On My Shelf helps you get to know various writers through a behind-the-scenes glimpse into their lives as readers.
I asked Andy Crouch—senior strategist for communication at the John Templeton Foundation and author of The Tech-Wise Family (2017) [interview | review], Strong and Weak (2016) [review], Playing God (2013) [review], and Culture Making (2008) [review]—about what’s on his nightstand, his favorite fiction books, books that have shaped his thinking on cultural engagement, and more.
What’s on your nightstand right now?
- The Theater of God’s Glory: Calvin, Creation, and the Liturgical Arts by W. David O. Taylor
- Christian Ethics in a Technological Age by Brian Brock
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- The Penultimate Curiosity: How Science Swims in the Slipstream of Ultimate Questions by Andrew Briggs and Roger Wagner
- The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America’s Enemies by Jason Fagone
- Barefoot Leadership by Alvin Ung
- A Long Obedience in the Same Direction by Eugene Peterson
- Leadership Without Easy Answers by Ronald Heifetz
- The Return of the Prodigal Son by Henri Nouwen
- The Mind of the Maker by Dorothy Sayers
- The Sacred Canopy by Peter Berger
- Walking with the Poor: Principles and Practices of Transformational Development by Bryant Meyers
- A Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helprin
- The Man Who Was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton
- The Odyssey by Homer
What’s your favorite book that no one has heard of?
When I was younger, “Apart from me you can do nothing” (John 15:5) seemed like a grand and totally inaccessible spiritual truth. These days it seems like a completely concrete and economical description of reality.
Also in the On My Shelf series: Walter Strickland • Hannah Anderson • S. D. Smith • Curtis Woods • Mindy Belz • Steve Timmis • David Mathis • Michael Lindsay • Nathan Finn • Jennifer Marshall • Todd Billings • Greg Thornbury • Greg Forster • Jen Pollock Michel • Sam Storms • Barton Swaim • John Stonestreet • George Marsden • Andrew Wilson • Sally Lloyd-Jones • Darryl Williamson • D. A. Horton • Carl Ellis • Owen Strachan • Thomas Kidd • David Murray • Jarvis Williams • Gracy Olmstead • Matthew Hall • Drew Dyck • Louis Markos • Ray Ortlund • Brett McCracken • Mez McConnell • Erik Raymond • Sandra McCracken • Tim Challies • Sammy Rhodes • Karen Ellis • Alastair Roberts • Scott Sauls • Karen Swallow Prior • Jackie Hill Perry • Bruce Ashford • Jonathan Leeman • Megan Hill • Marvin Olasky • David Wells • John Frame • Rod Dreher • James K. A. Smith • Randy Alcorn • Tom Schreiner • Trillia Newbell • Jen Wilkin • Joe Carter • Timothy George • Tim Keller • Bryan Chapell • Lauren Chandler • Mike Cosper • Russell Moore • Jared Wilson • Kathy Keller • J. D. Greear • Kevin DeYoung • Kathleen Nielson • Thabiti Anyabwile • Elyse Fitzpatrick • Collin Hansen • Fred Sanders • Rosaria Butterfield • Nancy Guthrie • Matt Chandler
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