Barbara Feil's Blog

William P. Young: The Shack
I'm half way through...so many people asked if I had read it yet that I started saying, "I'm reading it to and from Boston." More later...

Mark Penn: Microtrends: The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow's Big Changes
Again, cultural studies for Doctoral project...but very interesting...small things are what create the most change today. This books echo's a bit of "Tipping Point"

David Kinnaman: unChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity... and Why It Matters
I keep reading these books about what is changing in our culture in regards to church for my Doctorate in Ministry studies. It's challenging...

Loren Cunningham: Why Not Women : A Biblical Study of Women in Missions, Ministry, and Leadership
I have over 50 books on the role of women in ministry...this is a very compelling and fresh look at women in ministry and leadership from all the passages that are hard to understand. Must read for any woman in minstry and any man who supports her...

Paul David Tripp: A Quest for More: Living for Something Bigger Than You
I read this book while staying at my sister's home over Christmas. She's a fan of Paul Tripp and I can see why. He challenges us to not to shrink our lives to the size of our lives - God made us for something bigger than just the size of our little lives. Buy it - read it- give it away!

Robert E. Webber: The Younger Evangelicals: Facing the Challenges of the New World
This was for me, a 53 year old in ministry for all of my adult life, like a trip down memory lane. It was the first book I read that began to help me understand that the church, as I have known it and experienced it is changing!

Eugene H. Peterson: Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading
We gave this book to all our Adult Ministry leaders - it is convicting and convincing on why we need to eat the Word of God!!

Rob Bell: Sex God: Exploring the Endless Connections Between Sexuality And Spirituality