Books

Radical Grace: Justice for the Poor and Marginalized.               ISBN 13: 978-1-62032-143-0 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 Many of his poems/hymns that address poverty and justice were left unpublished at his death.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.                         2010

The Lyrical Theology of Charles Wesley A Reader Enlarged Edition ISBN 13: 978-1-60608-653-7                       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                         ISBN-13: 978-0-687-64604-3                 2007

Of Death and Grief: Poems for Healing and Renewal                                      ISBN: 978-1-5326-4372-9                                                                                   2018                                                                                                                   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  ISBN: 978-1-7252-8  978-1-7252 8433-3                                    2020                       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 ISBN: 978-1-6667-3310-5                                                                  2022             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              ISBN 978-1-7252-7283-5                                   2020
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)           ISBN: 978-1-5326-9066-2                                                                   2020                                                           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                   ISBN: 978-1-6667-0084-8         2021         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 thisvearth living landscapes."  Ellen Davis

Nature's Final Curtain Call: Who Cares About Creation's Care  ISBN 978-1-6667-3811-7                                             2022                         "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 e cological repentance."    Young Ho Chun

What Do You Think About? Poems That Keep You Thinking       ISBN: 978-1-6667-4494-1                                                                       2022                                             "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                                                     ISBN 978-1-6667-8544-9                                                           2022                                 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                                                                   ISBN: 979-8-3852-0467-0                                                                         2023                   "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

Nature's Sorrows & Nature's Joys Poems for Reflection and Action       ISBN: 978-1-6667-6962-3     2023                                   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.            

What Do You Have to Say? Poetry's Eternal Question                      ISBN: 978-8-3852-1396-2 2024   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.                                                                                                  

A Collection of Tunes Set to Music, As they are commonly Sung at the Foundery (1742) A facsimile edition, Introduction and Critical Notes ISBN 978-1-882339-07-5                    2011         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.