Book Review | Tempted and Tried
I want you to see how imperiled you are. I want you to see how fought for you are. p. 196 Tempted and Tried by Russell Moore might possibly be my read of the year for 2022! I know it’s still early and there are a lot of great thingsContinue Reading
Book Review | Surprise the World!
A dear friend gave me Surprise the World! by Michael Frost for Christmas and I’m grateful she did. I really appreciate Frost’s perspective on how to live missionally by setting up some intentional habits. This book really appealed to my desire to live a gospel lifestyle, while recognizing that GodContinue Reading
Books of 2021
I love to read. I love to read more than I like to sleep. I love to read more than I like to eat. The past two years (2020-2021), our world has navigated and stumbled it’s way through the COVID-19 pandemic. As things were being cancelled right and left, booksContinue Reading
Book Review | The Marks of a Spiritual Leader
I picked up this book after a good friend, former student, and co-laborer in student ministry posted that it was her last ready of 2021…and one of the best books she read all year. I decided that it would be wise for me to make it my first book ofContinue Reading
Book Review | Emotionally Healthy Discipleship
If you are looking for a book to read over the holidays to truly take some time to work through, I’d highly recommend Pete Scazzero’s Emotionally Healthy Discipleship. I blogged about his book Emotionally Healthy Leader 5 years ago HERE. I’ve given away a lot of copies of that bookContinue Reading
Book Review | Deeper
“Your growth in Christ will go no further than your settledness, way down deep in your heart, that God loves you.” p. 75, Deeper by Dane Ortlund. Last year over Thanksgiving, I read Gentle and Lowly by Dane Ortlund and blogged about it HERE. The Lord used that text inContinue Reading
Book Review | Ten Words to Live By
Over the past few years, Jen Wilkin has become one of my favorite writers. I’m so grateful for her heart for Scripture and her desire to keep the Word first in all things. There aren’t a lot of people who would dive eagerly into the Ten Commandments in a wayContinue Reading
Book Review | Bit Literacy
I truly only read this book because my brother-in-law and super businessman, JD Graffam, recommended it on a podcast he was speaking on. He mentioned that Bit Literacy had really helped him establish some good systems while staying focused on tasks and long-term projects that could otherwise be derailed byContinue Reading
Book Review | Off the Clock
People who are close to me know that I desire to be intentional with my time. I am at my best when I am well rested, when I have margin in my day, and when I can look back over the day and recognize where I spent time on relationships.Continue Reading
Book Review | Canoeing the Mountains
Canoeing the Mountains by Tod Bolsinger has been on my shelf for quite a while. However, I’m grateful to report that I read it when I needed it most. As a leader in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve been pushed to chart new territories and to take newContinue Reading