Recommended Books

Vocation, Leadership and Ministry

Discerning a Call to Ministry

! Godʼs Yes Was Louder Than My No: Rethinking the African American Call to
" Ministry. Myers, William H. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
! Company, 1994.
!
! Do I Belong in Seminary? Parker, Ronald E. Herndon, VA: The Alban Institute,
! Inc.,1998.

! Is It I, Lord?: Discerning Godʼs Call to Be A Pastor. Chatham, James O.

! Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press, 2002.

! Sorting It Out: Discerning Godʼs Call to Ministry. Cullinan, Alice R. Valley Forge,
! Pennsylvania: Judson Press, 1999.

! The Irresistible Urge to Preach: A Collection of African American Call Stories.

! Myers, William H. Aaron Press, 1992.

! What to Expect in Seminary: Theological Education as Spiritual Formation.

! Cetuk, Virginia Samuel. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1998.

Discipleship

! Caretakers of Our Common House: Womenʼs Development in Communities of

" Faith. Hess, Carol Lakey. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1997.

! Choosing Church: What Makes a Difference for Teens? Lytch, Carol. Louisville,
! KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2004.

! A Matrix of Meanings: Finding God in Pop Culture. Detweiler, Craig and Barry
! Taylor. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 2003. Pp. 351.

! Practicing Theology: Beliefs and Practices in Christian Life. Volf, Miroslav. !Grand
! Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2001.

! Way to Live: Christian Practices for Teens. Bass, Dorothy C. and Don C. Richter
! (eds.) Nashville, TN: Upper Room, 2002.

" Following Jesus without Dishonoring Your Parents: Asian American Discipleship
! Yep, Jeanette and Cha, Peter (eds.) Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 1998.
 Recommended Books
Vocation, Leadership and Ministry

Bible and Theology

!
! Voices from the Margin: Interpreting the Bible in the Third World. Sugirtharajah,
! R.S, editor. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2002.
!
! Realizing the America of our Hearts: Theological Voices of Asian Americans.
! Matsuoka, Fumitaka and Eleazer S. Fernandez (eds.). St. Louis, MO: Chalice
! Press, 2003
!
! Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and
" Reconciliation. Volf, Miroslav. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1996.

! The Way of Life: A Theology of Christian Vocation. Badcock, Gary. Eugene, OR:
! Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2002.

Vocational Exploration
!
! Listening for God: A Ministerʼs Journey Through Silence and Doubt. Weems,
! Renita. New York, NY: Touchstone, 1999.
!
! The Alchemist. Coelho, Paulo. San Francisco, CA: HarperSanFrancisco, 1995
! (reprint).

! Forgetting Ourselves on Purpose: Vocation and the Ethics of Ambition. Mahan,

! Brian. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2002.

! Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voices of Vocation. Palmer, Parker. San
! Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2000.

! Listening Hearts: Discerning Call in Community. Farnham, Susan G., Joseph P.

! Gill, R. Taylor McLean and Susan M. Ward. Harrisburg, PA: Morehouse
! Publishing Group, 2002 (newly revised edition).

! Live Your Calling: A Practical Guide to Finding and Fulfilling Your Mission in Life.
! Brennfleck, Kevin and Kay Marie. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2004.
!
! A Sacred Voice is Calling: Personal Vocation and Social Conscience.
! Neafsey, John. New York: Orbis Books, 2006.

!
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Vocation, Leadership and Ministry

Leadership

! Empowering Congregations: Successful Strategies for 21st Century Leadership.

" Roberts, Denton L., Robert Hill, Marta Alto. Pasadena, CA: Hope Publishing
! House, 2003.
! !
! We Have This Ministry: The Heart of the Pastor's Vocation. Taylor, Gardner C.
and Proctor, Samuel D. Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, 1996.

! The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies and Tools for Building a Learning
Organization. Peter Senge, Art Kleiner, Charlotte Roberts, Richard Ross, and
Bryan Smith. New York: Doubleday, 1994.

! Ethical Leadership: The Quest for Character, Civility, and Community. Fluker,
! Walter E. Minneapolis, MN: Prisms, 2009.

The Art of Ministry: Feminist and Womanist Approaches. Neuger, Christie Cozad
(ed.). Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2004.

A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix. Friedman, Edwin.
New York, NY: Church Publishing, 2007.

General

! Care-full Preaching: From Sermon to Caring Community. Ramsey, Lee. St. Louis,
! MO: Chalice Press, 2000.

! Hard To Tell: A Congregation of Poems, 1990-2003. Hill, Robert Lee. Los

! Angeles, CA: MOSAIC Impressions, 2003.

! Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom. hooks, bell. New

! York: Routledge, 1994.

! Under the Unpredictable Plant: An Exploration in Vocational Holiness. Peterson,

! Eugene. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2001.

! New Spiritual Homes: Religion and Asian Americans. Yoo, David (ed.). University
! of Hawaii Press, 1999.

! Revealing the Sacred in Asian and Pacific America. Iwamaura, Jane Naomi (ed.).
! New York: Routledge, 2003.