On the nightstand {2013}
Who will influence you this year? The people you spend time with are the most significant influences in your life. And while we don’t always have a choice about who we spend time with in person, we do have a choice about who we spend time with on the screen and on the page. What blogs will you follow? What shows will you watch? And, my personal favorite: Whose words will you let wash over you this year?
This past year I was thankful to read the following books. These are the ones I’d recommend to you (top picks have *); it was time well-spent in their pages:
- *Half the Sky: turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide
- The Glass Castle (fascinating memoir!)
- From Eternity to Here: Rediscovering the ageless purpose of God
- *Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a relentless God
- One Million Arrows: Raising your children to change the world
- The Missional Mom:Living with purpose at home & in the world
- The Attentive Life: Discerning God’s presence in all things (haven’t finished yet–yikes sorry Danielle!)
- Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A year of food life
- Love Does: Discover a secretly incredible life in an ordinary world
- Unfinished: Believing is only the beginning (coming in May!)
- *No longer a Slumdog: Bringing hope to children in crisis (FREE!)
- *Reese Howells, Intercessor:The story of a life lived for God
- *The Circle-Maker: Praying circles around your biggest dreams and greatest fears
- The Lost Art of Listening: How learning to listen can improve relationships (haven’t finished yet)
- Love Has a Face: Mascara, a machete, and one woman’s miraculous journey with Jesus in Sudan.
- The Friendship of Women: The beauty and power of God’s plan for us
Annual re-reads include The Pursuit of God by AW Tozer and Humility by Andrew Murray.
Also, 2011’s list is here, if you’re looking for more great reads AND a Fifteen Fiction books are here in case you’re looking for some fun sprinkled in with the serious stuff.
- Bringing Up Girls: Practical advice and encouragement for those shaping the next generation of women
- Love-Powered Parenting: Loving your kids the way Jesus loves you
- The Mother At Home (written 1833!)
- The Mind of Christ: The transforming power of thinking His thoughts
- A Severe Mercy
- The Well-Trained Mind: A guide to classical education at home
- Sacred Mundane: A quotidian revolution for women everywhere