We asked these participants at Clergy Gathering, "What book is lying on your nightstand?"

Marta Cogburn
Associate pastor
First Newport UMC
Morristown District
Live to Tell: Journalism in a Postmodern Age,
by Brad Kallenberg

Chuck Griffin
Pastor
Fairview UMC
Johnson City District
Master and Commander, by Patrick O'Brian

Charles Ledger
Pastor
South Bristol UMC
Abingdon District
Effective Classroom Management: Models and Strategies for Today's Classroom, by Carlette Jackson Hardin

Chris Luper
Director of youth ministries
First Galax UMC
Wytheville District
The Greatest Generation, by Tom Brokaw

Richard Richter
Pastor
Lighthouse UMC
Chattanooga District
Deliberate Simplicity: How the Church Does More by Doing Less, by Dave Browning