This is a list of what our clergy have been reading in the last year. We all need to continue to grow and learn. Here are some suggestions.
| Title | Author |
| FASTING | JentezenFranklin |
| Leading Change in the Congregation | Gilbert R. Rendle |
| Simply Jesus | N.T. Wright |
| Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now | Walter Brueggemann |
| Unglued and Made to Crave | both by Lysa Terkeurst |
| Commentary of Acts | Yongil Lee |
| Making Healthcare Whole | Puchalski and Ferrell |
| I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn’t) | Brene Brown |
| Dancing with Monsters: Chronic Illness as Creative Transformation | Kate Wolfe-Jenson |
| Sabbath/Finding Rest, Renewal, and Delight In Our Busy Lives | Wayne Muller |
| Spiritual Abuse Recovery | Orlowski |
| Trauma Stewardship | Laura Van Der Noot Lipsky |
| The Interpretation of Mark | William R. Telford |
| Sabbath as Resistance | Walter Brueggemann |
| Return to Love | Marianne Wiliamson |
| Experiencing God | Blackaby |
| Convictions: How I Learned What Matters Most | Marcus J Borg |
| What Do I Say? Talking with Patients about Spirituality | Elizabeth Johnston Taylor |
| Shift: Helping Congregations Back into the Game of Effective Ministry | Phil Maynard |
| The New Parish | Paul Sparks |
| The Good Book | Peter Gomes |
| I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban | Malala Yousafzai |
| The Path of His Passion | Bill Crowder |
| I read only fiction for fun this year–clergy self care | |
| Out the Question… Into the Mystery | Leonard Sweet |
| Holy Conversations: Strategic Planning as a Spiritual Practice for Congregations | Gil Rendle & Alice Mann |
| Being Mortal | Atul Gawande |
| the last book i have read which was excellent was “The Power of Right Believing | Joseph Prince |
| Call Me Neighbor, Call Me Friend | Philip A. Johnson |
| The Bible in Palestinian Eyes | Mitre Rehab |
| Ministry in an Oral Culture: Living with Will Rogers, Uncle Remus, and Minnie Pearl | Tex Sample |
| Should We Fire God? | Jim Pace |
| Engage: Creating Life-Transforming Worship Services | Nelsen Searcy |
| No Argument For God: Going beyond reason in conversations about faith | John Wilkinson |
| The Bible | God |
| Deep and Wide: Creating Churches Unchurched People Love to Attend | Andy Stanley |
| Soul Keeping | John Ortberg |
| Claiming Our Callings: Toward a New Understanding of Vocation in the Liberal Arts | Kaethe Schwehn and L. DeAne Lagerquist |
| A Guide to Understanding the Bible | Harry Emerson Fosdick |
| The Solace of Fierce Landscapes | Belden Lane |
| I Refuse to Lead a Dying Church | Paul Nixon |
| Do More Than Give | Leslie Crutchfield, John Kania, and Mark Kramer |
| Injustice and the care of souls: Taking Oppression Seriously in Pastoral Care | Sheryl Kujawa-Holbrook |
| Christianity After Religion | Diana Butler Bass |
| Barton Stone | D. Newell Williams |
| Personhood and Presence | Ewan Kelly |
| Trust Me I’m Lying | Ryan Holiday |
| Walking In the Dark | Barbara Brown Taylor |
| Hopes and Fears: Everyday Theology for New Parents and Other Tired, Anxious People | Lee Hull Moses, Bromleigh McCleneghan |
| The Crowded Room | David Pesie |
| The Living Bread | Thomas Merton |
| Christianity After Religion | Diana Butler Bass |
| Dear Pastor: Ministry Advice from Seasoned Pastors | Editor & Author: John R. Cionca |
| No More Christian Nice Guy | Paul Coughlin |
| Rev. Frank A. Thomas | To continue |
| Rev. Frank A. Thomas | To continue |
| Study of Matthew in view of Hebrew | Jang Jae Il |
| Switch On Your Brain | Dr. Caroline Leaf |
| The Pastor | Eugene Peterson |
| BEYOND WORDS | Frederick Buechner |
| What’s the Least I Can Believe and Still Be a Christian? A Guide to What Matters Most | Martin Thielen |
| Leading Change in the Congregation | Gilbert R. Rendle |
| Gorman, Michael J. | To continue |
