Here are some books that mentors and students have read and discussed together. If you click on the title, you will be linked to a summary and reviews on that book. To recommend a book to add to this list, please email mentoring@calvin.edu.
FAITH Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God by Francis Chan What's So Amazing About Grace Phillip Yancey A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows through Loss Jerry Sittser Your God Is Too Small: A Guide for Believers and Skeptics Alike J.B. Phillips If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat John Ortberg The Fabric of Faithfulness: Weaving Together Belief and Behavior During the University Years Steven Garber
Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World Henri Nouwen Dear Church: Letters from a Disillusioned Generation Sarah Cunningham Facing Giants Max Lucado Spiritual Disciplines Bible Studies Jan Johnson EVANGELISM Just A Walk Across the Room Bill Hybels
RELATING Everybody's Normal Till You Get to Know Them John Ortberg DATING/LOVE Sex God: Exploring the Endless Connections Between Sexuality And Spirituality Rob Bell Unauthorized Guide to Sex and the Church Carmen Renee Berry Real Sex: The Naked Truth about Chastity Lauren Winner Loves Me, Loves Me Not: The Ethics of Unrequited Love Laura Smit The Ten Commandments of Marriage Ed Young and Beth Moore As For Me And My House Crafting Your Marriage To Last Walter Wangerin Intimate Allies Don Allender SOCIAL JUSTICE The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical Shane Claiborne The Revolution: A Field Manual for Changing Your World Jim Wallis, et al. Relevant Publishing What Every Church Member Should Know about Poverty Bill Ehlig and Ruby K. Payne
VOCATION Understanding God's Will Kyle Lake twentysomething: Surviving and Thriving in the Real World Margaret Feinberg and Bebo Norman
OTHER An Earth-Careful Way of Life: Christian Stewardship and the Environmental Crisis Lionel Basney Money, Possessions, and Eternity Randy Alcorn Ordering Your Private World Gordon MacDonald Becoming a Woman of Influence: Making a Lasting Impact on Others Carol Kent Disciplines of a Godly Man R. Kent Hughes
