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​It has been said that "Leaders are Readers", and I'll be honest, that is not something that causes a slow reading, terrible spelling, dyslexic, Christian leader jump for joy when it's brought to his attention. However, regardless of the many objections and justifications to why this shouldn't apply to me, I saw truth and wisdom in the phrase.

So at the beginning of 2013, I decided to put aside my excuses and give myself the challenge of completing a different book each month. That may sound simple to you, but this was big for me, seeing as up until that point, I had started and finished 4 books... in my life! But to my surprise, the outcome was easier than expected, even enjoyable. In fact, I ended up reading more than one a month! 

So I decided to repeat the challenge the next year... and the next and the next.  It has been such a blessing not to be held back by excuses. There are so many good books out there.

After NINE YEARS I am now regularly completing over 30 books each year, and loving it.

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Don't let anything hold you back from the wisdom God richly offers through his body and those who unknowing are being his mouth pieces. 
Books from 2013
1) When Pages are Blank - Frank Viola
2) Porn Again Christian - Mark Driscoll
3) World Religions - Gerald McDermott
4) One to One Bible Reading - David Helm
5) Black (book one: The Circle) - Ted Dekker
6) God and Stephen Hawking: whose design is it anyway? - John Lennox
7) Red (book two: The Circle) - Ted Dekker
8) White (book three: The Circle) - Ted Dekker
9) Green (book zero: The Circle) - Ted Dekker
10) The Prodigal God - Timothy Keller
11) The Tortoise Usually Wins - Brian Harris
12) OMG: a youth ministry handbook - Kenda Creasy Dean
13) 10 People Every Christian Should Know - Warren W. Wiersbe
14) Gods favourite place on earth - Frank Viola
15) Tell Me a Story - Scott McClellan ​
Books FROM 2014
1) Be The Church - Caesar Kalinowski & Seth McBee
2) Forbidden (book 1 of The Book of Mortals) - Ted Dekker & Tosca Lee
3) Little Church - RJ Grunewald
4) Water Walker EPISODE 1 - Ted Dekker
5) Water Walker EPISODE 2 - Ted Dekker
6) Everyday Church - Tim Chester & Steve Timmis
7) Water Walker EPISODE 3 - Ted Dekker
8) Mortal (book 2 of The Book of Mortals) - Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee
9) Water Walker EPISODE 4 - Ted Dekker
10) Gareb: Lion of war series - Cliff Graham
11) The Art of StoryTelling - John Walsh
12) Sovereign (book 3 of The Book of Mortals) - Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee
BOOKS FROM 2015
1. Outlaw - Ted Dekker
2. Erasing Hell - Francis Chan & Preston Sprinkle
3. The Lotus and the Cross - Ravi Zacharias
4. The Dude's Guide to Manhood - Darrin Patrick
5. Discipleship in Crisis - Frank Viola
6. Start Life Over - Donald Miller
7. The live like Jesus Manifesto [Book One] - Neal Samudre
8. Seven Days that Divided the World - John Lennox
9. Scary Close - Donald Miller
10. Everyday Church - Tim Chester & Steve Timmis
     (had to read it a second time after last year!)

