My reading list this summer has evolved into something rather interesting. First my list of books currently in progress:
- Spiritual Evolution: A Scientific Defense of Faith by George Vaillant — picked this up after reading the cover article from this months Atlantic (I linked to this in my last post. This one was worth the price for the first chapter alone. The next 2 chapters have delved more deeply into neuroscience of it all (which is facinating…but a little difficult for me to follow). I’m very interested in the next chapters on Faith, Love, Hope, Joy, Forgiveness…
- Theory U: Leading from the Future as It Emerges; The Social Technology of Presencing (spelling intentional) by C. Otto Scharmer — This book will lead to several other books to be added to the stack.
- 8W8 – Global Space Tribes: A Postmodern Journey through Globalization in the Internet Age by Ralf Hirt — I stumbled upon this while browsing the Kindle store. I hesitated…reconsidered…hesitated…downloaded the sample…bought the book. This tribal idea continues to raise it’s head in my thinking about how TCBF and/or CBF might be able to proceed in the future.
- Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development (Chapter 7 of W.C. Crain’s Theories of Development)–just one chapter of a book. This was emailed to me by a friend of mine in Amsterdam and it added some interesting info for our ongoing discussion of faith/church/etc. on our other blog. One particular interesting question this reading has me contemplating is whether or not our churches (as they typically develop) actually inhibit moral development as opposed to nurturing it.
- Eragon: Inheritance by Christopher Paolini–My 3rd grader’s choice…He obviously could read this himself but asked if we could read it together. It’s been fun…it’s also sacred…has to happen everynight before bed.
I’m sure some of this will begin to pop up in some of my blog posts. What I really need is a regular face to face conversation about some of this stuff.
so here we are in the field... 
It’s interesting that you list the 8W8 book about a “tribal idea” concerning CBF. After the meeting last night, Kim, Sherm, and I were talking about church in general. A comment was made that reminded me of Braveheart where Wm Wallace looks deeply into the eyes of the Earl of Bruce, raised his hand in front of his face and sternly proclaimed (paraphrased), “Unite the Clans! You’re a natural born leader, I can see it in your eyes. Unite the Clans!” It’s almost impossible to believe that the “Clans” or denominations could ever unite, but then again, like the camel and the eye of the needle, with God all things are possible. Mike, unite the clans! You’re a natural born leader. I can see it in your eyes. Mike, unite the clans!
Earl of Bruce is saying right about now, “I knew Wm Wallace. Wm Wallace was a friend of mine, and you Mr. Young, are no William Wallace”. 🙂
I appreciate you’re kind words…mostly your friendship!
I disagree… I think Earl of Bruce is saying “Mike Young… I’ve heard of you. You’ve been know to whup a man’s ass.” That comes from the Roy D. Mercer tapes, if you’ve ever heard them.