Summer Reading
Looking for summer reading suggestions to keep you engaged and entertained?
Check out what our pastors have been reading!
Christian Life
Gina Anderson-Cloud
- Speak, My Soul: Listening to the Divine with Holy Purpose by Marsha Crockett
Barbara Miner
- On the Brink of Everything by Parker Palmer
Daniel Park
- Dynamite Prayer: A 28 Day Experiment by Rosario Ricardo and Sue Nelson Kibbey
Isaiah Park
- Doing Justice Together by Michael Adam Beck and Stephanie Moore Hand
Lauren Todd
- Trauma Informed Evangelism by Charles Kaiser and Elaine Heath
Non-Fiction
Gina Anderson-Cloud
- No Future Without Forgiveness by Desmond Tutu
- Where the Light Fell: A Memoir by Philip Yancey
Barbara Miner
- Somehow: Thoughts on Love by Anne Lament
- Life After Doom by Brian McLaren
Daniel Park
- Fresh Expressions United Methodist: A Distinctively Wesleyan Spirit Movement of New Christian Communities that Serve the Present Age by Various Authors, Edited by Michael Adam Beck
Isaiah Park
- The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith by Tim Keller
Fiction
Gina Anderson-Cloud
- All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Barbara Miner
- The Love Story of Missy Carmichael by Beth Morrey
Isaiah Park
- Screwtape Letters: Letters from a Senior to a Junior Devil by C.S. Lewis
Lauren Todd
- Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson
2023 Pastors’ Summer Reading
Christian Life
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
Non-Fiction
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