…that’s the promise I’m making myself. The book pile next to my bed is just too high, and I keep accumulating without making much progress. So, it’s time to whittle down the pile.
In no particular order, here’s what I’ve got piled up.
First, the ones I’ve not read yet:
- Surprised by Scripture, NT Wright
- Merton: A Biography, Monica Furlong
- Meditative Prayer, Thomas Merton
- Resurrection and Moral Order, Oliver O’Donavan
- Paul and the Faithfulness of God, NT Wright
- A Severe Mercy, Shelden Vanauken
- From the Bible Belt to the Sun Belt, Darren Dochuk
- Parables of Judgment, Robert Capon
- Theodore Rex, Edmund Morris
- Evangelical Theology, Karl Barth
- Confessions of a Guilty Bystander, Thomas Merton
- The Wounded Healer, Henri J. M. Nouwen
- The Monster in the Hollows, Andrew Peterson
Books I’ve started but not yet finished:
- The Kingdom of Christ, Russell Moore
- Jesus Manifesto, Frank Viola & Leonard Sweet
- The Fiddler’s Green, A. S. Peterson
Books I wanna re-read:
- The Sacredness of Questioning Everything, David Dark
- When I Was a Child I Read Books, Marilynne Robinson
- Between Noon and Three, Robert Capon
Unread on my Kindle:
- Barefoot Church: Serving the Least in a Consumer Culture, Brandon Hatmaker
- Center Church, Tim Keller
- The Pastor: A Memoir, Eugene Peterson
- Reimagining Church: Pursuing the Dream of Organic Christianity, Frank Viola
- Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue a Nation’s Treasures from the Nazis, Robert Edsel
- Unclean: Meditations on Purity, Hospitality, and Mortality, Richard Beck
- Why Holiness Matters: We’ve Lost Our Way–But We Can Find it Again, Tyler Braun
By my count, that’s 26 books. At my current rate, I might finish them by the end of the year.
Unless I hit the Half Price Books or the library again and find another pile of reading material. But I’m gonna try not to.
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@cjhubbs Damn, son.
@cjhubbs I’m way worse.
Michael Terry liked this on Facebook.
Oh come on, you should be able to wipe those out within a couple of weeks. 😀
I’ve been logging my books for the past several years on Goodreads, and I seem to average about 60 books a year. I’m on track to exceed that a bit this year. Maybe I’ll finish the list by Christmas! #wishfulthinking
Anna Brovont liked this on Facebook.
what do you find yourself buying more, hard copies of books or e-books?
Most of the time it’s whatever I find on sale. 🙂 I have pretty good resistance to buying books full-price (other than for a few authors who are must-reads) but when I find ebook or hard copy sales I tend to indulge. I don’t have a strong preference to one format or the other when it comes to reading.
Guess you need to start finding other stuff to put on your amazon wish list instead of books! 😉
Lisa Walton liked this on Facebook.
Great list. Glad you’re reading JESUS MANIFESTO. I think some of the best chapters are at the end. 😉
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