SOME OF THE BEST BOOKS EVER (THAT I’VE READ)

  • Halftime by Bob Buford – ideally read this before your halftime (maybe when in your early 40s? It can be insightful at any point in life
  • Transitions by Bill Bridges
  • Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
  • Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
  • Night by Elie Wiesel
  • The Untethered Soul by Michael A Singer
  • Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren (could have been by Steve Long & Leland Davis based on Purposes For Life seminar? 🙂  )
  • A Time to Mourn, A Time to Dance by Margaret Metzgar and contributors

SOME OF THE BEST CONCEPTS EVER (THAT I’VE HEARD/READ)

  • The Four Things That Matter Most by Ira Byock
  • The Five Love Languages by Ira Byock

ONE AUTHOR/BOOK WORTH READING, FOR SURE:  Life is For Loving It by Leland Davis

BOOKS TO READ IN THE FUTURE?

  • A Gentleman in Moscow – Rich Goheen for listening on long trip (work of art with his writing)
  • Experiencing the Very Presence of God – Barbara Browne Taylor
  • The Organized Mind – “Jim notes” Ochsenhirt:
    • debunks effectiveness of multi-tasking
    • suggests it’s important to externalize your mind (do formal listing of “to do” plus other tasks suggested)
  • The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat (Dean)
  • The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion – by Jonathan Haidt
  • Ken Haruf – Eventide, PlainSong, Gilead (Harold Kol.)
  • The Last Innocents – (Marty Brenneman recommends about Dodgers and mixes in the turbulent societal times)
  • Prince of Tides (Paul Daugherty)
  • Book on Aging – The Gift of Years: Growing older gracefully by Joan Chitister (Joan S., Richard Rohr,…)
  • The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth  (Debbie Long)