I'm kind of tired of floating through life. Sometimes it works for me, sometimes it doesn't. So I've decided to become more intentional in the things I do this year. One of the areas I plan to do this is in my reading. I spend way more time reading online that I should. I look at the books on my bookshelf and think....someday. Someday never comes. So this year, I will be picking out 24 books to read- 2 a month. Most of them will be non-fiction. I want things that are going to help me grow as a person and in my relationship with God. One of the ways I can do that is by becoming intentional about the media that I am putting into my head. So, without further ado. Here is this year's reading list.
January
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-168 Hours- You Have More Time Than You Think by Laura Vanderkam Decided not to read this book after starting it. Substituted a book from April.
February
-Simple Steps: 10 Weeks to Getting Control of Your Life by Lisa Lelas and others
-Give Them Grace: Dazzling Your Kids with the Love of Jesus by Elyse M. Fitzpatrick
March
-The Resolution for Women by Priscilla Shirer
-Becoming a Woman of Simplicity by Cynthia Heald
April
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-Stop Dating the Church! Fall in Love with the Family of God by Joshua Harris
May
-Radical by David Platt
-Forgotten God by Francis Chan
June
-Shaping Ordinary Boys into Extraordinary Men by William Beausay II
-A Shepherd looks at Psalm 23 by Phillip Keller
July
-Making Life an Adventure by Dustin Beal
-A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller
August
-Love is a Verb by Gary Chapman
-I Sold My Soul on Ebay by Hemant Mehta
September
-Jesus Freaks compiled by DC Talk and The Voice of the Martyrs
-A Woman and Her God by Beth Moore (and others)
October
-The Hole in the Gospel by Richard Stearns
-Miserly Moms by Jonni McCoy
November
-Passionate Housewives Desperate for God by Jennie Chancey and Stacy McDonald
-One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp
December
-American Idols: The Worship of the American Dream by Bob Hostetler
-Open Heart Open Home by Karen Mains
1 comments:
I love this idea. It's sort of how I'm viewing parenting, especially. I believe we need to parent intentionally, and with conscious purpose. Hence the stack of 10 parenting books recommended by the psychologist on my night stand! :) My favorite so far is Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish. It's really opened my eyes to a new way of communicating with Dex, and, to be honest, people in general.
Anyway - I can't wait to hear your thoughts on your reading selections, I'd love it if you did a small post about each one ;)
xox
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