Book I have physically next to my bed to be read, and have only so far been skimmed:

[gtsecc]

For the Life of the World - Schememan
Women and The Priesthood - Hopko
Life of St. Anthony - Athanasius
Shape of the liturgy - Dix
Letter to Marcelinus - Athnasius
On the Incarnation - Athanasius
Livign Liturgy - Soffia Cavaletti
No Man an Island - Thomas Merton
Evangelical Is Not Enough - Howard
Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic - Currie
God With Us - Breck
Sacred Gift of Life - Breck
Shape of Biblical Language - Breck
Bible in Tradition - Breck
Stages on Life's Way - Breck
Othodox Church - Ware

[Colabomb]

Angels and Demons- Brown

The Runaway Jury- Grisham

[karen freeinchristman]

Shape of the liturgy - Dix


WHAT??? After all those times you've suggested this book to others and you've only skimmed it? :scratch:

[karen freeinchristman]

These are books I have only just started and can't seem to get back into at the moment:

Jesus Rediscovered - Muggeridge
The meaning of Jesus - Wright & Borg
A Primer for Christian Doctrine - Wilson
The Celtic Way of Evangelism - Hunter
Learning for Ministry - Croft and Walton
Open Mind, Open Heart - Keating
What the Bible Really Says about Homosexuality - Helminiak


And these are the books I've just finished for an essay (due next week):

Exploring Natural Church Development - Booker
Mission-shaped Church - The Archbishops Council
Hope for the Church - Jackson
The Road to Growth - Jackson
The Healthy Churches' Handbook - Warren

[gtsecc]

WHAT??? After all those times you've suggested this book to others and you've only skimmed it? :scratch:
764 pages
Dense dense book with words like "chaburoth"

[Finella]

Liberating the Gospels (Spong) has been next to my bed for years, can't seem to get back into it. :D

[Mary of Bethany]

On the Incarnation
For the Life of the World

others whose titles I can't remember right now

Mary

[AnglicanCelt]

The Strategy of Satan - Wiersbe (and trust me, it's not a book you want to read before you go to bed)

[No Swansong]

For the Life of the World - Schememan
Women and The Priesthood - Hopko
Life of St. Anthony - Athanasius
Shape of the liturgy - Dix
Letter to Marcelinus - Athnasius
On the Incarnation - Athanasius
Livign Liturgy - Soffia Cavaletti
No Man an Island - Thomas Merton
Evangelical Is Not Enough - Howard
Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic - Currie
God With Us - Breck
Sacred Gift of Life - Breck
Shape of Biblical Language - Breck
Bible in Tradition - Breck
Stages on Life's Way - Breck
Othodox Church - Ware


Two of my favorite authors Ware and merton (just started "seeds of contemplation")

[Fleurette]

I suppose this is the opposite of a "must-read books" thread? :D

[AnglicanCelt]

Maybe not that, PrincessAna.

In my case, it's making time to read.

[Fleurette]

Ah, I see. Fair enough, and I apologise.

I'm afraid I have trouble putting good or interesting books down - if I don't have time to sit in a chair and read it, it comes with me, to the supermarket, to the lecture theatre - anywhere I can possibly get away with having my nose in a book. The ones by my bed are the ones I'm reading that proved to be boring or particularly soporific, hence the reason for having them as bedtime reading :o

[karen freeinchristman]

I suppose this is the opposite of a "must-read books" thread? :D

We might say it's a "must dust-off" books thread! :)

[artrx]

At the moment my bedside/nearby table books are:
Everyday Simplicity by Robert Wicks-presently reading
Meditations with Teilhard de Chardin by Blanche Gallagher, a staple
Spiritual Art Therapy by Ellen Horovitz-reading periodically
Miester Eckhart, from Whom God Hid Nothing- just started, but have read him before
The Word as True Myth by Gary Dorien-Waiting to be read, i picked it up in response to a question that was asked of me a while ago on this forum.
Christus Victor by Gustaf Aulen, loved this way back in undergrad wanted to re-read it.(i keep dusting this off;) )