| Let Your Life Speak | Parker Palmer |
| God and Sex | Michael Coogan |
| LIFE OF THE BELOVED | HENRY NOUWEN |
| Get Their Name | Farr, Anderson, and Kotan |
| The Purpose of the Church and Its Ministry | H. R. Niebuhr |
| “Why Nobody Wants to Go to Church: Four Acts of Love That Will Make Your Church Irresistable” | Thom and Joani Schultz |
| On the Verge | Hirsch and Ferguson |
| The Present Future | Reggie McNeal |
| How to Lead in Church Conflict: Healing Ungrieved Losses | KB Lyon and D Moseley |
| Christ and Human Suffering (1933) | E. Stanley Jones |
| Pastrix | Nadia Boltz Weber |
| Simplicity | Richard Rohr |
| Invasion of the Dead:Preaching Resurrection | Brian K. Blount |
| Healthy Congregations | Peter Steinke |
| New Clothes: Putting on Christ and Finding Ourselves | John Newton |
| Life on Mission | Tim Harlow |
| Not a Fan | Kyle Idleman |
| Starting with Spirit | Bruce Epperly |
| Congregational Leadership in Anxious Times | Steinke |
| Christianity After Religion | Diana Butler Bass |
| The Spiritual Leader’s Guide To Self-Care | Rochelle Melander |
| Learning to Walk in the Dark | Barbara Brown Taylor |
| Good Taste, Bad Taste, and Christian Taste | Frank Burch Brown |
| A Week in the Life of Corinth | Ben Witherington |
| Learning to Walk in Darkness | Barbara Brown Taylor |
| iGods: How Technology Shapes Our Spiritual and Social Lives | Craig Detweiler |
| The Sacred Wilderness of Pastoral Ministry: Preparing a People for the Presence of the Lord | David Rohrer |
| Don’t Sing Songs to a Heavy Heart | Kenneth Haugk |
| Towards A Better Country | |
| The Bounday Breaking God | Danielle Shroyer |
| Journey in the Wilderness | Gil Rendle |
| The Call | Oriah Mountian Dreamer |
| The Good Book | Peter Gomes |
| Provisiones Para tu Alforja.(Spanish) Provisions for your saddlebag. | Lourdes Lozano. |
| Creating Mandalas: For Insight, Healing, and Self-Expression | Susanne F. Fincher |
| Purpose Driven Church | Rick Warren |
| Ambassadors of Reconciliation, volume 1 and 2 | Ched Myers and Elaine Enns |
| Learning to Walk in the Dark | Barbara Brown Taylor |
| Full Catastrophe Living | Jon Kabat-Zinn |
| A Nun on the Bus | Sister Simone Campbell |
| New Testament Theology | Donald Guthrie |
| Who Is Jesus? | Leander E Keck |
| The Pastrix | Nadia Bolz-Weber |
| Catching Fire, Becoming Flame | Albert Haase, OFM |
| If The Church Were Christian | Philip Gulley |
| We Make the Road by Walking | Brian McLaren |
| I’m a Piece of Work | Cynthia L. Hale |
| Secrets in the Dark | Frederick Buechner |
| I Am A Church Member | Thom Rainer |
| The Virtues of Ignorance | Ed. Bill Vitek and Wes Jackson |
| Words to Live By | C.S. Lewis |
| Purple Fish A Heart for Sharing Jesus | Mark O. Wilson |
| Living Bread | Thomas Merton |
| Making Sense of the Bible | Adam Hamilton |
| In the Grip of Grace | Max Lucado |
| Children’sMinistry in the Way of Jesus | David M. Csinos and Ivy Beckwith |
| Naked Spirituality: A Life with God in 12 Simple Words | Brian D. McLaren |
| “The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears” | Mark Batterson |
| Spirit and Trauma: A theology of remaining | Dr. Shelly Rambo |
| Becoming an Anti-Racist Church | Joseph Barndt |
| I Am A Church Member | Thomas Rainer |
| A Lesson Before Dying | Ernest J. Gaines |
| Robin Meyers | To continue |
| “Crossing the Threshold of Eternity” | Dr. Robert L. Wise |
| Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations | Bishop Robert Senasee |
| The Life You’ve Always Wanted | John Ortberg |
| The Simple Faith of Mr. Rogers: Spiritual Insights | Amy Hollingsworth |
| Bury the Chains | Adam Hochschild |
| Sermons of Korean Pastors in Chicago | Various |
| Paul | E.E. Bruce |
| Radical Welcome: Embracing God, the Other, and the Spirit of Transformation | Stephanie Spellers |
THE SOURCE
by James Michener