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Both the book publishing and music distribution businesses have been changing a great deal over the past few years and they are still changing. For that reason, if you wish to acquire any of the books listed on this web site, most of them can be found at Amazon.com or from the publishers listed with each volume.

The Cadillac Poems of Steven Forris Kimbrough Archway, 2012 ISBN 978-1-4808-1278-9(sc) 2015
Out of the experience of living in Europe as a youth, a tragic accident, a lengthy hospitalization and loss of a leg, The Cadillac Poems of Steven Forris Kimbrough offers a collection of the poetry of the late Steven Forris Kimbrough, an inspiring story of wrestling with suffering and personal identity.

Just Imagine: Paintings of Sarah Ann Robinson Kimbrough ISBN 978-1-4675-7848-6 2013
Sarah met her husband to be, S T Kimbrough, Jr., at Birmingham Southern College. They married soon thereafter and upon his graduation, moved to North Carolina where S T became a graduate student at Duke University Divinity School. When he went on to Princeton for doctoral studies Sarah studied art at Princeton University and in 1970 moved with her hand and sons to Germany and began exhibiting her relief art while living in Bonn.

Radical Grace: Justice for the Poor and Marginalized. ISBN 13: 978-1-62032-143-0 Wipf and Stock, 2013
This book brings together for the first time some of the writings of Charles Wesley on the theme of justice for the poor and marginalized. Many of his poems/hymns that address poverty and justice were left unpublished at his death. The author presents these texts in the light of their viability for the twenty-first-century church and Christian.

Help Us to Help Each Other: Hymns for Life and Ministry with the Poor by Charles Wesley, eds. S T Kimbrough, Jr. and Carlton R. Young, with musical settings. Madison, NJ: The Charles Wesley Society, 2010, 48 pages. ISBN 978–1–882339–06–8.

The Lyrical Theology of Charles Wesley A Reader Enlarged Edition
ISBN 13: 978-1-60608-653-7 Wipf and Stock, 2013
S T Kimbrough seeks to prepare the reader to read Wesley’s poetry, given the plethora of literary styles, theological and societal influences on his thought and writing; and to bring together a collection of his hymns and sacred poems that are representative of Wesley's perspectives, theological and otherwise.

The Manuscript Journal of the Rev. Charles Wesley, M.A., vol. 1 ed. by S T Kimbrough, Jr., and Kenneth G. C. Newport Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2007 ISBN-13: 978-0-687-64604-3

The Manuscript Journal of the Rev. Charles Wesley, M.A., vol. 2 ed. by S T Kimbrough, Jr., and Kenneth G. C. Newport
Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2007 ISBN-13: 978-0-687-64614-2

Orthodox and Wesleyan Ecclesiology

ed. by S T Kimbrough Jr. Yonkers, NY: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2007

ISBN 978-0-88141-268-0

Charles Wesley: Poet and Theologian

ed. by S T Kimbrough, Jr.

Nashville: Kingswood Books/Abingdon Press, 1992 ISBN 0-687-06096-6 This volume includes the lectures presented at the First Consultation on Charles Wesley Studies held in 1989 at the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton, NJ.

The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 1

ed. by S T Kimbrough, Jr., and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, Nashville: Kingswood Books/Abingdon Press, 1988 ISBN 0-687-43310-X

The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley: Hymns and Poems on Holy Scripture, vol. 2

ed. by S T Kimbrough, Jr., and Oliver A. Beckerlegge,

Nashville: Kingswood Books/Abingdon Press, 1990 ISBN 0-687-43311-8

The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley: Hymns and Poems for Church and World, vol. 3

ed. by S T Kimbrough, Jr., and Oliver A. Beckerlegge,

Nashville: Kingswood Books/Abingdon Press, 1992 ISBN 0-687-43312-6

A Heart to Praise My God: Wesley Hymns for Today

by S T Kimbrough, Jr. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1996.

ISBN 0-687-01756-4

Methodism in Russia and the Baltic States: History and Renewal

ed. by S T Kimbrough, Jr.

Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1995 ISBN 0-687-00600-7

Orthodox and Wesleyan Spirituality

ed. by S T Kimbrough, Jr.

Yonkers, NY: Saint Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2002 ISBN 0-88141-235-X

This is volume one of the volumes of lectures from the first Consultation on "Orthodox and Wesleyan Spirituality" held at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary.

Orthodox and Wesleyan Scriptural Understanding and Practice

ed. by S T Kimbrough, Jr.

Yonkers, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2005

ISBN 0-88141-301-1

This is volume two of the volumes of lecturesin the series "Orthodox and Wesleyan Spirituality"

held at the Orthodox Ecumenical Centre on the Island of Crete, Greece.

Resistless Love: Christian Witness in the New Millennium

(A Wesleyan Perspective)

by S T Kimbrough, Jr.

New York: GBGM Books, 2000 ISBN 1-890569-23-2

We Offer Them Christ

by S T Kimbrough, Jr.

New York: GBGM Books, 2004.

