Recommended Reading from the Class of 1961

We asked members of the class of 1961, who are celebrating their 50th Reunion on May 12-13, to recommend a book or two that members of the class of 2011 must read.  Below is the recommended reading list.  What book would you add to the list?

William F. Allinder, Cadillac, MI
The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus By Peter J. Gomes
I Refuse to Serve a Dying Church By Paul Nixon
Fling Open the Doors By Paul Nixon

Francis Frederick Anderson, Holt, MI
The Go-Between God By John V. Taylor

Harold Q. Bodeen, Mahomet, IL
Walk Across the Room By Bill Hybels

Harold D. Bonath, San Antonio, TX
The Concept of Grace By Philip S. Watson

Robert D. “Bob” Bowers, Lacey, WA
The Case for God By Karen Armstrong
The Mis-fits By Barbara Wendlund

Ronald P. Bowman, Goshen, IN

Quiet Strength By Tony Dungy
Finding Your Path to Significance Uncommon By Tony Dungy

Ulysses Doss, Missoula, MT
Team of Rivals By Doris Kearns Goodwin

M. Franklin Dotts, Inman, SC
The Great Emergence By Phyllis Tickle
A New Kind of Christianity By Brian McLaren

Siegfried Gottlieb Eisenmann, Germany
The Black Swan By Nicholas Taleb

Lyman G. Farrar, Sarasota, FL
The Warmth of the Other Suns By Isabel Wilkerson

Kenneth E. Gelhaus, Madison, WI
The Hidden Messages in Water By Masaru Emoto
Truck By Michael Perry
Bury Me Standing By Isabel Franseca
Saving Paradise: Why Has Christianity Traded Love of This World for Crucifixion and Pain? By Rita Nakashima Brock

Helen Denney Hiebsch, Columbus, IN
The Great Eagle Calling By Millie Camille Echn-Toms
Project Pearl By Paul Hattaway

Leonard L. Huff, Mount Morris, IL
China Road By Rob Gifford.

Franklin Robert Kuhlman, St. Marys, OH
Reading the Bible Again for the First Time By Marcus J. Borg
A New Christianity for a New World By John Shelby Spong

Donald Keith Laidler, Holland, MI
Full Catastrophe Living By Jon Kabat-Zinn

Hilbert E. Lohr, Stoughton, WI
What's So Amazing About Grace By Philip Yancey

Don McClain, Kansas City, MO
Uncommon Gratitude By Joan Chittister and Rowan Williams

Phillip E. Merritt, East Peoria, IL
How to Pray After You’ve Kicked the Dog By Terry Teyhl

Douglas Irwin Norris, Mesa, AZ
Jesus for the Non-Religious By John Shelby Spong

David L. Schuldt, Coralville, IA
Anything by David Baldacci, J A Jance, Jodi Picoult, Michael Connelly, John GrishamLamott

Norman Silvester, Nekoosa, WI
From Missions to Mission By Robert J. Harman.

John C. Wilkey, Jacksonville, IL
What Have They Done with Jesus? By Ben Withering-ton III
The Collected Sermons of William H. Willimon By William H. Willimon
Small Faith, Great God By N. T. Wright