Tools for Mercy Ministry

This has evolved into a week of book blogs, so I'll add one more entry. I asked my friends and colleagues what books had most powerfully impacted their views on mercy ministry and outreach. I haven't read all of them yet, but I'll provide linkd to the ones I've read. May God use this list to bless your life and ministry.

A Chance To Die: The Life And Legacy Of Amy Carmichael, by Elisabeth Elliot
A Framework for Understanding Poverty, by Ruby Payne
Being White: Finding our Place in a Multiethnic World, by Paul Harris & Doug Schaupp
Blue Like Jazz, by Donald Miller (multiple recommendations)
Compassion, by Henri Nouwen (multiple recommendations)
Divided by Faith, by Michael Emerson
Don’t sing songs to a heavy heart, by Kenneth c. Haugh.
Don't Waste your Life, by John Piper
Dynamics of Spiritual Life, by Lovelace
Evangelism: Doing Justice and Preaching Grace, by Havie M. Conn
George Muller of Bristol: His Life of Prayer and Faith, by Arthur T. Pierson
Heart of a Servant Leader: Letters from Jack Miller, by John Miller
In the Name of Jesus; by Henri J.M. Nouwen
Life of the Beloved, by Henri J.M. Nouwen
Lifekeys: Discover Who You Are, by Kise, Stark, Hirsch, and Krebs
Master Plan of Evangelism, by Robert Coleman
Mere Christianity, by C.S. Lewis
Ministries of Mercy, by Tim Keller (multiple recommendations)
Ministry and Spirituality, by Henri J.M. Nouwen
More Than Equals, by Chris Rice & Spencer Perkins
Parenting the Hurt Child, by Gregory C. Keck and Regina Kupecky
Real Love for Real Life: The Art and Work of Caring, by Andi Ashworth
Religion in Shoes (biography of Brother Brian in Birmingham, AL), by Blakely and Rice
Restoring At-Risk Communities, by John Perkins
Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger Upholding the Vision, by John Perkins and Ron Sider
Run with the Vision, by Tim Keller
Spiritual Leadership, by Oswald Sanders
The Bible (especially Isaiah 58, James 1, and Matthew 25).
The Emotionally Healthy Church, by Peter Scazzero
The Prevailing Church, by Randy Pope
The Road to Daybreak, by Nouwen
Through Gates of Splendor, by Elisabeth Elliot
To Live In Peace, by Mark. R. Gornik

Recommended authors
Frederich Buechner
Henri J.M. Nouwen
Jim Elliot
John Perkins

Secular Books with Good Teaching Principles
A Hope in the Unseen - An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League, by Ron Suskind
Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty, by Muhammad Yunus
Hero for Humanity - A Biography of William Wilberforce, by Kevin Belmonte
Magnificent Obsession, by Lloyd C. Douglas
Rachel and her children, by Kozol
Six Thinking Caps, by Edward De Bono
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, by Michael Lencioni
The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver
The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell
There are no children here, by Kotlowitz

Do you have favorite books that have impacted your view on caring for others?