I thought I would post my reading list this semester for my seminary class.  It is Pastoral Counseling taught locally.  I’m exited for sure.  If you would like, pick a book or two and join me in this journey!

Adams, Jay E. How to Help People Change: The Four-Step Biblical Process. Grand Rapids, MI:
Zondervan, 1986.

Anderson, Neil T., Zuehlke, Terry E., & Zuehlke, Julianne S. Christ Centered Therapy: The

Practical Integration of Theology and Psychology. (2000) Grand Rapids, MI:

Zondervan.

Benner, David G. Strategic Pastoral Counseling: A Short-Term Structured Model, 2^nd ed.

(1992)Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic.

Young, Mark E. Learning the Art of Helping: Building Blocks and Techniques [with DVD], 4^th

ed. (2008) Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall

Dryden, Windy, DiGuiseppe, Raymond & Neenan, Michael. (2003) A Primer on Rational

Emotive Behavior Therapy, 2d ed. Champaign, IL: Research Press.

Allen, Jon G. (1999). Coping With Trauma: A Guide to Self-Understanding. Washington, DC:

American Psychological Association.

Allendar, Dan B. (1990). The Wounded Heart: Hope for Adult Victims of Childhood Sexual

Abuse (Rev.). Colorado Springs, CO: Navpress.

Atkinson, Donald R., Morten, George & Sue, Derald Wing. (1998). Counseling American

Minorities (5^th ed.). Boston, MA: McGraw Hill.

Backus, William & Chapian, Marie. (2000). Telling Yourself the Truth. Minneapolis, MN:

Bethany House.

Clinebell, Howard. (1984). Basic Types of Pastoral Care & Counseling. Nashville, TN:

Abingdon Press.

Clinton, Tim & Sibcy, Gary. (2002). Attachments: Why You Love, Feel and Act the Way You Do.

Brentwood, TN: Integrity.

Clinton, Timothy & Ohlschlager, George, Eds. (2002). Competent Christian Counseling for the

21^st Century. Colorado Springs, CO: Water Brook.

Collins, Gary R. (2001). The Biblical Basis of Christian Counseling for People Helpers: Relating

the Basic Teachings of Scripture to People’s Problems. Colorado Springs, CO: Navpress.

Corey, Gerald. (2001). Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy. Belmont, CA:

Brooks/Cole.

Crabb, Larry. (1988). Real Change is Possible-If You’re Willing to Start from the Inside-Out.

Colorado Springs, CO: Navpress.

Egan, Gerard. (2002). The Skilled Helper: A Problem-Management and Opportunity- Development Approach to Helping, 7^th ed. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

Glasser, William. (1998). Choice Theory: A New Psychology of Personal Freedom. New York,

NY: HarperCollins.

Glasser, William. (2000). Counseling With Choice Theory: The New Reality Therapy. New

York, NY: HarperCollins.

Harley, Willard F. Jr. (1994). His Needs Her Needs: Building an Affair-proof Marriage. Grand

Rapids, MI: Revell.

Herman, Judith. (1997). Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence from Domestic Abuse

to Political Terror. New York, NY: Basic Books.

Icenogle, Gareth Weldon. (1994). Biblical Foundations for Small Group Ministry: An

Integrational Approach. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.

James, Richard K. & Gilliland, Burl E. (2003). Theories and Strategies in Counseling &

Psychotherapies, (5^th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.

Jones, Stanton L. & Butman, Richard E. (1991). Modern Psychotherapies: A Comprehensive

Christian Appraisal. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press.

Kottler, Jeffrey A. & Brown, Robert W. (2000). Introduction to Therapeutic Counseling: Voices

from the Field (4^th ed.). Belmond, CA: Brooks/Cole.

McGee, Robert S. (1998). The Search for Significance. Nashville, TN: W Publishing Group.

McMinn, Mark R. & Phillips, Timothy R. (Eds.). (2001). Care for the Soul. Downers Grove, IL:

InterVarsity Press.

McMinn, Mark R. (1996). Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling.

Wheaton, IL: Tyndale.

Miller, William R. (1999). Integrating Spirituality Into Treatment: Resources for Practitioners.

Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Moreland, J. P. & Ciocci, David M. (1993). Christian Perspective On Being Human: A

Multidisciplinary Approach to Integration. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker.

Parrott, Les. (2000). Helping the Struggling Adolescent: A Guide to Thirty-Six Common

Problems for Counselors, Pastors, and Youth Workers. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.

Richards, P. Scott & Bergin, Allen E. (Eds.) (2000). Handbook of Psychotherapy and Religious

Diversity. Washington DC: American Psychological Association.

Sue, Derald Wing & Sue, David. (1999). Counseling the Culturally Different: Theory and

Practice (3^rd ed.). New York, NY: Wiley.

Wright, Norman H. (1992). The Premarital Counseling Handbook. Chicago, IL: Moody.

Wright, Norman H. (1995). Marriage Counseling: A Practical Guide for Pastors and

Counselors. Ventura, CA: Regal Books.

I really like hanging around people like Allan Karr, Alan Hirsch, Sean Benesh, Michael Frost and such.  But at the same time I really hate it because they JACK UP my way of thinking.  I am an out of the box thinker but they system I am in is so IN the BOX.  So, just when I get comfortable in my box I rub shoulders with these men and they make me ask the question, “Am what I am doing and how I am doing it the most biblical and most effective way of doing it?”

I am in San Francisco for a few days taking a seminary class.  The class is called Intro to Church Planting.  Really it should be titled something like, How to Be a Missionary in Your Culture.  This isn’t a class about best practices but rather a class on theology of church and how we fit into it.  This first day we have heard from the professor and from a guest speaker who just came back from an amazing experience in Thailand and Burma.

The Western church is not getting it done here in the west and if you think you can argue this point… you cant.  I mean if we take Hirsch’s example in his book “The Forgotten Ways” we seem to do church for only 12% of the population in the US.  And even if we do church the way we know it REALLY WELL we will still only do it for 12% of the population.  So, here we are planting more church for 12% of the population.

My question is what does a church look like for the other 82% of the population.  Or for even another 12% of the population and do I have what it takes to reach them?  How can I be a part of seeing Jesus become the savior to the people I love so much, the people of Tucson Arizona?