11. You and Me Forever - Lisa and Francis Chan
12. Fruitful Church - Andrew Turner
13. The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness - Tim Keller
14. The Gospel Primer - Caesar Kalinowski
15. Out of the Silent Planet - CS Lewis
BOOKS FROM 2016
1. The Side Hustle Path - Nick Loper
2. From Tablet to Table - Leonard Sweet
3. New Birth or Rebirth? - Ravi Zacharias
4. Perelandra - C.S. Lewis
5. Filtered Grace - Robin Ham
6. The Crowd, The Critic, And The Muse - Michael Gungor
7. The Art of Law & Gospel - RJ Grunewald
8. The Third Heaven: the rise of fallen stars (book one) - Donovan M. Neal
9. Everyday Gospel: the theology of dishwashing - Tim Chester
10. Risk is Right - John Piper
11. You are a Writer (So start Acting like one) - Jeff Goins
12. Desiring God - John Piper
13. More than A Carpenter- Joshua McDowell
14. Fearless - Max Lucado
Books From 2017
1. TOM and the Goldfish Bowl: A Kingdom Allegory - Ben Pasley
2. The Third Heaven: the birth of God (book Two) - Donovan M. Neal
3. As You Go... Make Disciples - Colin Noyes
4. Noah Primeval: Chronicles of the Nephilim (book one) - Brian Godawa
5. Enoch Primordial: [the prequel] chronicles of the Nephilim (book two) - Brian Godawa
6. Gilgamesh Immortal: Chronicles of the Nephilim (book three) - Brian Godawa
7. Abraham Allegiant: Chronicles of the Nephilim (book four) - Brian Godawa
8. Joshua Valiant: Chronicles of the Nephilim (book five) - Brian Godawa
9. Case for Faith - Lee Strobel
10. David Ascendant: Chronicles of the Nephilim (book seven) - Brian Godawa
11. Jesus Triumphant: Chronicles of the Nephilim (book eight) - Brian Godawa
12. Orphan Slave Son - Ben Pasley
13. Mere Christianity - CS Lewis
14. Blessed Child - Ted Dekker
15. A Meal With Jesus - Tim Chester
16. The Great Divorce - CS Lewis
17. The Abolition of Man - CS Lewis
18. The Shack - WP Young
19. Eve - WP Young
20. Has Christianity Failed You? - Ravi Zacharias
21. A Man Named Blessed - Ted Dekker
22. ‎Garden City - John Mark Comer
23. ‎The Sacred Enneagram - Christopher L. Heuertz ​
Books FROM 2018
1. Till We Have Faces - C.S. Lewis
2. ‎How God Became King - N. T. Wright
3. Road Back to You - Ian Cron
4. Church History in Plain Language - Bruce L Shelley
5. The Emotionally Healthy Church - Peter Scazzero
6. ‎The Untold Story of the New Testament Church - Frank Viola
7. ‎Magician: Appreciate - Raymond Feist
8. ‎Magician: Master - Raymond Feist
9. ‎Silverthorn - Raymond Feist
10. Tyrant: Rise of The Beast - Brian Godawa
11. Twelve Ordinary Men - John MacArthur
12. Chapter One - Daniel Flynn
13. Remnant: Rescue of the elect - Brian Godawa
14. The Insurgence: Reclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom - Frank Viola
15. Lies We Believe About God - WP Young
16. The 49th Mystic - Ted Dekker
17. Hours - Jessy Ribordy
18. Reimagining Church - Frank Viola
19. Against the Tide: The Story of Watchman Nee - Angus Kinnear
20. Rise of the Mystics - Ted Dekker
21. Finding Organic Church - Frank Viola
22. The Unseen Realm - Michael Heiser
23. From Eternity to Here - Frank Viola
24. The Forgotten God - Francis Chan
BOOKS FROM 2019
1. Living in Christ's Presence - Dallas Willard
2. The Last Arrow - Erwin McManus
3. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S Lewis
4. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
5. So You Don't Want To Go To Church Anymore - Jake Colson
6. Finding Church - Wayne Jacobson
7. Eve - Wm Paul Young
8. ReGrace - Frank Viola
9. The Magician's Nephew - CS Lewis
10. God Has a Name - John Mark Comer
11. The Relational Soul - Richard... James...
12. Inspired - Rachel Held Evans
13. Misreading Scriptures With Western Eyes - E Randolph Richards & Brandon J O'Brien
14. 24/6 - Matthew Sleeth
15. The Artisan Soul - Erwin McManus
16. The horse and his boy - CS Lewis
17. The Screwtape letters - CS Lewis
18. The Sword Bearer - John White
19. Gospel Fluency - Jeff Vanderstelt
20. The Blue Parakeet - Scott McKnight
21. Purple Cow - Seth Godin
22. The Martyrs Song - Ted Dekker
23. Building a Story Brand - Donald Miller
24. Stories I Love to Tell - Gene Edwards
25. Love Wins - Rob Bell
26. God Wins - Mark Galli
27. A tale of Three Kings - Gene Edwards
28. Letters to the Church - Francis Chan
29. The lost World of the Flood - Tremper Longman III and John H Walton
30. The Silver Chair - CS Lewis
31. Simply Good News - NT Wright
32. Decisions Made Simple - Tim Chester
33. Mirror to the Soul - Alice Frying
34. The Lord and his prayer - NT Wright
35. The Last Battle - CS Lewis
36. Joshua Valiant - Brian Godawa
37. What does the Bible really teach about Homosexuality - Keven DeYoung

