Here is a list of some books that are on Sheila’s bookshelf and some websites that are part of her favorites.
Books
- The Message: The Bible in Today’s Language by Eugene Petterson
- The Wesley Study Bible edited by Joel B. Green and William H. Willimon
- Seeing Gray in a World of Black and White by Adam Hamilton
- Martin Luther King: The Inconvenient Hero by Vincent Harding
- Too Busy Not to Pray by Bill Hybels
- Being Methodist in the Bible Belt by F. Belton Joyner Jr.
- The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
- Leading Beyond the Walls by Adam Hamilton
- Mining the Motherlode: Methods in Womanist Ethics by Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas (she was one of my professors at Brite Divinity School)
- Faces at the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of Racism by Derrick Bell
- Christianity for the Rest of Us by Diana Butler Bass
- The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
- God Calling edited by A.J. Russell
- The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church, 2008 edition
nice reading list. i just started getting the email version of the Upper Room daily devotional. it’s real handy on an email enabled phone.
since i’ve read a few of them, i’ll take it upon myself to read more of your recommendations.
Thanks, Steve! I really need to update it since it’s been awhile, especially if someone’s going to actually read them.
I took your suggestion about The Red Tent and will be leading my book club in a discussion next November. If you ever want to join us, we meet the 3rd Tuesday of the month at the Mansfield Public Library on Wisteria at 6:30 p.m. It’s only a minute away from New Day.
I’ve been using the Upper Room devotional to guide my prayer time each morning. After reading the Bible lesson, I write down a verse or part of a verse that I want to memorize and think about throughout the day. Then I tell God whatever’s on my mind and ask for prayers for others. Then I wait and listen for what God is leading me to do that day. I’ve really enjoyed my “alone time” with God and the Upper Room has contributed to those good feelings.