We asked these participants in the Traditioned Innovation conference on Feb. 23, "What book is lying on your nightstand?"

Rev. Gary Baker
Second UMC
Knoxville District
Beyond the Worship Wars: Building Vital and Faithful Worship, by Thomas G. Long

Rev. Laura Blair
St. Paul UMC
Wytheville District
The Daily Message: Through the Bible in One Year, by Eugene H. Peterson

Amelia Brown
Cherokee UMC
Johnson City District
One Foot in Eden:A Celtic View of the Stages of Life, by J. Philip Newell

Rev. Wil Cantrell
Middlebrook Pike UMC
Knoxville District
Simple Church:Returning to God's Process for Making Disciples, by Thom S. Ranier and Eric Geiger