Pastors’ Summer Reading List
Looking for summer reading suggestions to keep you engaged and entertained?
Check out what our pastors have been reading!
Christian Life
Gina Anderson-Cloud
- In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership by Henri J. M. Nouwen
- No Future Without Forgiveness by Desmond Tutu
- To Love as God Loves: Conversations with the Early Church by Roberta Bondi
Barbara Miner
- Disappointment with God by Philip Yancy
- Don’t Look Back: Methodist Hope for What Comes Next by William Willimon
Daniel Park
- Jesus Manifesto by Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola
- Methodist Doctrine by Ted A. Campbell
Isaiah Park
- So Beautiful: Divine Design for Life and the Church by Leonard Sweet
- Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory by Tod Bolsinger
Lauren Todd
- A Rhythm of Prayer: A Collection of Meditations for Renewal edited by Sarah Bessy
Nonfiction
Gina Anderson-Cloud
- Practice the Pause: Jesus’ Contemplative Practice, New Brain Science, and What it Means to be Fully Human by Caroline Oakes
Barbara Miner
- From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life by Arthur C. Brooks
- Women Rowing North: Navigating Life’s Currents and Flourishing As We Age by Mary Pipher
Daniel Park
- American Saint: Francis Asbury and the Methodists by John Wigger
Isaiah Park
- The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
Lauren Todd
- God is Red: The Secret Story of How Christianity Survived and Flourished in Communist China by Liao Yiwu
- My Body is Not a Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church by Amy Kenny
Fiction
Barbara Miner
- Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan
Lauren Todd
- The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez