Whether you’ve just started reading my rants, or you’ve been following my attempts at writing for years (!) then hopefully you’ve noticed that I like to think about reading, talk about reading, and generally like reading. This year I’ve built a stack, made a spreadsheet, and have thought about what I want to read.
Tim Challies, a prolific blogger and writer, has a great blog post giving a framework for a reading challenge:
Me? I’m planning to read quite a few books! I haven’t chosen a book for every (slightly arbitrary) category yet, but if you are interested, you can view my live progress (as I update it) via iCloud:
Books to Read in 2017
As I read them, I’ll update the spreadsheet, and I’ll try to review some (maybe even most!) of them on the blog, ideally before the year ends. As that happens, I’ll add reviews here, as and when and if I write them.
Book Review: A Better Story
Book Review: Being Human In God’s World
Book Review: God With Us
Book Review: Silence
Book Review: Raising Teens in a Hyper-Sexualised World
Book Review: Silence – Thomas Creedy's Blog
[…] And so I read this book. This novel. This non-descript paperback amongst the many books I plan to read this year. […]
Power Dynamics: Leadership, Structure and Trust – Thomas Creedy's Blog
[…] part of my ongoing (and either over-ambitious or radically managable) 2017 Reading Challenge, I’ve recently been reading two books where the topic of ‘power’, particularly in […]
Book Review: Kingdom, Hope and the End of the World – Thomas Creedy's Blog
[…] time to time I like to interrupt my preoccupation with my planned reading and engage with something that a friend has written, partly because it is from someone I know, and […]
Book Review: The World on Our Doorstep – Thomas Creedy's Blog
[…] how they and their churches can be engaged in world mission. As one of the smaller books in my 2017 Reading Challenge, this is one that I hope and pray will have a real […]
Book Review: Justification Reconsidered – Thomas Creedy's Blog
[…] been fascinated by doctrines and personalities of the thin end of the Bible. So, as part of my 2017 reading challenge, I’ve been keen to include a number of books that force me to go over old notes, dust off my […]
Book Review: Prisoners of Geography – Thomas Creedy's Blog
[…] of the aims of my 2017 reading challenge is to intentionally and deliberately force to read more widely and randomly than normal. Most […]