Pearce offers some good suggestions for the pastor who is seeking to plan a year's pulpit work. His book includes a consideration of expository series through books, preaching on human needs, and preaching on baptism and the Lord's Supper. His writing style is interesting, but occasionally flowery and ornate. He has a distracting habit of inserting anecdotes in his discussion that often are not germane to his point. His emphasis on using the Christian Year as a tool for planning may not resonate with some from the free church tradition. Nonetheless, this book can be of some help. A more up-to-date volume on this subject would be of help to the contemporary pastor.