Books (all in print)
If the Author’s name is underlined, it is a link to their Amazon page but many of these books are available in local bookstores
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A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix 
~ Edwin H. Friedman


American Religion: Contemporary Trends
~Mark Chaves


Born of Water, Born of Spirit: Supporting the Ministry of the Baptized in Small Congregations ~Sheryl Kujawa-Holbrook and Fredrica Harris Thompsett 


Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
~Robert D. Putnam 


Conflict and a Christian Life
~Sam Portaro


Congregational Leadership in Anxious Times: Being Calm and Courageous No Matter What ~ Peter L. Steinke


Congregations in Transition: A Guide for Analyzing, Assessing, and Adapting in Changing Communities  ~ Carl S. Dudley, Nancy T. Ammerman


Changing The Subject; Art and Attention in the Internet Age ~Sven Birkerts


Creating a Healthier Church: Family Systems Theory, Leadership, and Congregational Life ~Ronald W. Richardson


Families and Faith:How Religion is Passed Down across Generations
~Vern Bengtson, Dorella Putney, Susan Harris


Finding Home: Stories of Roman Catholics Entering the Episcopal Church ~ Christopher Webber


Following Jesus in a Culture of Fear ~ Scott Baker Saye


The Future of Faith: The Rise and Fall of Belief and the Coming Age of the Spirit
~Harvey Cox


Governance and Ministry: Rethinking Board Leadership 
~ Dan Hotchkiss


The Hidden Brain: How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and Save Our Lives ~ Shankar Vedantam 


Holy Currencies: Six Blessings for Sustainable Missional Ministries ~ Eric H.F. Law


I Heard the Owl Call My Name ~ Margaret Craven


The Indispensable Guide for Smaller Churches ~ David R. Ray


Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive Through the Dangers of Leading
~ Martin Linsky , Ronald A. Heifetz


Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine
~Eric Weiner


Natural Church Development: A Guide to Eight Essential Qualities of Healthy Churches ~ Christian A. Schwarz

Promise and Peril:Understanding and Managing Change and Conflict in Congregations
~ David R. Brubaker


Reclaiming Conversation; The Power of Talk in the Digital Age ~ Sherry Turkle


The Right Fight: How Great Leaders Use Healthy Conflict to Drive Performance, Innovation, and Value ~ Saj-nicole Joni and Damon Beyer 


Searching For Sunday: Loving, Leaving and Finding the Church ~ Rachael Held Evans


Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion ~Sara Miles 


Team Players and Teamwork, Completely Updated and Revised: New Strategies for Developing Successful Collaboration ~ Glenn M. Parker 


Transforming Congregational Culture ~ Anthony B. Robinson 


UnMarketing: Stop Marketing. Start Engaging ~ Scott Stratten


The Vestry Handbook ~ Christopher L. Webber


The Vestry Resource Guide ~ Episcopal Church Foundation


The Wolf Shall Dwell With the Lamb: A Spirituality for Leadership in a Multicultural Community ~ Eric H. F. Law


The Word Made Fresh: Communicating Church and Faith Today ~ Meredith Gould


X-teams: How to Build Teams That Lead, Innovate and Succeed
~ Deborah Ancona and Henrik Bresman