The Book Meme from Brant from a few weeks back is much appreciated, and Matt's list offers some unexpected books. I'll throw in my list for added texture.
After four years and about 60 volumes of reading habits in common, Matt and I have spent the last three years going widely different directions. This list should demonstrate that thriving variety (and the respective stain-on-the-brain that results.)
1. One book that changed your life:
The Way to Love, Anthony de Mello
In his simple, clear, and comedic manner, de Mello tackles what he considers are the three big idols and errors in the way of human happiness: false beliefs, attachments (disproportiate loves), and conforming to society (fear of man). He challenges the believer to rest in God, whose presence cannot be lost, and to forsake false beliefs about God, to let die all lesser loves, and to forsake the striving of political competition with your fellow human beings.
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