This challenged me because I used to be an avid reader. I devoured books regularly. The longer the better (as I knew the story would have time to progress). In the last couple of years I find myself reading less and less. Not intentionally (in fact my collection of unread books keeps growing). I have grand plans to read stuff for work, to read for pleasure, and to read for personal betterment. Somewhere between a spouse, 3 kids, and a full time ministry job, I find myself with less reading time than I used to have. Add to that the time suckers of social media and hulu plus and my time with the written word has all but disappeared.
Thanks Kyle for sharing what you are reading. I have decided to follow the example of my friend. It's time to get back into books. Starting with Authentic by James McDonald and Revolve by Nelson Searcy and Jason Hatley. Revolve is a small primer on worship for your average person. The gist is that often we come to church and get nothing out of the worship service because our views of worship are incorrect. This little book challenges some commonly held misconceptions and replaces them with a more Biblical understanding. A bit basic but fairly solid theologically.
Authentic is a challenging book focusing on Spiritual Disciplines. McDonald walks us through 6 spiritual disciplines that we see Jesus practicing in scripture and helps the reader understand why these disciplines are important. Very scriptural based information that pulls no punches. These are activities commanded of the Christ follower. I especially liked the fact that James spent more time explaining why to practice the disciplines rather than just writing another book about how to have a quiet time.
So there's the start of the shelf...Here's the stack of books at work that I will be working through this year. Time to go pick up a book...
