The following five people have influenced me greatly over the past three years (alpha by first name). If you aren't familiar with their work and teachings, I hope you'll check them out.
- Donald Miller -- Blue Like Jazz, Searching for God Knows What, God is Fathering Me (teaching at MH), Story (teaching at MH).
- Jim Wallis -- Faith Works, Sojourners, God’s Politics (blog). [and not just because I recently applied for a job at Sojourners]
- Rob Bell -- Velvet Elvis, Sex God, Nooma DVD series, Everything is Spiritual (tour), The Gods Aren’t Angry (tour), Teachings at Mars Hill.
- Ron Sider -- Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger, Toward an Evangelical Public Policy, Evangelicals for Social Action, Presentation at Adventist Urban Congress.
- Shane Claiborne -- The Irresistible Revolution, Jesus for President, The Simple Way (community of activists), Finding Your Calcutta (teaching at Mars Hill, MP3).
Runners-up: Gary Haugen (Good News about Injustice, International Justice Mission) & Matthew Sleeth (Serve God, Save the Planet, A Rocha).
Addition 5 for a Life List:
- Chris Blake -- Searching for a God to Love, Rhetoric and Persuasion class, Adventist Review articles, personal conversations.
- Ellen G. White -- The Desire of Ages, Steps to Christ, Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing.
- Keith Miller -- A Hunger for Healing (studied for 2 ½ years in a 12-step group).
- Philip Yancey -- The Bible Jesus Read, What’s So Amazing about Grace, The Jesus I Never Knew, Finding God in Unexpected Places, Soul Survivor.
- Viktor Frankl -- Man’s Search for Meaning, Psychotherapy and Existentialism.
5 comments:
Happy birthday, Jeff. I wrote a little post about you. Wanna hear about it? Here goes....
http://barberland.blogspot.com/2008/03/happy-birthday-jeff.html
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I guess the link doesn't work. I don't know how to link within comments. I guess you can just check my blog.
Thanks for the birthday post! It means a lot. I'm so self-absorbed that I don't even know when my friends' birthdays are. You set a good example. :)
We saw Shane Claiborne in Detroit last night. You would have loved it. Peace, Jeff
I seem to notice that there is a huge hole in your influence list.
I think his first name is: Travis
Last name: Herman
come on......
Oh, my dear Travis "The Influencer" Herman. Don't you realize?
It was you who introduced me to Velvet Elvis and thus Mars Hill, Noomas, Sex God, Everything is Spiritual, The Gods Aren't Angry, Narrative Theology and all those grand teachings at the Shed. To say nothing of the Wild Stallions, Ben Harper and G Love.
http://packlight.blogspot.com/2006/09/tribute-people-of-journey.html
You're such a kidder.
Peace, Jeff
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