What I’m Reading

Reading good books can inspire us, challenge us, and cause us to change our course.  They can be informative and transformative.

On this page, I will share with you what I’m reading – my recent or favorite books. I recommend those with an asterisk.  My prayer is that you are encouraged and inspired to live more purposefully as you find nourishing food for your soul.

I would love to hear about the books that have refreshed you in some way.  Happy reading!

The 4 Disciplines of Execution Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, Jim Huling, Scott Thele, Beverly Walker (2022)

01/26   Listening to the Law, Amy Coney Barrett (2025)

01/26   The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Patrick M. Lencioni (2002)

01/26   The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry John Mark Comer (2019)

12/25   Stop, In the Name of God: Why Honoring the Sabbath Will Transform Your Life Charlie Kirk

12/25   The Giver, Lois Lowry (1994)

12/25   The Way I Heard It, Mike Rowe (2019)

11/25   Tried & True: A primer on Sound Pedagogy, Daniel B. Coupland (2022)

11/25    Born Lucky: A Dedicated Father, A Grateful Son,  And My Journey With Autism Leland Vittert (2025)

11/25   Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets it Wrong… Marty Makary, MD (2024)

10/25   For Love of Country, Tulsi Gabbard (2025)

9/25     Seeing the Supernatural, Lee Strobel (2025)

9/25     Nurturing the School Community, James Drexler (2011)

8/25     God VS. Government, Nathan Busenitz and James Coates (2022)

8/25    The Knowledge Gap: The hidden cause of America’s broken education system-and how to fix it, Natalie Wexler (2019)

7/25    Parenting God’s Way, Alistair Begg

6/25    The Holy War, Thelma H. Jenkins

7/24   Good Energy Casey Means, MD

6/24   The Right Moment, William E. Hyche

6/24   Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action, Simon Sinek

5/24  The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt

4/24    Unoffendable, Brant Hansen

10/23  Give Them Jesus, Dillon T. Thornton, Ph.D.

9/23    Long Story Short, Dillon T. Thornton, Ph.D.

9/23    Something Needs to Change: An Urgent Call to Make Your Life Countby David Platt

8/23   The Three Words that Change Everything, Please Sorry Thanks, Mark Batterson

7/23    Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans, Michaeleen Doucleff, PhD

6/23    Letter to the American Church, Eric Metaxas

4/23    Amazing Grace William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery, Eric Metaxas

3/23    The Tech-Wise Family, Andy Crouch

3/23    Start, Stay or Leave The Art of Decision Making, Trey Gowdy

3/23    The Light Within Me, Ainsley Earhardt

2/23    Lessons from a Sheepdog, Phillip Keller

12/22  Faith Still Moves Mountains, Harris Faulkner

8/22    Battle for the American Mind Uprooting a Century of Miseducation, Pete Hegseth

2022    Political Thrillers (5) by Joel C. Rosenberg

2022    J.B Collins Series (3) by Joel C. Rosenberg

7/21     Fun Fiction (more Grisham)

6/21     The Testament by John Grisham

6/21     Rainmaker by John Grisham

5/21      God Does His Best Work with Empty by Nancy Guthrie

4/21     Holiness The Heart God Purifies by Nancy Leigh DeMoss

3/21      Live Not By Lies by Rod Dreher

3/21     Trusting God by Jerry Bridges (timeless)

2/21     Here Am I, Lord…Send Somebody Else by Jill Briscoe

1/21     Fairness is Overrated by Tim Stevens

12/20   Teaching to Change Lives by Dr. Howard Hendricks (reread)

12/20   Virtuous Minds by Philip E. Dow

11/20    Full Disclosure by Dee Henderson (fiction for fun)

11/20    7 More Men and the Secret of Their Greatness by Eric Metaxas

11/20    She Reads Truth by Raechel Myers and Amanda Bible Williams

11/20   Hearts of Fire-Eight Women in the Underground Church and Their Stories of Costly Faith,

The Voice of the Martyrs

11/20   Hero of Heroes-Seeing Christ in the Beatitudes by Iain M. Duguid

11/20   Truth and Transformation A Manifesto for Ailing Nations by Vishal Mangalwadi

10/20  The Rock, the Road, and the Rabbi by Kathie Lee Gifford

10/20  How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps by Ben Shapiro

10/20 Speaking for Myself-Faith, Freedom, and the Fight of Our Lives Inside the Trump White House                                            by Sarah Huckabee Sanders

9/20   Blackout-How Black American Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation by Candance Owens

9/20   Strong and Kind-Raising Kids of Character by Korie Robertson

9/20  If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty by Eric Metaxas *****

8/20  All In by Mark Batterson  *****

8/20  Start with the Heart by Kathy Koch

8/20  Adorning the Dark by Andrew Peterson

8/20  8 Great Smarts by Kathy Koch, PhD.

7/20  Big Truths for Young Hearts Teaching and Learning the Greatness of God by Bruce A. Ware

7/20  Ready for Anything by Kathi Lipp

7/20  United States of Socialism by Dinesh D’Souza  *****

6/20  The Land of Fair Play by Geoffrey Parsons

5/20   Uncle Sam and You by Ray Notgrass

5/20  Read for the Heart by Sarah Clarkson

4/20  Wanting to Believe by Ryan Dobson

1/20   Eat Dirt by Dr. Josh Ax

11/19  The Inflammation Spectrum by Dr. Will Cole

10/19  Billy Graham A Tribute from Friends by Vernon McLellan

9/19   Love No Matter What by Brenda Garrison

9/19   The Faithful Parent by Martha Peace and Stuart W. Scott

9/19   Teaching and Learning are Lifelong Journeys

8/19   Cop Under Fire by Sheriff David Clark

6/19   The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert by Rosaria Champagne Butterfield

1/19    Screens and Teens by Dr. Kathy Koch *****

11/18  Put the Disciple into Discipline-Parenting with Love and Limits by Erin MacPherson and Ellen Schuknecht

9/18   Middle School: The Inside Story by Cynthia Tobias

8/18   Phonics from A-Z: A Practical Guide by W. Blevins

8/18   The Book Tree by Elizabeth McCallum and Jane Scott

6/18    Family Worship by Donald S.  Whitney  *****

4/18    Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good, Come Rain or Come Shine by Jan Karon

4/18   Building Biblical Worldview: The Three Loves by Joe Neff

4/18   Helping Children to Understand the Gospel by Sally Michael, Jill Nelson, and Bud Purk

4/18   How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Diseases by Michael Greger, M.D., FACLM

3/18     A New Song, A Common Life, In This Mountain, Shepherds Abiding, Light from Heaven by Jan Karon (book 5,6,7,8,9 in the Mitford series, just for fun

2/18     At Home in Mitford, A Light in the Window, These High Green Hills, Out of Canaan, by Jan Karon (delightful fiction)

11/17   Walking from East to West by Ravi Zacharias (inspirational biography)  *****

7/17     Put the Disciple into Discipline by Erin MacPherson

6/17     Character Driven College Preparation by Dr.  John William Turner, Jr.

6/17     Show Them Jesus by Jack Klumpenhower

6/17     Is College Worth It? by William J. Bennett

6/17     I Want to Teach My Child About Media by Kirsetin Morello

6/17     Laura Bush-Spoken from the Heart by Laura Bush

5/17     Make It a Place of Springs by Michael Chrasta

5/17     Gospel-Powered Parenting by William P. Farley

5/17    Seven Women and the Secret of Their Greatness by Eric Metaxas

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