Derek Vreeland Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Derek Vreeland

"Our neighboring God does not need us as neighbors. But he offers himself to us as a Neighbor, and in so doing he invites us into a neighborhood on earth as it is in heaven." - Eugene Peterson

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My new book #CenteringJesus will be the first book I’ve written with pictures in it, including the seal of the Moravian Church in stained glass (which I love!). You can pre-order the book now. Do it at least to see all the pictures! https://t.co/CxbRuG8nzF https://t.co/umwNU5Yv4i

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McKnight’s book Kingdom Conspiracy has gone a bit under the radar but I found it helpful in pastoring a kingdom-minded church. I appreciate his summary of the book here. https://t.co/5oHs10NB8g

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“The two most difficult things to get straight in life are love and God. More often than not, the mess people make of their lives can be traced to failure or stupidity or meanness in one or both of these areas.” - Eugene Peterson, The Message Devotional Bible https://t.co/5DV7B4s87A

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...that relationship with the unconditional presence and witness, absolution and affirmation that belong to God. We discover all this, in short, in relation to the God of the Gospels, the God of Jesus, the God Jesus is." - Rowan Williams, Being Disciples #CenteringJesus

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Congrats to Michelle Sanchez on the release of Color-Courageous Discipleship! What a great resource filled with insight and conversations with other Christian leaders who are forming Christian communities that not only talk about racism but work to eradicate it. Go get it! https://t.co/Y4xzIkqxpW

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“Oh! May the God of green hope fill you up with joy, fill you up with peace, so that your believing lives, filled with the life-giving energy of the Holy Spirit, will brim over with hope!” - Romans 15:13 MSG

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@byrnesyliam @DChristianson @flemingrut @NTWrightSays @ntwrightonline @holland_tom I haven't spent enough time with Douglas Campbell's work to get a firm grasp of the apocalyptical Paul, so I am by no means an authority. Spending much more time with Tom's work has me pretty biased. I will check out that video. Haven't seen that. It looks helpful!

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@rustinsweeney Yes!!! Love John Perkins. I have a long quote from Let Justice Roll Down in my forthcoming book Centering Jesus.

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Next up on the reading list, shorter books from Karl Barth because like who has time to read Church Dogmatics. Thanks to @Ikefmiller for the recommendations! https://t.co/OUrhE63Aj1