ISBN 1-890569-88-7

Lost in Wonder: Charles Wesley's Hymns for Toeay

by S T Kimbrough, Jr.

Nashville, TN: Upper Room Books, 1987)

ISBN 0-8358-0558-1

Kimbrough has been a pioneer in the gathering and publishing of global songs for Christian worship. He founded GBGMusik and the Global Praise Program of the General Board of Global Ministries and edited with Carlton R. Young the series Global Praise 1, 2, and 3 books of songs from around the world and has produced many accompanying CD recordings.

Of Death and Grief: Poems for Healing and Renewal Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, Resource Publications, 2018 ISBN: 978-1-5326-4372-9 This book of poems reveals how the author has dealt with the grief that accompanied the death of his wife of fifty-nine years. The goal of the author is to share the thoughts of the heart and mind as they grapple with death and grief.

Living with Coronavirus: Poems for Suffering, Grieving, Dying, and Living Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, Resource Publications, 2020 ISBN: 978-1-7252-8 978-1-7252 8433-3 These poems address issues the pandemic brought into the open, such as racism, the vulnerability of the poor, and importance of governmental leadership in a national crisis. They emphasize the importance of a faith response to our common humanity amid suffering. Among many other questions they ask: How shall we live with the enduring problems of pandemics that require changing of attitudes and an ongoing concern for others?

The Struggle to Believe: Poems that Wrestle with Christian Truth Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, Resource Publications, 2022 ISBN: 978-1-6667-3310-5 These poems seek to help one toward self-examination, to be honest about struggles, and to know that to confront them does snot mean loss of faith. If they provide the opportunity for others to share in these struggles openly

and honestly, then the worfs will have been wisely used.

Rethinking Christmas: Poems for Advent and Christmas Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, Resource Publications, 2020 ISBN 978-1-7252-7283-5
These poems imagine what Advent are not and what they might be. How might they be seen through the eyes of the poor and marginalized? What does Christmas mean, when a bell rings on Christmas Day, or a church building has been destroyed by bombs, and all that remains is the bell tower?

A Seagull Lunch and Other Nature Poems (Save Our Planet) Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, Resource Publications, 2020 ISBN: 978-1-5326-9066-2 These poems stress that we cannot stand idly by when thrre is proven scientific evidence that destructive climate change is a reality: disappearance of some island nations, loss of farm land, steady crumbling of glaciers and ice caps, and the demise of sea life. Hence we plead: Save our planet.

We Need Mountains: Poems on Creation Care and World Powers Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, Resource Publications, 2021 ISBN: 978-1-6667-0084-8 "These poems show us "a majestic world under threat and of death, and also the beauty of its creatures, both human and nonhuman, who make the mountains of this earth living landscapes." Ellen Davis

Who Cares About the Middle East" Poems for Reflection and Conviction Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, Resource Publications, 2021 SBN: 978-1-6667-0460-0 "My hope is that these poems will encourage reflection about justice, touch human hearts to reexamine their convictions, and trigger a just response to this just case: Palestine." Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb

Becoming Just: Poems that Explore Commitment to Justice for All Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, Resource Publications, 2022 ISBN: 978-1-66 67-5033-1 "The poems largely focus on personal, society, and governmental injusties, and the reader is left with the challenge of 'What can I do to right these injustices." John Archibald

Nature's Final Curtain Call: Who Cares About Creation's Care Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, Resource Publications, 2022 ISBN 978-1-6667-3811-7 "This book is timely and spot-on. These beautiful verses not only cajole but also lure us into an aesthetic relationship with nature. This book calls for our ecological repentance." Young Ho Chun

What Do You Think About? Poems That Keep You Thinking Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, Resource Publications, 2022 ISBN: 978-1-6667-4494-1 "The poet shares the fruits of his thinking to enrich ours in this modern-day book of Proverbs." I found insights into the human condition on every page and commend it warmly to all who would 'get wisdom, which is better than gold.'" William Storrar

Ancient Wisdom in Modern Verse Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, Resource Publications, 2022 ISBN 978-1-6667-8544-9 Read ancient wisdom which reads as if it were written today. "The poetic paraphrases illuminate and sometimes expand upon ancient wisdom with insight, perspicacity and often with great charm." Peter Bouteneff

Christmas Contrasts: Poems That Explore Different Ways to Understand Christmas, Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, Resource Publications, 2023 ISBN: 979-8-3852-0467-0 "These poems sing out contrasts of silence alongside the angels' song, contrasts of Christ's birth and every child's birth, contrasts of Palestine and Bethlehem past and present." Priscilla Pope-Levison

Divine Mysteries & the Christian Year: Poems for Reflection with Illustrations and Musical Settings, Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, Resource Publications, 2023 ISBN: 978-1-6667-7893-9 "S T Kimbrough's poetic meditations help us to find fresh meaning in the mystery as we keep time with Christ." Will Willimon

Leo and Lou: When We Grow Up New York: Archway Books, 2023 ISBN: 978-1-6632-5021-6 (sc) This is a children's book with a story about to imaginary field mice, Leo and Lou, brother and sister, who play imaginary games about what they will be when thet grow up.

