This is the best book I read last year. What was the best book you read?

Finished reading: Slow Theology by A. J. Swoboda 📚

"You can't make time go faster or success come sooner. The only thing you can control is the next action." ~ James Clear

I appreciate this idea. There are so many things that we can’t control. What we can control is our next action.

Finished reading: The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson 📚

This was one the most fun reads! Can’t wait for the next! Western meets fantasy and a continued development of the Mistborn mythology. The characters are so fun!

Currently reading: Dominion by Tom Holland 📚

As I work my way through this work, I am struck by the reality that the good and the bad of Christianity becoming yoked with Empire exists in no vacuum.

Finished reading: Calamity by Brandon Sanderson 📚

Another fun read from Sanderson! Such an enjoyable take on the superhero genre.

“New goals don’t deliver new results. New lifestyles do. And a lifestyle is a process, not an outcome. For this reason, all of your energy should go into building better habits, not chasing better results.” - James Clear

Currently reading: Revelation for Everyone by N.T. Wright 📚

Sharpening up my Revelation perspectives. Beginning in January 6, I will be teaching Revelation and renewing the Beyond Sunday School podcast. #HereWeGo

Finished reading: Firefight by Brandon Sanderson 📚

Another really fun read from Sanderson. A very different take on the superhero genre meets a coming of age tale. I enjoyed it! On to the next…

Finished reading: The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson 📚 Now, I need to get onto the next one! My goodness, these are such fun books.

"Reflection requires stillness.

One cost of rushing from thing to thing is that you lose the space to think. Hard work matters, but nonstop motion often hides a quiet truth: you could have used your time better.

If you never pause, you confuse activity with effectiveness. Make time to think. Walk outside. Sit quietly. Create space. Then move again, but this time on purpose."

"When things don't go well it's easy to wonder, "Why me?" It's easy to point fingers. It's easy to wallow in frustration or defeat.

But it is also easy to ask, “What is this teaching me?”

You can’t remove the frustrations from life, but you can always try to come out a little wiser on the other side."

This is from James Clear’s weekly email. “What is this teaching me?”

Such a key question.

It is so refreshing to simply listen to music and read some non-fiction after a full Sunday.

Currently reading: The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson 📚

Finished reading: The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson 📚

The second book of the Mistborn trilogy. It’s such a fun read and the characters are just a blast!

“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.” - Simone Weil

I think of this in terms of presence. “Presence” is the word I would drop in there for “attention.”

I just got this in the mail today! I am excited to dive in. It promises to be one of the better books I will read this year.

Want to read: The Vision of Ephesians by N. T. Wright 📚