I love to read. Â Always have, ever since I can remember. Â And I’m always on the lookout for new books to read.
One of my favorite things to do with my girls is go to the library. Â We’ll make a morning of it, heading over there for an hour or so, browsing among the stacks and finding new jewels that we’ve not read before. Â I love to see them get excited about new books; one of my goals as a dad when our first child was born was to impart to them a love for reading. Â I think that can take you farther than just about any other skill, and far too few people in our world today avail themselves of the books that are available. Â I read once that the average American reads three books between graduation from high school to death. Â Three books total! Â I want to do everything I can to teach my girls the value of learning by reading.
I often tell leaders that reading is a non-negotiable if you want to get better. Â John Maxwell has said well that “leaders are readers.” Â Right now, I’m reading Breakthrough Prayer by Jim Cymbala, and queued up next is E.M.Bounds on Prayer. Â This is a topic that I’ve not read nearly enough on, and I want to remedy that. Â I believe prayer is a skill, just like any other type of communication, and I want to get better and better at it. It’s too important to ignore, and leaders have to set the pace. Â I’ve been convicted lately by what James wrote in James 4:2 – “you have not because you ask not.” Â I never want that to be true of my life or of Southview’s.
What are you reading right now?
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