Reading List
Formation begins with formation of the mind.
Faithful Presence recommends these resources across all seven S.E.R.V.I.C.E. dimensions. Resources are organized by focus area and learning tier: 101 for essential foundations, 201 for deeper engagement, and 301 for advanced study.
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The Faithful Presence Curriculum
By Rev. Michael Langer — Faithful Presence
First Peter: Whole Life Discipleship
The foundation of everything Faithful Presence does. A 14-week curriculum tracing the Apostle Peter's journey as the paradigmatic case study for whole-life discipleship in a hostile public square, across all seven S.E.R.V.I.C.E. dimensions.
Forthcoming from Canthian Green Books, 2026.
101
Essential Foundations
Start here. Accessible to everyone.
201
Deeper Engagement
For those ready to go further.
301
Advanced Study
Academic-level engagement.
S.E.R.V.I.C.E.
Spiritual Formation
101 — Essential Foundations
C.S. Lewis
Mere Christianity
C.S. Lewis
The Screwtape Letters
201 — Deeper Engagement
Craig Bartholomew
The Drama of Scripture
Gerald Sittser
Resilient Faith
Kevin Vanhoozer
Hearers and Doers
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Cost of Discipleship
301 — Advanced Study
Jonathan Pennington
The Sermon on the Mount and Human Flourishing
Kevin Vanhoozer
Mere Christian Hermeneutics
S.E.R.V.I.C.E.
Emotional Formation
101 — Essential Foundations
Peter Scazzero
Emotionally Healthy Discipleship
Peter Scazzero
Emotionally Healthy Leadership
Chuck DeGroat
Out of Egypt
Curt Thompson, M.D.
The Soul of Shame
Chuck DeGroat
Wholeheartedness
201 — Deeper Engagement
Curt Thompson, M.D.
The Deepest Place
Jonathan Haidt
The Anxious Generation
Henri Nouwen
The Wounded Healer
301 — Advanced Study
Bessel van der Kolk
The Body Keeps the Score
Dick Keyes
Beyond Identity
S.E.R.V.I.C.E.
Relational Formation
101 — Essential Foundations
Ken Sande
The Peacemaker
201 — Deeper Engagement
Edwin Friedman
Failure of Nerve
Miroslav Volf
Exclusion & Embrace
Stanley Hauerwas
Resident Aliens
M. Scott Peck
Four Stages of Community Making (article)
Robert Nisbet
The Quest for Community
Guthrie & Chapman
The Politics of Ministry
301 — Advanced Study
Edwin Friedman
Generation to Generation
S.E.R.V.I.C.E.
Vocational Formation
101 — Essential Foundations
Tim Keller
Every Good Endeavor
Daniel Doriani
Work
Steven Garber
Visions of Vocation
201 — Deeper Engagement
F. Daryl Charles
Our Secular Vocation
F. Daryl Charles
Wisdom of Work
Fr. Sirico
The Economics of the Parables
Gene Edward Veith
God at Work
Rhodes / Holt / Fikkert
Practicing the King's Economy
S.E.R.V.I.C.E.
Ideological Formation
101 — Essential Foundations
David Koyzis
Political Visions and Illusions
Stephen Garber
Making Peace with Proximate Justice (article)
Vincent Bacote
The Political Disciple
201 — Deeper Engagement
Amy Black
Civil Religion and the Renewal of American Politics
Christopher Watkin
Biblical Critical Theory
Nicholas Wolterstorff
The Mighty and the Almighty
N.T. Wright & Michael Bird
Jesus and the Powers
Tom Holland
Dominion
301 — Advanced Study
Charles Taylor
A Secular Age
Alasdair MacIntyre
After Virtue
Kevin Vanhoozer
Everyday Theology
S.E.R.V.I.C.E.
Cultural Formation
101 — Essential Foundations
Darrell Bock
Cultural Intelligence
Gabe Lyons
Good Faith
201 — Deeper Engagement
Justin Bailey
Interpreting Your World
Lesslie Newbigin
Foolishness to the Greeks
Yuval Levin
A Time to Build
S.E.R.V.I.C.E.
Evangelical Formation
101 — Essential Foundations
Greg Perry
The Drama of Discipleship
Amy Sherman
Kingdom Calling
George Hunter III
The Celtic Way of Evangelism
Randy Newman
Questioning Evangelism
201 — Deeper Engagement
Greg Forster
For the Joy of the World
Jake Meador
What Are Christians For?
Douglas Hyde
Dedication and Leadership
Stephen O. Presley
Cultural Sanctification
Christopher Wright
The Mission of God (2nd Ed.)
301 — Advanced Study
Richard Bauckham
The Bible and Mission