I’m often asked about my reading habits and what I read. One word fits my reading habits best—eclectic. I always have several books open and read from different genres throughout the week. Here are some of the books I’ve been reading since last summer. (I’ve marked Christian books with an asterisk.)
ONGOING
*The Bible ESV (audio)
*The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis
CURRENTLY
The Second Mountain by David Brooks
*Muslims, Christians, and Jesus by Carl Medearis
*Evangelical, Sacramental and Pentecostal by Gordon T. Smith
The Quran (audio)
*Middle Night by Eleanor K. Gustafson
*Center Stage: Jesus in the Psalms by Aaron O’Harra
*The Man in the Mirror by Patrick M. Morley
Pilgrimage into the Last Third of Life by Jane Marie Theibault and Richard L. Morgan
*Here and Now by Henri J. M. Nouwen
*Turn My Mourning Into Dancing by Henri J. M. Nouwen
*Equipping Selected Members of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church, Marietta, Georgia, with Personal Evangelism Techniques to Reach Baby Boomers in Life Transitions, Doctoral Project by Peggy Hamling Fulghum, D.Min. 2018
RECENTLY READ
I read fiction as well as nonfiction, popular and otherwise, usually just before retiring in the late evening. A good story is a pleasant gift, and it is one of the ways I am able to study writing styles and storytelling techniques.Writers learn from other writers and from having written.
Fiction
*An Unpresentable Glory by Eleanor K. Gustafson
The Eighth Sister by Robert Dugoni
Redemption by David Baldacci
The Rescue by Steven Konkoly
*The Persian Gamble by Joel C. Rosenberg
The Outsider by Stephen King
*Dead Sea Rising by Jerry B. Jenkins
*The Kremlin Conspiracy by Joel C. Rosenberg
Nonfiction
*The Spiritual Life by Henri J. M. Nouwen
Heartbroken: Healing from the Loss of a Spouse by Gary Roe
The Road to Character by David Brooks
How to Lead when You are not in Charge by Clay Scroggins
Presence by Amy Cuddy (audio)
Looking Ahead
*A Quest for the Historical Apostles by W. Brian Shelton
Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan
The Songbird and the Spy by J’nell Ciesielski
Highly Recommend for pastors
(A Vision for the Aging Church by James M. Houston & Michael Parker (a book every church leader should read)
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?
WHOO! Mentioned TWICE! And in such company! I am awed and humbled.My list is much shorter and includes a lot of “required” reading, some of which is actually worthwhile. I just finished a book concerning child abuse that I have already passed along and thus can’t give the exact title. A valuable tool. Thanks, Ward, for raising a high bar.