Are you interested in learning how you’re wired? Or maybe you prefer brushing up on how to make your work life + relationships better? Perhaps you’re a history buff? Or maybe you’re interested in growing spiritually?

Whatever you’re interested in learning about, there’s a book or two about it here.

P.S. You could win one of these books by commenting below by Friday, 12/21/18 by 9 p.m. CST just by telling me which one of these books you’d most like to read!

Happy reading sweet friends!

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Books about how you’re wired

The Road Back to You by Ian Cron + Suzanne Stabile

About: “What you don’t know about yourself can hurt you and your relationships―and maybe even how you make your way in the world. It can also keep you in the shallows with God. Do you want help figuring out who you are and why you’re stuck in the same ruts?”

Why you’ll love it: If you’re interested in learning how you’re wired and how all your frustrating quirks, habits, and patterns can lead you back to God, start with this book. It’s easy to read, but deeply moving. It’s like Cron and Stabile are giving you the language you need to uncover the you God made you to be — language you didn’t know you needed, but desperately do.

 

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A Million Little Ways by Emily P. Freeman

About: “As people made in the image of a creative God, we all have something unique to offer the world and it will come out in a million little ways. In this book, bestselling author Emily P. Freeman will help you: turn fuzzy vocational dreams into current reality, respond to your critics with bravery and hopeful discernment, catch a fresh sense of motivation for the work you do everyday, and move into the world as the person you most deeply are.”

Why you’ll love it: Your life doesn’t have to look like everyone else’s life. There are a million different ways that you can reflect Christ to others. For those who want to do what they’ve been created to do, this book gives you the permission to do it in the most grace-filled and gentle way.

 

Self to Lose Self to Find by Marilyn Vancil

About: “Self to Lose Self to Find examines the invitation of Jesus to lose yourself in order to find your true self, and presents the personality system known as the Enneagram within this biblical framework. It will guide you toward liberating self-awareness by detailing nine distinct personality patterns, each with particular gifts and challenges.”

Why you’ll love it: For those who want an even more in-depth look of how the Enneagram can impact your spiritual life, including practical steps for each personality type to draw near to Christ, pick up this book today. It’s thoughtful, gentle, and revealing in how we can bring all of us to God, who will remove our outer shell and protective patterns to bring out who we most fully are.

 

Made Like Martha by Katie M. Reid

About: “Though she didn’t sit at Jesus’s feet like her sister Mary, biblical Martha was loved just as she was–and you are too. This practical resource invites modern-day Marthas to sit down spiritually as they exchange try-hard striving for hope-filled freedom without abandoning their doer’s heart in the process.”

Why you’ll love it: Have you ever lamented that you’re “such a Martha?” Like maybe if you got your act together, you could sit still at the feet of Jesus? I have, and I bet you have too. This book sheds light on the fact that we were made to be do-ers on purpose – His purpose! When you need a break from beating yourself up for doing All The Things, and you want to relish how God made you without wearing yourself out, read this one.

Cool side note: Katie did an interview here just for you!

 

Books about work + relationships

Finish by Jon Acuff

About: “According to studies, 92 percent of New Year’s resolutions fail. You’ve practically got a better shot at getting into Juilliard to become a ballerina than you do at finishing your goals… Why? Because the sneakiest obstacle to meeting your goals is not laziness, but perfectionism. We’re our own worst critics, and if it looks like we’re not going to do something right, we prefer not to do it at all.”

Why you’ll love it: Coming up with the ideas is the easy part for many of us. It’s in carrying a task/idea/project to completion that trips us up. If you love practical, real-life advice on how to really do what you want to accomplish next year, start here.

 

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Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend

About: “Does your life feel like it’s out of control? Perhaps you feel like you have to say yes to everyone’s requests. Maybe you find yourself readily taking responsibility for others’ feelings and problems. Or perhaps you focus so much on being loving and unselfish that you’ve forgotten your own limits and limitations. Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend help you learn when to say yes and know how to say no in order to take control of your life and set healthy, biblical boundaries with your spouse, children, friends, parents, co-workers, and even yourself.”

Why you’ll love it: You’ll love it because this book gives you freedom and permission to not keep everyone happy. It will give your soul a rest from your overdeveloped sense of responsibility. Doesn’t that sound amazing? If it does, get thee to a book store or library or Amazon and get this book now.

 

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Crazy Busy by Kevin DeYoung

About: “All too often, busyness gets the best of us. Just one look at our jam-packed schedules tells us how hard it can be to strike a well-reasoned balance between doing nothing and doing it all… Award-winning author and pastor Kevin DeYoung addresses the busyness problem head on in his newest book, Crazy Busy — and not with the typical arsenal of time management tips, but rather with the biblical tools we need to get to the source of the issue and pull the problem out by the roots.”

Why you’ll love it: It’s practical. It’s short. It’s God-centered + Bible-based. You’re too busy to keep reading this review so just go get yourself a copy of this insightful book that will help you change habits and live a God-centered life — even when life is busy.

 

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30 Ways in 30 Days to Save Your Family by Rebecca Hagelin

About: “Author Rebecca Hagelin lays out 30 simple and concrete actions that parents can implement-one day at a time-to reconnect with their children and restore peace in their home. She designed this book with working parents and busy families in mind. Moms and dads can read a chapter at soccer practice or while waiting in carpool and come away with practical solutions to common parenting problems that can easily be put to use.”

Why you’ll love it: Simple? Yes. Practical? Yes. Designed for working parents? Yes. The phrase “save your family,” may seem extreme, but the ideas are helpful and easy to do in real life. If you’re looking for a new perspective on the parenting front, look no further.

 

Books for those who enjoy history

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Killing Lincoln by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard

About: Bill O’Reilly “recounts one of the most dramatic stories in American history―how one gunshot changed the country forever. In the spring of 1865, the bloody saga of America’s Civil War finally comes to an end after a series of increasingly harrowing battles. But one man and his band of murderous accomplices, perhaps reaching into the highest ranks of the U.S. government, are not appeased.”

Why you’ll love it: O’Reilly’s style is poetic, reflective, and extremely engaging to read. For those who love history but don’t love reading history textbooks, this book reads like a narrative. You’ll find yourself so appreciative of Lincoln as a man and president as you ponder the depths to which the spirit can sink as it contemplates and executes murder on a massive scale.

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Isaac’s Storm by Erik Larson

About: “September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resident meteorologist for the U.S. Weather Bureau failed to grasp the true meaning of the strange deep-sea swells and peculiar winds that greeted the city that morning. Mere hours later, Galveston found itself submerged in a monster hurricane that completely destroyed the town and killed over six thousand people in what remains the greatest natural disaster in American history–and Isaac Cline found himself the victim of a devastating personal tragedy.”

Why you’ll love it: You may have heard about this hurricane, but do you know the true and personal story behind it? For those who like history written in a suspenseful, page-turning style, this is the book for you.

Books for spiritual growth

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Your goal as Christ-followers is to resemble Him more and more. But sometimes as you study His Word, apply His truth, and do what He says, you get stuck. You need the divinely-inspired perspective, insight, and commentary of others to shed light when we’re not sure what to do next. Sometimes the perfect book with God-centered words read at just the right time can get us moving again.

For a listing of the best spiritual growth books for your personality type, go here.

Still need more to read?

Want to win one of the books listed here? Just comment below with the book you’d like to win. One winner will be chosen at random and notified via email on Friday, 12/21/18 by 9 p.m. CST.

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