I’m writing this around 8pm on New Year’s Eve. As we prepare to bid 2020 farewell, many are wishing away the heartache and sorrow of the past year. There have been so many HARD things this past year. We have seen dear friends lose loved ones. We have had severalContinue Reading
I love to read. I love to read more than I like to sleep. I love to read more than I like to eat. In 2020, a year marked by COVID-19 that provided more time at home. As things were being cancelled right and left, books allowed me to travelContinue Reading
How to Get Unstuck: Breaking Free from Barriers to Your Productivity by Matt Perman who blogs at What’s Best Next is a great read for people who desire to do work that really matters. Perman points out, “The encouraging and surprising truth is that it’s okay to be stuck. BeingContinue Reading
Your Best Year Ever: A 5-Step Plan for Achieving Your Most Important Goals by Michael Hyatt is a helpful way to consider the year ahead. I’m posting this on New Year’s Eve…a day that seems to be a traditional time to review the past year and look ahead to what’sContinue Reading
First Things First by Stephen Covey was originally released in 1996. The timeless truth of keeping “first things first” is just as relevant almost 25 years later and I feel certain that it will ring true for all of eternity. One of the greatest compliments I ever got from aContinue Reading
The Post-Quarantine Church: Six Urgent Challenges and Opportunities That Will Determine the Future of Your Congregation by Dr. Thom Rainer is written specifically to the church, but the perspective is so helpful for all of us that belong to the body of Christ. As a Christian school leader, I seeContinue Reading
What a great word from David Platt! Before you Vote: Seven Questions Every Christian Should Ask is a great resource for those that desire to honor the Lord with their earthly citizenship. We are all laser focused on the outcome and contested results of the 2020 election, but if weContinue Reading
Do More Better by Tim Challies is an awesome quick read that definitely spoke my language! Challies is sharing about his own systems of organization for tasks, information, and scheduling. I was really encouraged because I’m already doing some of the things he suggests…but grateful for the refresher on WHYContinue Reading
Captivated: Beholding the Mystery of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection by Pastor Thabiti Anyabwile was a great read right at the start of Advent. As we focus on the gift of the manger, we realize that the birth of Christ was always ultimately leading to the death of Christ on theContinue Reading
My Tech-Wise Life by Amy Crouch and Andy Crouch would be an awesome Christmas gift for just about anyone on your list. I read it over Thanksgiving break and am having my 12 year old read it over Christmas break. Back in August 2017, I posted a review of MyContinue Reading