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
Morning and Evening by Charles H. Spurgeon
Daily Doctrine: A One-Year Guide to Systematic Theology
Tabletalk Magazine
Go Forward in Love: A Year of Daily Readings from Timothy Keller
The Sing! Hymnal
Books I’m reading or planning to read this summer and beyond:
My Story: A Spiritual & Intellectual Autobiography by John C. Lennox
The Redeemed Man, edited by Joel Beeke, Richard Phillips and Paul Smalley
Pastoring for Monday: Help Your Congregation Integrate Faith and Work by Matt Rusten
Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament by Mark Vroegop
What Is Wrong with the World? The Surprising, Hopeful Answer to the Question We Cannot Avoid by Tim Keller
Working for Better: A New Approach to Faith at Work by Elaine Howard Ecklund and Denise Daniels
I’m Bill Pence – married to my best friend Tammy, a graduate of Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis Cardinals and Illinois State University Men’s Basketball fan, formerly a manager at a Fortune 50 organization, and in leadership at my local church for thirty years. I am a life-long learner and have a passion to help people develop, and to use their strengths to their fullest potential. I am an INTJ on Myers-Briggs, 3 on the Enneagram, my top five Strengthsfinder themes are: Belief, Responsibility, Learner, Harmony, and Achiever, and my two StandOut strength roles are Creator and Equalizer. My favorite book is the Bible, with Romans my favorite book of the Bible, and Colossians 3:23 and 2 Corinthians 5:21 being my favorite verses and Romans 8 my favorite chapter of the Bible. Some of my other favorite books are The Holiness of God and Chosen by God by R.C. Sproul, and Don’t Waste Your Life by John Piper. I enjoy music in a variety of genres, including modern hymns and classic rock. My books Called to Lead: Living and Leading for Jesus in the Workplace, A Leader Worth Following: 40 Key Leadership Attributes and Applications to Master, and Tammy’s book Study, Savor and Share Scripture: Becoming What We Behold are available in paperback and Kindle editions on Amazon. Go to amazon.com/author/billpence or amazon.com/author/tammypence
