I’m often asked about my reading habits and what I read. One word fits my reading habits best – eclectic. First thing every morning, I deliver coffee to our bedroom and we begin our day reading the Bible and offering first prayers. Then we read portions from our “out loud books.” These are not all to be construed as recommendations, rather simply the books I have read recently or am reading now.

Recently finished:
Jesus Teaches on Prayer by Ray C. Stedman
Immortal Diamond: The Search for our True Self, by Richard Rohr
The Transforming Friendship: a Guide to Prayer by James M. Houston
Falling Upward by Richard Rohr
101 Famous Poems edited by Roy J. Cook
The Life of Antony and the Letter to Marcellinus by Athanasius
The Life of Moses by Gregory of Nyssa
Assumptions That Affect Our Lives by Christian Overman
G. K. Chesterton: Apostle of Common Sense by Dale Ahlquist

“Out loud” ongoing at present:
A Shelter in the Time of Storm (meditations) by Paul David Tripp
From the Library of C. S. Lewis: Selections from Writers Who Influenced His Spiritual Journey by James Stuart Bell and Anthony P. Dawson
When the Soul Listens by Jan Johnson
Celtic Daily Prayer (prayers and readings from the Northumbria Community & Forward by Richard J. Foster)
Letters of Faith through the Seasons by James M. Houston

Currently reading:
Essential Writings by William Stringfellow
Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith by Barbara Brown Taylor

Fiction:
Since I write fiction as well as nonfiction, I read fiction, popular and otherwise, usually just before retiring in the late evening. It is relaxing and is one of the ways that I am able to study writing styles and storytelling techniques.

Most recently:
Some fictional authors: Ken Follett, Jodi Picoult, Vince Flynn, James Patterson, DiAnn Mills, Tom Clancy, Joel Rosenberg, David Baldacci, Nicholas Sparks, Jeffrey Archer, Mary Higgins Clark, Geraldine Brooks.

Recently in church, leadership or generational genres:
A Vision for the Aging Church by James M. Houston & Michael Parker
Radical by David Platt
The Wonder of Aging by Michael Guria
A Long Bright Future by Laura L. Carstensen
Aging, Spirituality and Religion, by Kimble, McFadden, Eller and Seeber
Spiritual Leadership by J. Oswald Sanders
Start with Humilty by Merwyn A. Hayes and Michael D. Comer

Some of these are writers with whom I am personally acquainted.  Many I am not. What about you? Tell me, what are you reading of late?