Adam Shields Takeaway: Spiritual Growth requires intention and discipline. Purchase Links: Paperback, Kindle Edition, Audible.com Audiobook Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life is one of the most useful, practical books on spiritual growth I have ever read. It is somewhat similar to Richard Foster’s Celebration of Discipline, but I think a little more accessible and less intimidating. … Read more
This is the fourth book in the Ancient Practice Series that I have read. Two previous books, The Sacred Meal (my review) and The Liturgical Year (my review) were provided free through the Thomas Nelson Blogger Review Program (now called BookSneeze for some reason). The third one, Fasting by Scot McKnight (my review) I bought on … Read more
Anne Lamott is one of those authors I keep meaning to read. Many people I know are great fans, but I have just not picked anything up before now. About midway through the book I glanced at some of the reviews on Goodreads and there were many that were not all that favorable. It seems … Read more
This is the first book that I have started reading by John Piper. (I know I did a review of his fasting book two weeks ago, but I started this long before that.) I have read some shorter works, pamphlet length things. And I am fairly impressed. The introduction has a wonderful section on how … Read more
I loved Time Traveler’s Wife. I own the paperback and the audio versions. It might be my favorite fiction book of the last decade. This was a very different book. At root it is a ghost story. I am not really a ghost story person. But the characterization kept me interested. There was one really … Read more
Takeaway: Good book for Third Day fans. Listen if you can. Purchase Links: Kindle Edition, Paperback, Audible.com Audiobook, christianaudio.com MP3 Audiobook This audiobook was a short interesting look into the life of Christian musicians. I picked it up from ChristianAudio (they are the site that gives away a free book once a month.) It was … Read more
Some books are great for information and you read them quickly and you file the information away and move on. Other books require time to digest and respond. I started this book over two weeks ago and although it is not a long book (the main book is 153 pages and there is a long … Read more
Takeaway: A very good, pastoral look at the reasons to fast and the purpose behind fasting. Purchase Links: Paperback, Kindle Edition This is the second fasting book this week. (The first was Fasting by Scot McKnight.) Our church is currently in a 21 day fast so I am trying to do some background reading to … Read more
Takeaway: “Fasting is the natural, inevitable response of a person to a grievous sacred moment in life.” Purchase Links: Paperback, Kindle Edition Our pastor, Jeff Henderson, called the church to a 21 day fast starting January 1st. I think the reason is a good one and my wife and I agreed to fast together. (We … Read more
Looking back I read a lot more non-fiction than fiction books this year. I love fiction, but honestly was a bit disappointed in the fiction books I read this year. This is my list of my favorite fiction books. (These are order of my favorite with best at the top.) Supreme Courtship by Christopher Buckley … Read more