It is very important to read from the Bible everyday, but I also read other books. These are my favorite books from the past several years. Most all were found at thrift stores or used online.

Anam Cara by John O’Donohue (A book of Celtic Wisdom)

He Leadeth Me by Walter J. Ciszek (American priest that spent 23 years in Soviet Gulag)

Holy Desperation by Heather King (Praying as if your life depends on it)

Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes (A novel of the Viet Nam War, but actually Karl’s story)

Evangelical is Not Enough by Thomas Howard (Worship of God in Liturgy & Sacrament)

Dakota by Kathleen Norris (A Spiritual Geography)

The Cloister Walk by Kathleen Norris

Prayer Shield by C. Peter Wagner (How to Intercede for Pastors & Other Christian Leaders)

The Unnecessary Pastor by Marva J. Dawn & Eugene Peterson

Working the Angles by Eugene Peterson (The Shape of Pastoral Integrity)

Ten Things Wrong with the Modern Church by Paul Washer

Knowing God by J.I. Packer (Took over a year to read, so much good information.)

Catholics Wake Up by Jesse Romero (Be a Spiritual Warrior)

Map of My Dead Pilots by Colleen Mondor (The Dangerous Game of Flying in Alaska)

What if your football team only came to weightlifting one day a week? Would the team get better with this one day a week workout? Would the individuals on the team be able to increase their personal maximum best lifts and be able to run faster and jump higher with greater agility with a one day a week workout?

Everything that I read about weightlifting says that if you lift once a week you are just maintaining what you have. You are not increasing your strength and you are basically standing still.

So in our spiritual lives if we work out with God only one day a week do you suppose you are growing your strength and faith or are you just standing still?

Get busy and grow your strength and faith in the Lord to your maximum potential by working out more often with our Father in Heaven.

Isaiah 40:30-31 Even youth grow tired and weary and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.