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

Did you know?

The Floris UMC Library, located on the 2nd floor by the Welcome Station, has a great selection of reading materials! From devotionals, commentaries and Bible translations to biographies and Christian fiction.

Come by and check it out!

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