SUMMER READING 2026
Our ministry leaders are always learning, and they’re sharing their recent favorite books with you! You’ll find a few fascinating podcasts in the mix too. We hope you’ll glean inspiration, insights and adventures untold from our recent recommendations.
Our team appreciates hearing what you’re loving lately too. Be sure to share your top titles as we endeavor to grow in Truth and wisdom together.
David Swanson
Tanner Fox
FICTION:
The Chosen, Chaim Potok
Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir
NON-FICTION:
The Uncontrollability of the World, Hartmut Rosa
Liturgies of the Wild, Martin Shaw
Room For Good Things to Run Wild, Josh Nadeau
Bret Allen
Jack Peebles
Living Life Backward, David Gibson
What’s Wrong with the World?, Tim Keller
Resilient Faith, Jerry Sittser
The Scandal of the Kingdom, Dallas Willard
Mission Drift, Peter Greer & Chris Horst
A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War, Joseph Locante
Paul Gibson
BOOKS:
Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy, Kip Thorne
God's Homecoming: The Forgotten Promise of Future Renewal, N.T. Wright
The Second World War, John Keegan
The Power of Showing Up, Daniel J. Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson
The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis
PODCASTS:
Good Faith with Curtis Chang
Christina McDaniel
BOOKS:
The God You Need To Know, Margaret Feinberg
Now and Not Yet, Ruth Chou Simons
Theo of Golden, Allen Levi
PODCASTS:
Nothing is Wasted, Davey Blackburn
Abiding Together, Sr. Miriam James Heidland
Alexa Rossi
BOOKS:
What Grows in Weary Lands, Tish Harrison Warren
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, James McBride
You are Sent, Nathan Sloan
The Sending Shepherd, Denny Spitters & Matthew Ellison
Loving Your Muslim Neighbor, Timothy & Miriam Harris
PODCAST:
Rupture and Repair (Being Known Podcast), Curt Thompson, M.D.
Case Thorp
BOOK:
Hints of Hope: Essays on Making Peace with the Approximate, Steven Garber
PODCAST:
Nuance, Dr. Case Thorp
Andy Ward
Jonathan Wagner
BOOKS:
Do It Afraid, Kent Chevalier
Hints of Hope, Steven Garber
Birds in the Sky, Fish in the Sea, Matthew Dickerson
In the Name of Jesus, Henri Nouwen
The Word Made Fresh, Abram Van Engen
PODCAST:
From Wasteland to Grail, Malcolm Guite
Taylor Boutelle
In addition to this great list, our SUMMER BOOK STUDY launches Wednesday, June 24! We’ll come together each Wednesday evening from 7-8:30pm to learn together from Justin Earley’s book, Made for People. It’s not too late to buy your book and SIGN UP TODAY!