Marc Alan Schelske Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Under the Unpredictable Plant: An Exploration in Vocational Holiness
Eugene H. PetersonMarc Alan Schelske@theStephFehr Two books most deeply impacted my pastoral ministry out of the many, many I’ve read. First, Under the Unpredictable Plant, but Eugene Peterson. First it made me mad and then it turned my vision for ministry upside down.
Paperback, 1994
$22.99$11.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Church: Charism and Power
Leonardo BoffMarc Alan SchelskeFor context, if you're not familiar: Leonardo Boff is a Brazilian liberation theologian. He was laicized by the Catholic church (stripped of his priesthood) because he thought that the hierarchical nature of the church structure violated Trinitarian doctrine.
Paperback, 2012
$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Holy Trinity, Perfect Community
Leonardo BoffMarc Alan SchelskeLeonardo Boff, in “Holy Trinity, Perfect Community.” Such a good word: “The Father becomes present in those whose character as children is most denied.” #GoodTheologySavesLives https://t.co/FktzNvZgJX
Paperback, 2000
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Paul Among the People: The Apostle Reinterpreted and Reimagined in His Own Time
Sarah RudenMarc Alan Schelske@DanKoch Paul Among the People by Sarah Ruden is fantastic. Really insightful and helpful for me in new ways.
Paperback, 2011
$15.00$7.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
Resmaa MenakemMarc Alan Schelske@ProfeNLC @HerfordDan My Grandmother's Hands by Resmaa Menakem talks about the trauma held in over-policed communities on all sides of the equation. His thoughts would be a very interesting overlay onto colonialism. God, there's just so much healing we all need.
Paperback, 2017
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The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
Bell HooksMarc Alan Schelske@KyleJamesHoward The Will To Change by bell hooks. I’ve read many Christian books on masculinity, but this book is better than all of them at naming to real problem and offering great direction. Really impacted me. https://t.co/jjWnLnELYF
Paperback, 2004
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Unfettered: Imagining a Childlike Faith Beyond the Baggage of Western Culture
Mandy SmithMarc Alan SchelskeMandy Smith’s book Unfettered is challenging me in all the good ways. What if we aren’t enough, and that’s ok? What if embracing inadequacy is how we get whole? (Check out that killer subtitle… Imagining a childlike faith beyond the baggage of western culture!) https://t.co/EUKPl2L73P
Paperback, 2021
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Wound of Knowledge: Christian Spirituality from the New Testament to St. John of the Cross
Rowan WilliamsMarc Alan SchelskeThis phrase! “The only secure reality is . . . the anarchic mercy of God, which ignores order, rank and merit.” Dang. (Rowan Williams, The Wound of Knowledge) https://t.co/q2lHdU66uF
Paperback, 2003
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dune
Frank HerbertMarc Alan Schelske“Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.” ― Frank Herbert, Dune https://t.co/DxhUdYpyAI
Paperback, Mass Market, 1990
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Leading with a Limp: Take Full Advantage of Your Most Powerful Weakness
Dan B. AllenderMarc Alan Schelske@theStephFehr The second was Leading with a Limp by Dan Allender. It is about the only “leadership book” that I recommend any more. Had I read it at the beginning of my run, I would have saved myself and others so much pain.
Paperback, 2008
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