We asked these conference staff members (as they were attending a holiday luncheon in Alcoa), "What book is lying on your nightstand?"

Rev. Cliff Amos
Holston Conference Foundation
Alcoa, Tenn.
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Die and Others Survive, by Chip Heath and Dan Heath

Sheila Knowles
Clergy Services
Alcoa, Tenn.
The Secret Life of Bees, by Sue Monk Kidd


Kathy Parker
Pensions/Health Insurance
Johnson City, Tenn.
An Amish Christmas, by Beth Wiseman


Rev. Beth Tipton
Wesley Foundation
University of Virginia College at Wise
Wise, Va.
To Transform the World: Vital United Methodist Campus Ministries, by Alice G. Knotts

Don Washburn
Camp Lookout
Rising Fawn, Ga.
Reading the Bible Again for the First Time: Taking the Bible Seriously But Not Literally, by Marcus J. Borg