Favorite Books Read in 2020
In the previous post, I listed the books I was able to read in 2020. Here are my favorites of those books from different categories. Also included are very short…
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Books Read in 2020
(Yearly books read post side-note: Reader, please feel free to skip this post if it sounds boastful at any point. Personal posts like this on my blog are mainly for…
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The Most Significant Choice You’ll Make This Coronavirus Season: Will You Actively Pursue Christ?
You could look back at this coronavirus season as one of the times where you grew exponentially in Christ. Or not. We each have the opportunity years from now to…
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Favorite Books Read in 2019
Last week I listed the seventy books I was able to read in 2019. Here are my favorites of those books from different categories. For longer reviews of each of…
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Books Read in 2019
(As a side-note right away: Reader, please feel free to skip this post if it sounds boastful at any point. Personal posts like this on my blog are mainly for…
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Reading Retreat
Tonight I begin my first reading retreat. I will be going to a hotel for two nights to sit at the hotel desk, drink lots of coffee, and spend an extended amount of time reading. I first heard of the idea from Tony Reinke, who mentioned it on a podcast I was listening to…
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50 Books Read in 2018
In 2018 I did not set out to read a certain number of books. My goal was to read the major works of Jonathan Edwards and of C.S. Lewis, with other books scattered throughout. As the year progressed, I stuck with that, but a) I decided to read even more Lewis—finishing virtually all his works—and b) I ended up noting that at my pace, I’d read almost exactly fifty books. So in November, I planned out the rest of the books for the year to end up at fifty even…
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Favorite Books Read in 2018
In the previous post, I listed the fifty books I was privileged to read in 2018, focusing on Jonathan Edwards and C.S. Lewis. In this post, I’ll give my favorites by categories…
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Sparks and Whispers of Wonder: Reading C.S. Lewis in 2018
Before I list the books I read, I first here want to try to describe what I think makes Lewis unique and why it was just a joy to read him. As noted in the title of this post, the best phrase I could come up with is “sparks and whispers of wonder.” These two nouns, “sparks” and “whispers” summarize much of Lewis’ distinctiveness…
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Clarity and Worship in the Depths: Reading Jonathan Edwards in 2018
Before I list and summarize the books I read this year by Edwards below, first I would like to describe why this man of God is so unique and powerful, and what it was like reading him. I took some time thinking about how to succinctly describe his writing and thoughts…
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