Mentors are prized commodities in our culture. Whether in the business or church world, a lot of time and money is spent on training and securing mentors. They promise us everything from monetary success, business planning expertise, and spiritual enrichment. Typically, mentors are people that we meet with face-to-face. One of my mentors doesn’t fit…
When people share their reading with you, what they are really granting is privileged access to their deepest interests and predilections, even their dreams, needs, and anxieties.Nicholas Basbanes Some books invite us to wade out into deep waters of a pool. As a reader, I like staying in the safety of the reading shallows. Every…
Reading acts as an antidote to the bad habits of consumerism, utilitarianism, individualism, and other wayward -isms. . . . reading demands engagement. Jessica Wooten Wilson Once upon a time I was an art education major. I chose education because I didn’t want to learn a second language — a requirement of the fine arts…
Experience is the only way we can interpret and relate to what we read. Experience that has been understood and reflected upon informs and enlightens our study. Richard Foster We have a new super star author — John Mark Comer. His books have enriched my life. But before Comer there was Richard Foster. Comer’s current…
Books! To fling myself into a book, to be carried away to another world . . . [reading books] is literally how I have survived being here at all. Anne Lamont I know it’s happened to you. After ordering a product on Amazon you’re suddenly bombarded with other items to buy. A hidden algorithm is…
The more up to date the book is, the sooner it will be dated. C.S. Lewis Two books dominated my early years of disciplemaking. One was the Holy Bible and the other was The Master Plan of Evangelism by Robert Coleman. It’s easy to forget that disciplemaking was once the neglected ministry of the church….
Have you seen the current sci-fi movie Hail Mary? The movie is based on the book by Andy Weir. Wier is a celebrated contemporary author, but one writer set the gold standard of science fiction in the 1950s and 1960s. His name was Ray Bradbury and one of his books changed my life. Survey any…
It cannot be that people should grow in grace unless they give themselves to reading… Whether you like it or not, read and pray daily! It is your life; there is no other way; else you will be a trifler all your days. John Wesley Have you ever had one line from a book spark…
A little library, growing every year is an honorable part of a person’s history. It is one’s duty to have books. A library is not a luxury. Henry Ward Beecher I was a zealous and wide-eyed believer in 1970. Like many people in their early twenties, fresh from a conversion experience, I was looking for risk…
When people share their reading habits with you, what they are really granting is privileged access to their deepest interests, and predilections, even their dreams, needs, and anxieties. Nicholas Basbanes How the Irish Saved Civilization — I bought this book on a whim. It was recommended by a friend and the title sounded intriguing. Then…
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