First things first: We’re moving!! As many of you know, Rick has been hired by Sun Valley Church in Yakima, WA as the Director of Youth and Family Ministries. We are absolutely ecstatic about this opportunity and cannot wait to get up to our new home. We’re due to move on May 2nd, which means we have just over a month to get everything in order and officially become Washingtonians. So…I apologize for the long silence. We’ve been so focused on the candidating and packing/moving processes that I’ve been neglecting my little blog. The good news is, my apartment is full of boxes…which means I’m being proactive. 🙂
As I posted earlier this year, I have a list of books that I want to read before December 31st. My original intent in making this goal was to make sure I was upping my exposure to non-fiction and great classics. However, the course of my year has greatly changed in the past couple of weeks, and therefore so has my literary focus. That said, I am revamping my reading list for 2010!
Even before Rick was hired by SVC, I had found myself much less drawn to works of fiction. While I still want to extend my understanding of classic works, I have been feeling a great tug on my heart to focus more time in the Scriptures and on books that will enhance my relationship with Christ. I am keeping a couple fiction stories on my list, but I really want to spend the majority of my time immersing my mind in Him! So here we go…
Why Revival Tarries by Leonard Ravenhill
Holiness by J.C. Ryle
Wrestling Prayer by Eric and Leslie Ludy
Set-Apart Femininity by Eric and Leslie Ludy
Desiring God by John Piper
Don’t Waste Your Life by John Piper
Intoxicated With Babylon by Steve Gallagher
Standing Firm Through the Great Apostasy by Steve Gallagher
Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret by Dr. & Mrs. Howard Taylor
George Mueller of Bristol by Arthur Pierson
Rees Howells: Intercessor by Norman Grubb
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
As Sure As the Dawn by Francine Rivers
Her Mother’s Hope by Francine Rivers
I would also like to read The Complete Works of E.M. Bounds, In the Shadow of the Almighty by Elisabeth Elliot, and Her Daughter’s Dream by Francine Rivers. However these might need to wait until 2011. 🙂 For now, this is my updated list and I am very excited about it!
Striving to be an Iron Butterfly 