The Bishop's Bookshelf

United Methodists are a reading people. Bishop LaTrelle Easterling has been asked to share some of the books she's currently reading. A list of a few of those books are below, along with some titles from other conference leaders that will broaden your ideas about discipleship and enhance your faith journey.

Reading the Bible with Bonhoeffer: A Study in Discipleship and Courage, by James C. Howell

Captive to The Word of God: Engaging the Scriptures for Contemporary Theological Reflection, by Miroslav Volf

Genesis: A Beginner’s Guide to the Beginning, by Amy-Jill Levine

 

Reading Howard Thurman: His Practices of Interpretation Through Womanist Eyes, by Shively T.J. Smith

An Aura of Hope: United Methodism’s Next Chapter in the United States, by Lovett H. Weems, Jr.

 
The Rev. Jack Shitama, Executive Director of Pecometh Camp & Retreat Ministries, offers these titles:


Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know, by Adam Grant


Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue, by Edwin Friedman


Friedman’s Fables, by Edwin Friedman


A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix, by Edwin Friedman


The Speed of Trust, by Stephen M. R. Covey


Leading Me: Eight Practices for a Christian Leader’s Most Important Assignment, by Steve A. Brown 


True to You: A Therapist's Guide to Stop Pleasing Others and Start Being Yourself by Kathleen Smith


Everything Isn't Terrible: Conquer Your Insecurities, Interrupt Your Anxiety, and Finally Calm Down by Kathleen Smith


Growing Yourself Up, 2nd Edition: How to bring your best to all of life’s relationships by Jenny Brown


Practicing Change (4 book series) by Tod Bolsinger

Dynamite Prayer: A 28 Day Experiment by Rosario Picardo and Sue Nilson Kibbey

 

The Rev. Bill Brown, Director of Innovative Evangelism, offers these titles:


Sacred Self-Care: Daily Practices for Nurturing Our Whole Selves by by Chanequa Walker-Barnes


Gardens in the Desert by Michael Adam Beck & Kenneth H. Carter Jr.


Lead It Like Lasso by Marnie Stockman & Nick Coniglio


How to Try: Design Thinking and Church Innovation by Lorenzo Lebrija


The Discipleship Opportunity: Leading a Great-Commission Church in a Post-Everything World by Daniel Im


Christianity the Wesleyan Way: Principles and Practices for Life and Ministry by Brian E Germano


Upward by Paul W. Chilcote


Breathing Under Water: Spirituality and the Twelve Steps by Father Richard Rohr OFM


Doing Justice Together by Michael Beck Beck & Stephanie Moore Hand


BLESS: 5 Everyday Ways to Love Your Neighbor and Change the World by Dave Ferguson & Jon Ferguson

Dynamite Prayer: A 28 Day Experiment by Rosario Picardo and Sue Nilson Kibbey

Change or Die by Alan Deutschman