This Christmas, what would it look like if you gave the gift of reading?
Through a few of my favorite quotes, here’s why a book sometimes makes the best gift:
To make it easy for you, I wanted to share a few of my favourite books from this past year, who you could possibly give them to, and why:
1. Stop Taking Sides by Adam Mabry
This book is for the person in your life who sees everything as black and white. It’s for the person who struggles with the tension of living and being in the middle. This book is an incredibly insightful treatise on today’s biblical and cultural tensions.
2. The Way of the Dragon or the Way of the Lamb: Searching for Jesus’ Path of Power in a Church that Has Abandoned It by Jamin Goggin and Kyle Strobel
If you know a pastor or a leader who has been troubled by the recent implosion of other pastors and leaders, this book is for them. It’s simultaneously insightful, timely, and a good wake up call for anyone in leadership
3. Future Church: Seven Laws of Real Church Growth by Will Mancini and Cory Hartman
This is for all of your pastor friends. Post-quarantine and post-pandemic, this book will give the pastors in your life insight into the future of the church.
4. BLESS: 5 Everyday Ways to Love Your Neighbor and Change the World by Dave and Jon Ferguson
If you are wondering how to love your neighbours and easily share the love of Jesus with them, look no further. There is no simpler way to normalize the Great Commission and sharing the gospel than B.L.E.S.S..
5. You Are What You Do: And Six Other Lies about Work, Life, and Love by Daniel Im
I know this might seem like a selfish plug, but I really do believe that my newest book has an incredibly timely message for today. This book is for the mom who’s rediscovering herself as her children are growing older. For the dad who’s wrestling through the tension of being present for his children, while also trying to make ends meet and provide for his family. For the student who is not convinced that a traditional nine-to-five job is right for them. For the individual who wants clarity around their purpose and identity, since there’s such cultural confusion about who we are and where our worth comes from. And for anyone and everyone who is tired of the hustle, grind and go of life and wants to experience something different.
What book would you add to the list?