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Reading Challenge 2019: My Faith Books Reading Plan for Growing Your Faith this Year

2/1/2019

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You may pick up a new book seeking knowledge on a subject that fascinates you. Or you may feel like exploring an alternative world created by a novelist. When your reading also exercises your faith, fires your imagination, stirs your soul, and expands your circle of compassion, it becomes a sacred activity.

SPIRITUALITY AND PRACTICE
Making Reading Sacred

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I think I will choose several reading challenges and book discussions to be a part of this year, to connect with others who love reading and share those books and thoughts with all of you here. Fingers crossed, I make it through the whole year in spite of health challenges, my homeschooling schedule and other life challenges.

(Update about halfway through: well, ... I haven't exactly participated, but I have been reading faith books.)

My deepest goal is to use what I read as part of a year-long goal to deepen my faith.

I'm on a slow faith journey, using books and my slow morning quiet time routine to dive into a deeper spiritual connection.

I think reading faith books can offer great wisdom for growing your faith, and in fact, the reading experiences I have had already are what inspired me to set this reading goal. Even if I end up going it alone, without the reading challenges, I will stick with the reading list.

I'll be reading these books as part of my cozy morning quiet time routine. Which means there will be tea. And slippers. :)

Here are just a few of the books on my reading list ...

Faith Unraveled by Rachel Held Evans
The Book of Philippians in the New Testament (study book is optional)
Lenten Meditations, by William A. Barry
It'll Be Okay: Finding God When Doubt Hides the Truth by Sheryl Giesbrecht Turner
Book Girl by Sarah Clarkson, a Christian author
Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving & Finding the Church, also bu Rachel Held Evans

I'd love it if you'd join me, so we can talk about the books here. But I hope to share the ideas the books contain, too, and you're invited to comment on those even if you haven't read the book.

My plan is to do one faith book post per month, but I have found so many books I'd like to read, there may be the occasional extra post.


"...it was only as I was exposed to this
new, vast realm of ideas and inspiration that I understood I had been
fed on crumbs of knowledge when there was a feast to be enjoyed."

Sally Clarkson, in Book Girl


I may also read some Jane Austen. Another challenge blog is featuring books by Jane Austen this year and there's another that suggests reading the book and then, watching the movie. I might do that, too, if I get around to it.

Are you doing any reading challenges this year?

See you next time!

Love, Jeanine


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