Next on my list is a book that Jeff Jones has mentioned in his blog a few times. Beverly is now reading it, and loves it. It's called Crazy Love, by Francis Chan.
I am such a slow reader. I am afraid to ever miss a word. So if I read a paragraph and realize I was a bit distracted -- I go back and read it again. However, I know of few things I enjoy more than reading. During the day, I limit all my reading to news and things of a scriptural basis. At night, I read for relaxation. From Grisham to Clancy to L'amour to Grey.
So what have you been reading lately that might be of benefit?
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The Bible. I'm spending more time there than I ever have and finding out it is full of stories that impact my life and issues I have to deal with. What a novel idea God had to give me all this wisdom. I wish I would have put it to real use earlier in my life but I want to take advantage of it today.
I really liked Crazy Love. I hope you enjoy it too. I'm venturing off the reservation on my next couple of books with Eckhart Tolle (Oprah's guy).
That's an excellent book.
Other good reads:
-Donald Miller "A Million Miles in a Thousand Years" (a must-read for every Christ-follower in 2010)
-Shane Claiborne and John Perkins "Follow Me to Freedom" (one of the best books on vision and leadership that I've read in the past 5 years)
-Anne Lamott "Traveling Mercies" (a woman who lived a very secular life before coming to know Jesus. Beware, she is brutally honest about her joureny to faith)
-Hugh Halter and Matt Smay "The Tangible Kingdom" (our staff is reading this right now. INCREDIBLE!)
-Max Lucado "Fearless" (The first Max book I've read in a while. Not because I don't like him; I just haven't read him recently. I had to read this one because of the title. I love the word "fearless" right now.
-Rob Bell "Drops like Stars" (you could read this book in 90 minutes...even if you're a slow reader. It's a great experience)
-A.J. Jacobs "The Year of Living Biblically" (he's an agnostic who spent one year determined to obey every command in Scripture. Very interesting!)
-Ed Dobson "The Year of Living Like Jesus" (encouraged by reading Jacob's book, Ed, attempted to follow every command of Jesus for one year)
The Sermon on the Mount. I keep reading it and it keeps stripping me down.
I don't know about the benifit part, but I am struggling to read "The Physics of Immortality: Modern Cosmology, God and the Resurrection of the Dead" by Frank Tipler. He teached @ Tulane U. He is a follower of Stephen Hawking in studying global general relativity and claims the Omega Point is a physical mechanism in time/space for immortality and the resurrection of the dead. I'll see how long I can stay with it.
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