“What are some books that every pastor should read?”
PTS faculty were asked this question in spring 2023. Consider these 15 recommendations for worship and preaching:
Worship
- Lisa Nichols Hickman, The Worshiping Life: Meditations on the Order of Worship
- Melva Costen, African American Christian Worship 2nd Edition
- Lawrence Hull Stookey, Calendar: Christ’s Time for the Church
- Jan Richardson, Circle of Grace: A Book of Blessings for the Seasons
History of Worship
- Josef Jungman, The Early Liturgy (history of liturgy)
- Alexander Schmemann, For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy (sacramental theology)
Preaching
- Tom Long, The Witness of Preaching
- Donna Giver-Johnston, For Every Matter Under Heaven: Preaching on Special Occasions
- Otis Moss III, Blue Note Preaching in a Post-Soul World: Finding Hope in an Age of Despair
- Joni Sanken, Words That Heal: Preaching Hope to Wounded Souls
- Leah Schade, Preaching in the Purple Zone: Ministry in the Red- Blue Divide
- Nora Tubbs Tisdale, Preaching as Local Theology and Folk Art
- Nora Tubbs Tisdale, Prophetic Preaching
- John Broadus, On the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons Fourth Edition
- James Forbes, The Holy Spirit and Preaching