Chasing Justice Book Club

2025 Fall Books

• From Dropout to Doctorate: Breaking the Chains of Educational Injustice by Terence Lester

• Christ in the Rubble: Faith, the Bible, and Genocide in Gaza by Munther Isaac

• The Cross and the Olive Tree: Cultivating Palestinian Theology amid Gaza by John and Sam Munayer

• Liturgies for Resisting Empire: Seeking Community, Belonging, and Peace in a Dehumanizing World by Kat Armas

• The Justice of Jesus: Reimagining Your Church’s Life Together to Pursue Liberation and Wholeness by Joash Thomas

• Beauty + Resistance: Spiritual Rhythms for Formation and Repair by Jonathan Walton

2025 Summer Books

• Nailing It: Why Successful Leadership Demands Suffering and Surrender by Nicole Massie Martin

• Front Porch Wisdom: Navigating Leadership Pressures and Barriers as a Woman of Color by Froswa’ Booker-Drew

• Let Peace Reign: Love, Justice, and Dignity in God’s Kingdom by Drew Jackson

• The Spirit of Justice: True Stories of Faith, Race, and Resistance by Jemar Tisby

• The Anti-Greed Gospel: Why the Love of Money is the Root of Racism and How the Church Can Create a New Way Forward by Malcolm Foley

• Face Forward by Bethny Ricks

• The Matter of Little Losses by Rachel Marie Kang

• Courageously Soft by Charia Rush

• As Long As You Need by J.S. Park

• Everything Sad Is Untrue: (a true story) by Daniel Nayeri

• Black Woman Grief: A Guide to Hope and Wholeness by Natasha Smith

2024 Books

• Bearing God: Living A Christ-Formed Life in Uncharted Waters by Marlena Graves
• Beyond Ethnic Loneliness: The Pain of Marginalization and the Path to Belonging by Prasannata Verma Anumolu
• Loving Disagreement: Fighting for Community through the Fruit of the Spirit
• Soul Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul: How to Change the World in Quiet Ways by Dorcas Cheng-Tozun
• The Women We’ve Been Waiting For by Tiffany Bluhm
• Chingona: Owning Your Inner Badass for Healing and Justice by Alma Zaragoza-Petty

2023 Books

• We’ll All Be Free: How a Culture of White Supremacy Devalues Us and How We Can Reclaim Our True Worth by Caroline J. Sumlin
• Tell Me the Dream Again: Reflections on Family, Ethnicity, and the Sacred Work of Belonging by Tasha Jun
• I Won’t Shut Up: Finding Your Voice When the World Tries to Silence You by Ally Henny
• Sacred Belonging: A 40-Day Devotional on the Liberating Heart of Scripture by Kat Armas
• Sacred Self-Care: Daily Practices for Nurturing Our Whole Selves by Chanequa Walker-Barnes
• Everybody Come Alive: A Memoir in Essays by Marcie Alvis Walker

2022 Books

• Truth’s Table: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation by Christina Edmondson, Ekemini Uwan, and Michelle Higgins
• This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us by Cole Arthur Riley
• Good and Beautiful and Kind: Becoming Whole in a Fractured World by Rich Villodas
• Learning Our Names: Asian American Christians on Identity, Relationships, and Vocation edited by Sabrina S. Chan
• Voices of Lament: Reflections on Brokenness and Hope in a World Longing for Justice edited by Natasha Sistrunk Robinson (Incl. Sandra María Van Opstal)
• Beyond Welcome: Centering Immigrants in Our Christian Response to Immigration by Karen Gonzalez

2021 Books

• Abuelita Faith :What Women on the Margins Teach Us about Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength by Kat Armas
• In my Grandmothers House: Black Women, Faith, and the Stories We Inherit by Yolanda Pierce
• Why do I feel Like This: Understand Your Difficult Emotions and Find Grace to Move Through by Peace Amadi
• No longer strangers: Transforming Evangelism with Immigrant Communities edited by Eugene Cho (Incl. Sandra María Van Opstal)
• Forty Days on Being an Eight: Enneagram Daily Reflections by Sandra Maria Van Opstal
• A Rhythm of Prayer: A Collection of Meditations for Renewal by Sarah Bessey (Incl. Sandra María Van Opstal)

2020 Books

• Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity by Robert Chao Romero
• Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus by Rich Villodas
• The Way Up is Down: Becoming Yourself by Forgetting Yourself by Marlena Graves
• Becoming Brave: Finding the Courage to Pursue Racial Justice Nowby Brenda Salter-McNeil
• Raise Your Voice: Why We Stay Silent and How to Speak Up by Kathy Khang