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Big SurMother NightMission-Shaped ChurchPoke the BoxAt Eternity's Gate: The Spiritual Vision of Vincent Van GoghLove Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived

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Tim's 2012 book montage


Just My Type: A Book about Fonts
We Are All Weird: The Myth of Mass and the End of Compliance
You Lost Me: Why Young Christians Are Leaving Church... and Rethinking Faith



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Tim's 2011 book montage


Invitation to Solitude and Silence: Experiencing God's Transforming Presence
The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
The Story of God, the Story of Us: Getting Lost & Found in the Bible
Slaughterhouse-Five
The Heart of Darkness
Out of Babylon
One.Life: Jesus Calls, We Follow
Relationships
Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived
At Eternity's Gate: The Spiritual Vision of Vincent Van Gogh
Poke the Box
Mission-Shaped Church
Mother Night
Big Sur



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Tim's 2010 book montage


The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations
Preaching Re-Imagined
We Get to Carry Each Other: The Gospel according to U2
With Open Hands
The Way of the Heart
On The Road, Classics of Modern Literature (Classics of Modern Literature
Swingers: The Swingers' Rules and a Screenplay
On the Move
Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit
The Teaching of Twelve: Believing & Practicing the Primitive Christianity of the Ancient Didache Community
Reaching Unchurched Teens
Jesus Loves You...This I Know
Awaken Your Creativity: Hearing Yes in the Midst of a Multitude of No's
Velvet Elvis
Sabbath: The Ancient Practices
The (un) Official Church Staff Manual: Youth Pastor Edition
The Balancing Act
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible As Literally As Possible
The Medium is the Massage
Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal, and Delight in Our Busy Lives



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Tim's 2009 book montage


Jesus Wants to Save Christians: A Manifesto for the Church in Exile
Visioneering: God's Blueprint for Developing and Maintaining Personal Vision
The Christian Culture Survival Guide: The Misadventures of an Outsider on the Inside
The New Conspirators: Creating the Future One Mustard Seed at a Time
Different Seasons
Doing Church As A Team
Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations
A Guide to Prayer for All Who Seek God
A Christianity Worth Believing
A Generous Orthodoxy: Why I am a missional, evangelical, post/protestant, liberal/conservative, mystical/poetic, biblical, charismatic/contemplative, fundamentalist/calvinist, ... anabaptist/anglican, metho
Youth Ministry 3.0: A Manifesto of Where Weve Been, Where We Are & Where We Need to Go
Finding Our Way Again: The Return of the Ancient Practices
Making Ripples
Rejesus: A Wild Messiah for a Missional Church
Pagan Christianity: Exposing the Roots of Our Church Practices
The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture: How Media Shapes Faith, the Gospel, and Church
Three Simple Rules: A Wesleyan Way of Living
The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical
The Orthodox Heretic And Other Impossible Tales
Al Capone Does My Shirts



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