I have been writing more lately and so thought I would update my status on books that are and books that will probably never be.  For the books that are you can click on my Amazon page…. HERE.  With the exception of my medical missions, my books are not formally edited so they are what I (or in two cases what my wife and I) thought were worth saying.

Dynamics in Pastoral Counseling and Training

• Subject:  Pastoral Counseling and Pastoral Theology
• Target Reader:  CPE Trainee, or Bible School student
• Status:  Just published September 2019
• Comment:  Co-authored with my wife, who is a CPE Supervisor.  A follow-on to “The Art of Pastoral Care.” Takes an Integrationist or Christian Counseling perspective to the relationship between theology and psychology.

Dialogue in Diversity:  Christians in Conversation with a Multifaith World

• Subject:  Interreligious Dialogue
• Target Reader:  Missions student
• Status:  Published January 2019.  About to go through minor revisions in preparation for a new missions class
• Comment:  Takes a perspective of Dialogue more focused on Clarification and breaking down barriers to conversation between adherents of different faiths, rather than an apologetic or a “common ground” approach.

The Art of Pastoral Care

• Subject:  Pastoral Care & Counseling
• Target Reader:  Bible School student, CPE trainee, or Churchmembers seeking competency in lay-pastoral care.
• Status:  Published December 2017.  Revisions are not scheduled at this time.
• Comment:  Co-authored with my wife who is a CPE supervisor.  This is actually our most popular book.

Ministry in Diversity:  Applied Cultural Anthropology in a Multicultural World

• Subject:  Cultural or Missions Anthropology
• Target Reader:  Bible School or Missions School student
• Status:  Latest edition December 2017. Collecting minor corrections to be incorporated sometime in 2020.
• Comment:  My second most popular book.  A pretty accessible entry-point to the subject.

Theo-Storying:  Reflections on God, Narrative, and Culture

• Subject:  Theological Reflection and Storying
• Target Reader:  Those who like to use stories to hear, reflect, and theologize.
• Status:  Latest Edition June 2015.  Undergoing a modest revision with at least one more chapter.
• Comment:  I think this is my personal favorite work since I wrote it because I love the topic (as opposed to writing it for courses I am teaching).  Enjoying updating it at the moment.

Principles and Practices for Healthy Medical Missions:  Seeking the Church’s Role for Effective Community Outreach in the Philippines and Beyond

• Subject:  Christian Medical Missions
• Target Reader:  People, churches, and agencies involved in Christian medical missions. (Focus is on the Philippines)
• Status:  Latest Edition February 2015.  No updates planned.
• Comment:  This is the condensed book form of my doctoral dissertation.

Books that I started but will probably never finish

• Book on Missions Theology.  This is probably the most viable book of the ones I started but did not finish. Took a lot of stuff from that book and put it into my other books that I did complete.
• Book on Holistic Ministry.  A lot of good stuff in it… but also a lot of stuff that did not stand up well upon rereading later. Again, took the best stuff and incorporated in other books, or in class lesson plans.
• Autobiographical Book on Missions. Wrote this pretty early… only 4 years into missions. Maybe something to do— EVENTUALLY. However, will wait until I am older (or maybe won’t do it). I have read a number of autobiographical works of missionaries. Some are great. Some are… meh.