SPIRITUAL FORMATION / DISCIPLESHIP

• Practicing the Way of Jesus: Life Together in the Kingdom of Love by Mark Scandrette
• The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering our Hidden Life with God by Dallas Willard
• The Way of the Heart by Henri Nouwen

NON-VIOLENCE

• Jesus and Nonviolence: A Third Way by Walter Wink
• John Dear on Peace: An Introduction to His Life and Work by Patricia Normile
• Strength to Love by Martin Luther King Jr.

CCDA (Christian Community Development) PHILOSOPHY

• With Justice for All: A Strategy for Community Development by John M. Perkins
• Compassion, Justice and the Christian Life: Rethinking MInistry to the Poor by Bob Lupton

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

• The Drum Major Instinct (Click for text and audio of sermon)
• Letter from a Birmingham Jail (Click to go to article)
• Strength to Love (short book with sermons)
• I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches that Changed the World

UNDERSTANDING EAST OAKLAND

• Straight Outta East Oakland by Rev. Harry Williams
• Straight Outta East Oakland 2: Trapped on the Track by Rev. Harry Williams
• East Oakland according to Wikipedia (link to article)

HIP HOP CULTURE

• Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation by Jeff Chang
• The Hip-Hop Church by Efrem Smith and Phil Jackson