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Such a Time As This

Faith, Hope, & Love

01/27/2019

The 12 Books That Shaped My Year

“You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”

– Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

I was a girl who loved books. In middle & high school, I spent many an afternoon curled up in my mother’s arm chair with a novel and cozy blanket. A favorite pastime was to browse the library shelves to see what treasure I might spot hidden in the long shelves.

Last year, I made a resolution to read more books. I actually had a stack that I shared with you guys on New Years Eve 2017. Motherhood had eaten up so much of my free time, I was determined to take some back for myself. 2018 was going to be my year to read all the books I had been waiting to read for the last decade.

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Except, that wasn’t meant to be. I got about half way through 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and I just couldn’t take one more minute. I quickly realized that it wasn’t my dream to read that stack of books. I wanted to spend time reading books that would help shape me and allow me to grow as a mom, a woman, and a follower of Christ.

The Books that Shaped my Year

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  1. Forgotten God by Francis Chan
  2. Home Comforts: The Art & Science of Keeping House by Cheryl Mendelson
  3. The Knowledge of the Holy by A.W. Tozer
  4. The 12 Week Year by Brian P. Moran
  5. Culture: Living as Citizens of Heaven by A.W. Tozer
  6. The Waning Authority of Christ in the Churches by A.W. Tozer
  7. The Harbinger by Johnathan Cahn
  8. The Unhurried Homeschooler by Durenda Wilson
  9. How to Talk so Kids will Listen & Listen so Kids will Talk, Adele Faber
  10. The Heavenly Man by Brother Yun
  11. Letters to the Church by Francis Chan
  12. The Bible – Chronological Bible

I’ve never been an especially quick reader. I’m even less so now. Being a mom brings near constant distractions. However, one thing I learned about my resolutions… it doesn’t matter how quickly I read or if I squeezed in so many more books that I did the year before. I just needed to keep on going… one day at a time.

I hope this list inspires you to take a chance and just jump in. It’s never too late for brand new start. It isn’t too late for a resolution to read. I hope to share with you more in the coming weeks of what I learned from some of these books – and even better, what I’m reading right now.

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