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BOOKS FROM 2020
1. People to be Loved - Preston Sprinkle
2. Destined to Win - Kris Vallotton 
3. Start With Why - Simon Sinek 
4. We Are All Weird - Seth Godin
5. Caleb Vigilant - Brian Godawa
6. Difference - Bernadette Jiwa
7. Taking God at His Word - Kevin DeYoung 
8. Jimmy and the Crawler - Raymond Frits
9. The King Jesus Gospel - Scot McKnight
10. Design Your Day - Claire Diaz Ortiz
11. The Dream Traveler's Quest (book 1,2) - Ted Dekker and Kara Dekker
12. Gaal the Conqueror - John White
13. Open to the Spirit - Scot McKnight
14. Get Your Life Back - John Eldredge
15. The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint Exupèry
16. Reappearing Church - Mark Sayers 
17. The Enneagram of Belonging - Chris Heurtz
18. All Things New - John Eldredge
19. The Dream Traveler's Quest (book 3,4) - Ted Dekker and Kara Dekker
20. The Allure of Gentleness - Dallas Willard
21. Fathered by God - John Eldredge
22. Rees Howells: Intercessor - Norman Grubb
23. The Tower of Gaburah - John White
24. Underground Church - Brian Sanders
25. The Enneagram for Spiritual Formation - AJ Sherrill
26. Jesus is Family - Jon Zen 
27. The Hum Of Angels - Scot McKnight
28. Gospel Patrons - John Rinehart
29. A Church Called TOV - Scot McKnight
30. Faith for Exiles - David Kinnaman
31. Caring for One Another - Edward Welch
32. Body Life - Ray C Stedman
Books from 2021
1. Eyes Wide Open - Ted Dekker
2. The Sharman of Neroterra - Daniel Adorno 
3. Decisions Made Simple: A Quick Guide to Guidance - Tim Chester
4. The Inner Voice of Love - Henri Nouwen
5. Who Are We? - Henri Nouwen
6. Invitation to Retreat - Ruth Haley Barton
7. In His Image - Jen Wilkin
8. Walking With God - John Eldredge
9. Hope in the Age of Addiction - Chip Dodd
10. Another Gospel - Alisa Childers
11. Sharing Jesus with out Freaking out - Alvin L Reid
12. Talking Back to Purity Culture - Rachel Joy Welcher
13. A Place To Belong - Megan Hill
14. Four Chair Discipleship - Dann Spader
15. Born Again This Way - Rachel Gilson
16. Change of Affection - Becket Cook
17. Recovering From Biblical Manhood and Womanhood - Amiee Byrd 
18. The Practice of the Presence of God - Brother Lawrence
19. Do all lives really matter? - Wayne Gordon and John M Perkins
20. Killing Kryptonite - John Bevere 
21. Surprise the World - Michael Frost
22. The Forgotten God - Francis Chan
23. The Blade Heir - Daniel Adorno 
24. Driven by Eternity - John Bevere
25. Humilitas - John Dickson
26. The Truth About Lies - Tim Chaddick
27. Searching for Enough - Tyler Staton
28. Fight - Preston Sprinkle
29. Until Unity - Francis Chan
30. Saints & Scoundrels - Nancy Guthrie
31. The Girl Behind the Red Rope - Rachelle Dekker and Ted Dekker
32. The Longest Day - Terry Toler
33. The Daniel Dilemma - Chris Hodges
34. The Needs Of the Heart - Chip Dodd
35. The Bait of Satan - John Bevere

Ruth Haley Barton - Beautiful chapter on Rhythms (chap 4) in the book "Invitation to Retreat"
I HAVE HEARD PEOPLE SAY THINGS LIKE "THIS BOOK CHANGED MY LIFE" OR "I HAVE NEVER BEEN THE SAME SINCE I READ THIS BOOK". 

​BUT THE REALITY IS THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD BOOKS, BUT VERY, VERY RARELY ONE OF THEM LITERALLY CHANGE MY LIFE. 

​IN SAYING THAT HOWEVER, HERE ARE...

5 books
have actually change how I see the world and operate
 within it. 

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