2020 was a year filled with much loss and ambiguity, but it was also filled with many hidden blessings. One of those was the opportunity to spend a little bit more time reading. My annual goal has been to read 50 books per year. I eclipsed that by 20 this year, yay me! Some were great, others weren’t; but in the end I’m grateful for the journey and the learning.

1. Force of Nature by Jane Harper

2. Adorning the Dark by Andrew Peterson

3. The Glory of Preaching by Darrell Johnson

4. How to Pray: a simple guide for normal people by Pete Greig 

5. You Are What You Love by James K.A. Smith

6. The Lost World of the Flood by Longman and Walton

7. Eternity is Now in Session by John Ortberg

8. The Broker by John Grisham

9. The Care of Souls by Harold Senkbeil

10. The Naked Anabaptist by Stuart Murray

11. The Winding Path of Transformation by Jerrrey Tacklind

12. The Burden is Light by Jon Tyson

13. Liturgy of the Ordinary by Tish Warren

14. (Re)Union by Bruxy Cavey

15. It is Finished by Darrell Johnson

16. Ruthless Trust by Brennan Manning

17. The Way of the Heart by Henri Nouwen

18. Long Way to Mercy by David Baldacci

19. Being Disciples by Rowan Williams 

20. Your World-Class Assistant by Michael Hyatt

21. Revival in the Hebrides by Duncan Campbell

22. How to Follow Jesus by Craig Springer

23. Building a Discipling Culture by Mike Breen

24. Dissident Discipleship by David Augsburger

25. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

26. The Holy Longing by Ronald Rolheiser 

27. Half the Church by Carolyn Curtis James

28. Telling Secrets by Frederick Buechner

29. The Big Idea by Dave Ferguson 

30. Water from a Deep Well by Gerry Sittser

31. Practice Resurrection by Eugene Peterson

32. Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis

33. For the Life of the World by Alexander Schmemann

34. No Country for Old Men Cormak McCarthy

35. The Day the Revolution Began by NT Wright

36. Rediscipling the White Church by David Swanson

37. Renovated by Jim Wilder

38. Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

39. The Escape by David Baldacci

40. The Beatitudes by Darrell Johnson

41. Beautiful Resistance by Jon Tyson

42. The Martian by Andy Weir

43. Moneyball by Michael Lewis

44. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

45. The Pursuit of God by AW Tozer

46. My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing 

47. Becoming a King by Morgan Snyder

48. Daniel Dilemma by Chris Hodges

49. The Guardians by John Grisham

50. The Lion and the Lamb by Brennan Manning

51.  Thriving in Babylon by Larry Osborne

52. Everything is Spiritual by Rob Bell

53. Intensional by DA Horton

54. Kingdom Values, Vol. 1 by Jon Tyson and Suzy Silk

55. Kingdom Vision, Vol. 2 by Tyson and Silk

56. Broken Signposts by NT Wright

57. Rethinking Hell by Chris Date

58. Postcards from Babylon by Brian Zahnd

59. From Megachurch to Multiplication by Chris Galanos

60. The Message of Daniel by Dale Ralph Davis

61. Rumors of Another World by Phillip Yancey

62. Letter to a Young Pastor by Eugene Peterson

63. Total Control by David Baldacci

64. Leading Change without Losing it by Carey Neuheoff

65. Spiritual Formation by Henri Nouwen

66. Honest Advent by Scott Erickson

67. Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

68. Tempered Resilience by Tod Bolsinger

69.  Soul Care by Rob Reimer

70. The Whisper Man by Alex North