Books

When You Don’t Want to Read the Bible

You were ultimately made to respond to God’s heart. You were made to know the voice of the Good Shepherd, to lean on his care, to depend on his provisions, to trust in his protection. You were made to come running when your Father calls you home to sit at his table!

David Kinnaman: Start the Conversation

Church leaders must recognize that what feels hidden is actually hurting people, and that discipleship includes helping people break free from destructive patterns.

My Top 5 Books on Evangelism

The spiritual discipline of evangelism requires a faithful walk with the Lord, intentionality, understanding contexts, and connecting with people far from God.

Sustainable Children’s Ministry

Mark DeVries and Annette Safstrom: From Last-Minute Scrambling to Long-Term Solutions

How to Prevent Burnout in Children’s Ministry

To be in any ministry, but especially children's ministry, for the long haul, you've got to focus on personal health.

15 Things Seminary Couldn’t Teach Me

Ed. Colin Hansen and Jeff Robinson Sr.

The Busy Preacher’s (Essential) Guide to Ethnicity and Culture

For busy pastors everywhere: Here are some great ways to get a quick but effective understanding of issues of culture and ethnicity.

The Worlds of the Preacher

Scott Gibson: Navigating Biblical, Cultural and Personal Contexts

Vintage Saints and Sinners

Karen Wright Marsh: 25 Christians Who Transformed My Faith

Flannery O’Connor: Knowing God Through Mystery

Flannery O'Connor was drawn to mystery. She believed that in order to know God you have to "get down under things to find where he is."

Becoming an Unhurried Spiritual Leader

"Spiritual leadership is not so much about managing something for God as much as it is expressing the life of God in the unique situation we find ourselves in."