Summer is a wonderful time for reading, whether it is on the backyard patio, a family vacation, or listening to an audiobook while driving, walking or running. This summer, I plan to read books in a variety of genres – biography, leadership, theology, Christian living, etc. Here is what I have planned to read this summer:
Daily Devotional Reading
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- Morning and Evening by Charles H. Spurgeon
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- Daily Doctrine: A One-Year Guide to Systematic Theology
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- Tabletalk Magazine
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- Go Forward in Love: A Year of Daily Readings from Timothy Keller
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- The Sing! Hymnal
Books I’m reading or planning to read this summer and beyond:
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- My Story: A Spiritual & Intellectual Autobiography by John C. Lennox
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- The Redeemed Man, edited by Joel Beeke, Richard Phillips and Paul Smalley
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- Pastoring for Monday: Help Your Congregation Integrate Faith and Work by Matt Rusten
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- Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament by Mark Vroegop
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- Working for Better: A New Approach to Faith at Work by Elaine Howard Ecklund and Denise Daniels
What are you planning to read this summer?
Matthew Bingham’s book A Heart Aflame for God: A Reformed Approach to Spiritual Formation was introduced to our church leadership team by our lead pastor at our annual leadership retreat last fall, who encouraged all of us to read it. It has since become a very influential book in our church, with many reading and discussing it, including our officer candidates. You can read my review of the book 
Matthew Bingham’s book A Heart Aflame for God: A Reformed Approach to Spiritual Formation was introduced to our church leadership team by our lead pastor at our annual leadership retreat last fall, who encouraged all of us to read it. It has since become a very influential book in our church, with many reading and discussing it, including our officer candidates. You can read my review of the book 
Matthew Bingham’s book A Heart Aflame for God: A Reformed Approach to Spiritual Formation was introduced to our church leadership team by our lead pastor at our annual leadership retreat last fall, who encouraged all of us to read it. It has since become a very influential book in our church, with many reading and discussing it, including our officer candidates. You can read my review of the book 
Our Father in Heaven,
In our series on leadership attributes, we now look at self-discipline. Self-discipline is important in all areas of life, not just for leaders. We need to demonstrate self-discipline to do those things that are important to us, even when we don’t feel like doing them. For example, we need to demonstrate discipline to read the Bible daily even when we are very busy. We need to demonstrate the discipline to get physical exercise – for me it is walking – even when the weather is not ideal. And we need to demonstrate discipline to eat a balanced diet, even when we would prefer to maintain a diet of pizza, hamburgers and ice cream.