Summer Reading
This morning for Sunday School, Rip talked about summer reading. The picture on the right is my stack of books for reading tonight. Currently I’m going through the Psalms and reading Spurgeon’s commentary on each one. Start Here and Wild at Heart are what I’m reading right now to stay on top of “pop topics”. Disciplines of a Godly Man, and The Call are what I’m reading right now for my own personal growth. I also meet with a group of guys every week to discuss a chapter from Disciplines of a Godly Man. I haven’t started on The Exemplary Husband yet but I’m hoping to get started on it tonight. I start at the top of the stack, read one chapter, then move to the next book. This helps keep me from getting bored with one book and it also helps me actually finish every book.
Now, this is not an attempt to boast (since one of our principles here at PHD is Humility), but I would like to encourage you all to make a list of books that you are committed to reading this summer while you have some extra time. I would also like to encourage you to get together with some friends and start a reading group so that you can hold each other accountable and stay disciplined (another PHD principle) with your reading and also have a chance to really study what you read, rather than just get through it and forget it.
Now, I know some of you aren’t “readers”. Many of you don’t enjoy reading and I know it can be difficult but if you’re going to grow, you need to be reading. You don’t need to be reading 5 or 6 books at a time but if you have one book that you’re committed to reading a chapter from every day, or even every other day, you will be able to get through many books and be immensely blessed.
This week I want each of you to be thinking about what books you want to read. If you need suggestions, let me know. If you have suggestions, comment. Maybe you can even form reading groups! Take this summer as an opportunity to learn and grow.
