Additional Reading


Below are a few books & resources that have profoundly shaped our understanding of God and often overflow into teachings at Good Shepherd. We hope these works can help you on your faith journey as well.

On Anglicanism

  • Very popular and accessible, a good, easy read.

  • A biographical account of how a Spirit-filled pastor from the Vineyard movement ends up an Anglican Priest

  • How are Anglican Churches organized? How are accountability and transparency valued? This book is helpful in understanding our structure.

  • If you’re looking for what we believe, this is a very helpful book. It’s shaped to outline what a disciple looks like in the Anglican Church by laying out a question-and-answer format.

On Community

  • A short and very approachable book on the impact that true Christian community can have on the life of a believer.

  • A compelling account of how hospitality is a powerful apologetic for our faith. This challenging read shows us the impact of loving our neighbors well.

  • A practical guide to Christian community and how we grow with each other and next to each other.

On Discipleship

  • A classic Christian understanding of what it means when Jesus calls us to follow him and be his disciples.

  • Dallas Willard’s wonderful work on the place that disciplines have in our daily lives.

  • A must-read for anyone looking to deepen their faith. This collection of radio addresses is ripe with wisdom, profound logic, and challenging conclusions.

  • Anglican JI Packer unpacks the doctrine of God in an approachable and concise way. Such a gift to take an infinitely big topic and place it lovingly in our grasp.

  • A manual for disciples making other disciples. How do we effectively hand off what we’ve been given?

  • How does what you love shape what you do? Smith leads us on this Augustinian journey to see how we’re formed in the faith.

  • Discipleship happens not only in the big moments but in the daily little moments that shape who we become. Our minutes make our hours, and our hours make our lives.

  • What if we approached discipleship as the early followers of Jesus did? This book lays out what it looks like to be with Jesus, be like Jesus, and do what Jesus did.

On Missions

  • The result of a three-year research project, this book issues a firm challenge for the church to recover its missional call right where we live, while also offering the tools to help us do so.

  • Love is active, and Christ’s love leads his people forward.

  • Church Planting is the number one effective way to get non-believers to consider the gospel. In this master work the late Dr. Tim Keller lays out why that is and how the good news of Jesus is at the center of it all.

  • What if the justice of God for the lost, the least, and the overlooked led the way in how we reached out to people?

  • As our culture moves into a post-Christian world, how can we look back to our brothers and sisters from the second century for their wisdom in engaging with their culture?

  • Anglican Priest and Artist Winfield Bevins lays out a compelling argument that a watching world is tired of a church that looks like the culture. It’s longing for something rooted and something historic. We stand ready to steward a great tradition.

On Prayer

  • A wonderfully approachable book on how prayer plays such a big role in the life of the followers of Jesus.

  • This North African Bishop from the 4th century opens his personal prayer life to us in a journalistic fashion. A compelling and beautiful read that will inspire your prayer life, too.

  • Prayer can be tricky sometimes, and our hearts lead us in many directions. This book helps remind us of the power of prayer and our place in praying for others.

  • This book is a collection of prayers from the Puritan writers. It’s poetic, rich with theology, and full of Jesus!

  • What if we prayed as a church? How would that shape who we are? Ask. Seek. Knock!

  • What happens when it’s hard to pray, or difficult to pray, or you're in crisis and can’t find the words to pray? Anglican Priest and former New York Times writer Tish Harrison Warren takes us into these often difficult places with grace.

On Worship

  • A great primer on historical models and patristic church studies, Ancient-Future Worship examines how early Christian worship can be applied to the postmodern church.

  • Tracing our Anglican roots back to the Reformation in England, Jensen lays out how our theology informs our common worship.

  • This collection of short books lays out the church calendar and how each season points our hearts and our hands back to the wonderful work of Jesus Christ.

  • This book is a collection of prayers from the Puritan writers. It’s poetic, rich with theology, and full of Jesus!

  • What role does God the Holy Spirit play in our worship of Jesus? This book lays out how we are a people of word and table, Spirit and song!