Nature's Sorrows & Nature's Joys Poems for Reflection and Action, Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, Resource Publications, 2023 ISBN: 978-1-6667-6962-3 These poems remind us of the wonders of nature that we enjoy each day, and which we could lose so quickly in a world daily damaged by misue of nature and climate change.

The Gaza Prison And Other Poems on Common Humanity, Apartheid, and Anti-Semitism, Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, Resource Publications, 2024 ISBN: 979-8-3852-1978-0 These "poems give voice to the voiceless children and women besieged in Gaza's big prison." Mitri Raheb

What Do You Have to Say? Poetry's Eternal Question Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, Resource Publications, 2024 ISBN: 978-8-3852-1396-2 These poems are a call to alarm, that what we have to say greatly impacts the choices we make and and how it affects the world in which we live and the earth where we live.

Wrestling the Angel: Charles Wesley Struggles with Vital Questions of Faith Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, Resource Publications, 2022 ISBN: 978-1-6667-0571-3 "This collection of hymns and commentary by S T Kimbrough probes the depths of Charles Wesley's hymns, demonstrating their focus on the character of God and the challenges of human life. It is a rich devotional resource." Randy Maddox

A Pilgrim with a Poet's Soul, George A. Simons (1874–1952) Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, Resource Publications, 2019 ISBN: 978-1-5326-5827-3 In 1907 Simons was the only American assigned as a missionary to Russia by the Methodist Episcopal Church. Through the foundation he laid, Methodism in Russia and the Baltic States was able to be reborn in these countries after the fall of Communism.

Partakers of the Life Divine: Participation in the Divine Nature in the Writings of Charles Wesley, Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, Resource Publications,
2016. ISBN: 978-1-4982-0189-6 This is the first attempt to explore Charles Wesley's understanding of "participatio n in the divine nature," often described the church fathers/mothers as deification and/or theosis, within the full spectrum of his prose and poetical compositions and in relation to many o f the church fathers/mothers.

Charles Wesley in America: Georgia, Charleston, Boston Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, Resource Publications, 2020 ISBN: 978-1-7252-7219-4
This is a comprehensive study of Charles Wesley's sojourn in America from March to October 1736. He was a missionary of the Church of England, secretary of India Affairs, and personal secretary of Colonel James Oglethorpe, founder of the Georgia Colony. A newly ordained clergyman, he began his first practice of ministry and endured both scandal and conflict. His encounter with slavery in Charleston sowed the seed for a lifetime of opposition to slavery.

Sacred Harmony or a choice Collection of Psalms and Hymns, Set to Music in two and three Parts for the Voice, Harpsichord & Organ (1780) A facsimile edition, Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, Resource Publications, 2020. ISBN: 978-1-5326-9689-3 \ This is the third hymn tune collection of John Wesley and was published as a companion to his A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the People Called Methodists. It varies from Wesley's first wo tune collections in that it specifies part singing in the title, a deviation from his affection for monodic singing. "The volume is masterfully produced and highly recommended." Randy Maddox

Select Hymns with Tunes Annext: Designed chiefly for the USE of the PEOPLE CALLED METHODISTS (I761) A facsimile edition with Introduction and Critical

Notes. eds. S T Kimbrough, Jr., and Carlton R. Young. Madison, NJ: The Charles Wesley Society, 2015. ISBN: 978-1-882339-11-2
This is the second of John Wesley's tune collections, and as he specified—it was intended to be used for congregational singing. Per usual he includes many of his brother Charles's texts, and while repeating some tunes from his first collection (1742), the tune repertory is greatly expanded, including tunes from continental Europe and, in some instances, for the first time in England. The Appendices and indexes are particularly useful.

A Collection of Tunes Set to Music, As they are commonly Sung at the Foundery (1742) A facsimile edition, Introduction and Critical Notes. Eds. S T Kimbrough, Jr., and Carlton R. Young. Madison, NJ: The Charles Wesley Society, 2011 ISBN 978-1-882339-07-5 \ In addition to the critical notes on texts and tunes there are discussions of the Foundery itself, the early roots of congregational song, the growth and development of congregational song at the Foundery, and the theological contour of the collection. Four Appendices are useful, especially the one on the musical notation of the collection.

humility in the Writings of Charles Wesley and the Early Church Fathers/Mothers Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2024 ISBN: 979-8-3852-2720-4 "S T Kimb rough has given us a valuable ecumenical methodology by tracing the single theme of humility in the writings of two traditions vastly removed in historical, cultura., and theological contexts. This little book holds some surprising insights and commonalities to be found in reading Charles Wesley alongside spiritual writers of the ancient Church such as Macarius of Egypt, John Climacus, Basil the Great, Mother Syncletica, and many others." John A. Jillions

Snowbound: Poems for Winter Days

Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Resource publications, 2020 ISBN: 978-1-7252-54756-6 These poems resulted from the author's experience in Lithuania during the winter of 2018, when it snowed every day for two months. Through the large windows of his hotel room he watched the almost non-stop falling snow. His reflections turned to poetry and the changing moods, dangers, charms, and joys evoked by snow.