Your Pastor Reads Books Podcast

Your Pastor Reads Books Podcast

with Heather Weber

Episodes 34
Avg. Duration 42m
Activity Declining
Apple Rating 4.6 (11)
Since Dec 2022
Latest Episode Feb 2026

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Renewing the reputation of "pastor" one thoughtful conversation at a time. Here, pastors talk about the books they're reading that shape them in their journey of following Christ and in their spiritual care for others.

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S5E33 #33 (S5) The Foster Care Crisis & James C. Petersen's Why Don't We Listen Better?

Feb 20, 2026 33m

After personal circumstances launched Pastor Hannah Horst into the world of foster care, she now shares her expertise in fostering and adoption with churches, pitching ways for them to help solve the…

S5E32 #32 (S5) Horizontal Leadership & Gary Hamel's The Future of Management

Aug 20, 2025 50m

Ministry moves at the speed of relationships.Ten years into his church planting journey, Oscar Perez* talks with me about a leadership philosophy that is informed by the concept of “horizontal…

#31 (S5) Microchurch, Family Crisis & Henri Nouwen’s Clowning in Rome

Apr 03, 2025 49m

“My growing love for the clowns in Rome made me desire to clown around a little myself and to speak about such foolish things as being alone, treasuring emptiness, standing naked before God, and…

#30 (S5) Enchanted Ministry, Confessions for Pastors & John Hendrix's The Mythmakers

Feb 27, 2025 55m

"If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world." -C.S. LewisSometimes ministry seems absolutely…

#29 (S4) Glass Ceilings, Gendered Socialization & Susan Harris Howell's Buried Talents

Nov 18, 2024 45m

The stereotype of gender differences in natural ability in math and science persists despite evidence to the contrary. Boys are often told in subtle ways that success in these areas reflects their…

#28 (S4) Campus Ministry, Driving in the Dark, & Tish Harrison Warren's Prayer in the Night

Oct 17, 2024 47m

"God isn’t a sadist who delights in using agony to teach us a lesson. But in the alchemy of redemption, God can take what is only sorrow and transform it into the very path by which we learn to love…

#27 (S4) Embodied Ministry, Redefining "Wins" & David Fitch's Reckoning with Power

Jun 25, 2024 56m

"It is an all too familiar story....A church leader starts out with a deep sense of trust and dependence upon God. They are surrendered....But, as the ministry flourishes and numbers grow, as is…

#26 (S4) Modern Worship, Church Community as Witness & James K.A. Smith’s How Not to Be Secular

May 20, 2024 45m

"There’s no undoing the secular; there’s just the task of learning how (not) to live—and perhaps even believe—in a secular age. -James K.A. Smith, How (Not) to Be SecularChristians might try hard not…

#25 (S4) Reading in Retirement, Ministry Rejection, Reconstructing Faith & N.T. Wright's Paul: A Biography

Apr 04, 2024 49m

“Every book has a soul, the soul of the person who wrote it and the soul of those who read it and dream about it.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Angel's GameWe catch glimpses of the life of the Apostle…

#24 (S3) Ministering with Gratitude, Theology for Kids & C.S. Lewis's The Horse and His Boy

Jan 11, 2024 52m

Have you ever wondered how to teach theology to toddlers? Or, why some pastors are able to engage in ministry with so much gratitude despite its inherent challenges and sorrows? I hope you enjoy this…

#23 (S3) Mental Health, God-Awareness & Greg Boyd's Present Perfect

Dec 28, 2023 35m

Insofar as we live as though God were not present, moment-by-moment, and as though this wasn’t the most important aspect of any present moment, we are living in the flesh.-Gregory A. Boyd, Present…

#22 (S3) Your Local Church Matters + Scot McKnight's Kingdom Conspiracy

Dec 14, 2023 37m

Your local church is uniquely gifted, situated, and qualified to perform kingdom mission in your particular community.As a pastor, I want to think about what that means for our local church. -Laura…

#21 (S3) Little "T" Trauma, Healing Stories of Harm & Tyler Staton's Living Like Monks, Praying Like Fools

Nov 30, 2023 42m

Prayer itself makes us anxious because it uncovers fears we can ignore as long as we don’t engage deeply, thoughtfully, vulnerably with God. -Tyler StatonThere are so many books about prayer, but…

#20 (S3) Homeschool, Generational Faith, & Philip Yancey's Where the Light Fell

Nov 09, 2023 45m

C. S. Lewis once said that God sometimes shows grace by drawing us to himself while we kick and scream and pummel him with our fists. That is my story.”― Philip Yancey, Where the Light FellDid you…

#19 (S3) The Billy Graham Rule, Banned Books, & Malcom Gladwell's Talking to Strangers

Oct 26, 2023 37m

Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedYou don’t believe someone because you don’t have enough doubt. You believe them because you don’t feel the doubts are enough.…

#18 (S3) Surprise Callings, Women in Ministry & Nijay Gupta's Tell Her Story

Oct 12, 2023 37m

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#17 (S3) Surviving the Worst, the Second Half of Life & Arthur Brooks' From Strength to Strength

Sep 28, 2023 47m

Devote the back half of your life to serving others with your wisdom. Get old sharing the things you believe are most important. -Arthur BrooksBy the time we get to the second half of our lives, it’s…

#16 (S2) Heaven, New Creation, and N.T. Wright's Surprised by Hope.

Jul 20, 2023 37m

“Jesus's resurrection is the beginning of God's new project not to snatch people away from earth to heaven but to colonize earth with the life of heaven. That, after all, is what the Lord's Prayer is…

#15 (S2) Intercultural Engagement, Envisioning Your Future & Deborah Loyd’s Your Vocational Credo

Jul 13, 2023 43m

A vocational credo gives you the courage to be who you are. —Tony GatewoodLife’s circumstances can sometimes limit our hope and box us in to the status quo. Discovering our purpose and unique calling…

#14 (S2) Healing from Church Hurt, How Leaders Are Tempted & Henri Nouwen's In the Name of Jesus

Jul 06, 2023 37m

"What makes the temptation of power so seemingly irresistible? Maybe it is that power offers an easy substitute for the hard task of love. It seems easier to be God than to love God, easier to…

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