Glancing back through the books I read in 2008, here are my favorites:
10. Wesley and the People Called Methodists
9. The Fidelity of Betrayal: Towards a Church Beyond Belief
8. In Constant Prayer (The Ancient Practices)
7. The Crisis of Younger Clergy
6. They Like Jesus but Not the Church: Insights from Emerging Generations
5. Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations
4. What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 (Oxford History of the United States)
3. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
2. Charles Wesley and the Struggle for Methodist Identity
1. Forgotten Ways, The: Reactivating the Missional Church
Kevin M. Watson 
that is an excellent list. probably a few will be on my ’09 list
Thanks Gavin.
Sweet. I have added those that I don’t already have to my Amazon wish list 🙂
I resonated with Forgotten Ways as well. Good list.
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Looks like a good list. I enjoyed both the Heitzenrater and Schnase reads. Heitzenrater is unbelievably thorough, and the text reads well. We are using Five Practices at one of the churches where I am an intern, and I’m hoping that it will lead toward transformation of our community rather than just recoining the way we talk about our current ministries.
Brandon – I reread Heitzenrater this semester for a directed study and agree with your assessment – it is almost unbelievably thorough while also readable.