Reading

books that influenced me early

Bambi. I brought this book home from the school library and tried to copy it by hand. I didn’t get very far.

Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne. The picture of Eeyore’s missing tail scared me.

The Little House Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I wanted to be Laura.

Little Women by Louisa Mae Alcott.  I wanted to be Jo.

books that influenced me later

Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan

Karen! Karen! by Karen Burton Mains

As Silver Refined by Kay Arthur

Open Windows by Philip Yancey.

Holy Discontent by Bill Hybels

Plan B by Pete Wilson

God in the Yard by L.L. Barkat

@stickyJesus by Tami Heim and Toni Birdsong

Snow Day by Billy Coffey

Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus by Ann Spangler and and Lois Tverberg

currently immersed in

Crazy Love by Francis Chan.

Present Perfect by Gregory A. Boyd

One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp

Dining with Joy by Rachel Hauck

on my nightstand

To Love is Christ by David Teems

Jesus Calling by Sarah Young

at the top of the pile

The Hole in the Gospel by Richard Stearns

Abba’s Child by Brennan Manning

In the Name of Jesus by Henri Nouwen

Blackwater Ben by William Durbin

Journey Back to Lumberjack Camp by Janie Lynn Panagopoulos

“How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.” ~Henry David Thoreau