Nature, God, Science and More by Heather Catto Kohout (Texas A&M University Press, 2021)
- (4.0) Praying with Every Heart: Orienting Our Lives to the Wholeness of the World by Claudio Carvalhaes (Cascade Books, 2021)
- (4.0) Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation by John Lewis (Grand Central Publishing, 2021)
- (3.5) Uncommon Leadership: 11 Ways the Greatest Leaders Lead by Ben Newman (Per Capita Publishing, 2021)
- (3.0) World on Fire: Walking in the Wisdom of Christ When Everyone’s Fighting About Everything by Hannah Anderson, Jada Edwards, Rachel Gilson, Ashely Marivittori Gorman, Jasmine Holmes, Rebecca McLaughlin, Jen Pollock Michel, Mary Wiley, and Elizabeth Woodson (B&H Publishing Group, 2021)
Unique Month
This month I read more books that did not qualify for inclusion due to date of publication than any month this year.
And, for the first month in 2021 no books received a rating of 5 or 5+.
Notably, the top three books all offer rich insight into designing and leading the church in and beyond the pandemic.