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Covenant Reading List

The presenters of Covenant adult education programs provide the following list of suggested supplementary learning materials:

Author: Mitch Albom
Title: Have a Little Faith
Publisher: Hyperion
Recommended by: Steve Royalton
Contributing Author: Scott Anderson
Title: Called Out: The Voices and Gifts of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Presbyterians
Publisher: Chi Rho Press
Recommended by: Scott Anderson
Contributing Author: Scott Anderson
Title: Presbyterians Being Reformed: What the Church Needs Today
Publisher: Geneva Press
Recommended by: Scott Anderson
Contributing Author: Scott Anderson
Title: That All May Be One: Essays Celebrating the World Communion of Reformed Churches
Publisher: Westminster/John Knox Press
Recommended by: Scott Anderson
Author: Marcus Aurelius
Title: Meditations
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Recommended by: The Rev. Dr. Donald D. McCall
Author: Marcus Borg
Title: Conversations With Scripture: The Gospel of Mark
Publisher: Morehouse Publishing
Recommended by: Jane Holveck

Author: Marcus Borg & John Dominic Crossan
Title: The First Christmas
Publisher: HarperCollins
Recommended by: Doug Poland

Author: Walter Brueggemann
Title: The Prophetic Imagination
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress
Recommended by: Alan Cormack
Author: Deepak Chopra
Title: Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
Publisher: Amber-Allen Publ., New World Library
Recommended by: David Lincecum
Author: Michael Gecan
Title: Going Public
Publisher: Anchor Books
Recommended by: Helen Madsen
Author: Doris Kearns Goodwin
Title: Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Recommended by: Pastor Deb
Author: Joshilyn Jackson
Title: gods in Alabama
Publisher: Warner Books
Recommended by: John Strikwerda
Author: Thomas A. Kempis
Title: The Imitation of Christ
Publisher: Collins Press
Recommended by: The Rev. Dr. Donald D. McCall
Author: James McIntosh
Title: Nimble Believing: Dickinson and the Unknown
Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
Recommended by: The Rev. Ken Hindman
Author: Rigoberta Menchú
Title: I, Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in Guatemala
(Second Edition)
Publisher: Verso
Recommended by: Sally Lorenz
Author: Ched Myers
Title: Binding the Strong Man: A Political Reading of Mark's Story of Jesus
Publisher: Orbis Books
Recommended by: Alan Cormack
Author: Reinhold Niebuhr
Title: The Irony of American History
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Recommended by: The Rev. Bill King

Authors: Robert E. Reber, D. Bruce Roberts
Title: A Lifelong Call to Learn: Continuing Education for Religious Leaders
Publisher: Alban Institute
Recommended by: Pastor Deb

Author: Marshall B. Rosenberg
Title: Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life
Publisher: Puddledancer Press
Recommended by: Judy Von Bergen

Author: Don Miguel Ruiz
Title: The Four Agreements
Publisher: Amber-Allen Publishing
Recommended by: The Rev. Woody Carey

Author: Craig A. Satterlee
Title: When God Speaks through Change: Preaching in Times of Congregational Transition
Publisher: Alban Institute
Recommended by: Pastor Deb

Author: N. Graham Standish
Title: In God's Presence: Encountering, Experiencing, and Embracing the Holy in Worship
Publisher: Alban Institute
Recommended by: Donita O'Donell

Author: Peter L. Steinke
Title: A Door Set Open: Grounding Change in Mission and Hope
Publisher: Alban Institute
Recommended by: Pastor Deb

Author: Peter L. Steinke
Title: How Your Church Family Works: Understanding Congregations as Emotional Systems
Publisher: Alban Institute
Recommended by: Pastor Deb

New recommended books are added to the reading list as we add new speakers.
We hope you enjoy these selected offerings.

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