We asked these participants at Ministers' Convocation, "What book is lying on your nightstand?"

Tony Brown
Pecks Memorial UMC
Maryville District
Blistered Kind of Love: One Couple's Trial by Trail, by Angela and Duffy Ballard

Rex Hill
Limestone Cove UMC
Johnson City District
How Shall We Worship? Vital Questions, by Dan Taylor and Marva Dawn

Larry Linkous
Greendale/ Brumley Gap/ Rich Valley UMC
Abingdon District
Holy Bible


Darlene Marshall
Morgan's Chapel/Rockford UMC
Wytheville District
When Church Kids Go Bad: How to Love and Work with Rude, Obnoxious, and Apathetic Students, by Les Christie

Don Petty
Madam Russell/Tate's Chapel UMC
Abingdon District
Spiritual Classics: Selected Readings on the 12 Spiritual Disciplines, by Richard J. Foster and Emilie Griffin

Reed Shell
Broad Street UMC
Cleveland District
Seeking the Identity of Jesus: A Pilgrimage, by Beverly Roberts Gaventa and Richard B. Hays