My books grow out of three decades of teaching ministers and preaching in congregations. Two new books are in production.
Forthcoming
- Practicing Theology: Shaping Communities into the Image of God. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, forthcoming. An introduction to practical theology built on an eightfold, perichoretic paradigm for ministry.
- Preaching in the Present Tense: Scripting Transformative Sermons. Eugene, OR: Cascade, forthcoming.
Published
Qualitative Research: A Multi-Methods Approach to Projects for Doctor of Ministry Dissertations
2nd ed. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2022.
“Sensing’s plain-language guide for doing DMin research serves as a vital resource for DMin projects from conceptualization to reporting. Emphasizing the communal and transformative nature of DMin research clarifies that research is not just technical but can also testify to the actions and presence of God in the context and has the potential to catalyze lifelong learning and ministry development.” Mark Chapman, Tyndale Seminary
“As a DMin program director, I remain grateful for Tim Sensing’s indispensable book. Qualitative Research has become a proven reference guide to the research tools of practical theology that DMin students use to ask contextual questions about their ministry according to the academic standards of advanced ministerial education.” Gregory Heille, OP, Aquinas Institute of Theology
The Living Pulpit: Sermons That Illustrate Preaching in the Stone-Campbell Movement 1968–2018
Mary Alice Mulligan et al., eds. St. Louis: Chalice, 2018.
Fifty years of preaching in one volume. The Living Pulpit collects sermons from forty preachers across the three streams of the Stone-Campbell Movement: the Churches of Christ, the Christian Churches/Churches of Christ, and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). It is the fourth volume in a series that began in 1868. I wrote the orientation to preaching in the Churches of Christ.
The Effective Practice of Ministry: Essays in Memory of Charles Siburt
Tim Sensing, ed. Abilene, TX: ACU Press, 2013.
“Charles A. Siburt was an extraordinary Christian man. Minister, scholar, mentor, innovative leader, and peacemaker are only a few of the descriptors of my friend. We saw him live among us, and we saw the spirit of Jesus in every dimension of his life.” Royce Money, chancellor, Abilene Christian University
Qualitative Research: A Multi-Methods Approach to Projects for Doctor of Ministry Theses
1st ed. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2011.
“Appreciating the strengths and limitations of [DMin] programs, Sensing offers a guide and sourcebook for students in designing and writing their project theses. Equally important is his approach to the degree and project in which the student is a practical theologian engaging theology as a communal, formative, critical, and public activity.” Lovett H. Weems Jr., Wesley Theological Seminary
Devotional Writing
Meditations and prayers in Singing with the Shepherds: Meditations and Prayers for the Season of Advent, by the faculty, students, alumni, and friends of the Graduate School of Theology, Abilene Christian University. Edited by Mark W. Hamilton and Kelli Gibson.
- Volume 3 (2025): “Unnamed Heroes,” 81–82. English (PDF) · Spanish (PDF)
- Volume 2 (2024): “How Do I Know?” 31–32, and “Homage,” 78–79. English (PDF)
- Volume 1 (2023): “But God,” 73–74.
Book chapters and reference articles are listed on the Writings page.