My Shelf

What I am currently reading:

Contemplating Christmas: An Advent Devotional For Finding Hope in the Dark

Made for People: Why We Drift into Loneliness and How to Fight for a Life of Friendship

Our Polyvagal World: How Safety and Trauma Change Us

Redeeming Heartache: How Past Suffering Reveals Our True Calling

Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: It's Impossible to Be Spiritually Mature, While Remaining Emotionally Immature

Under the Unpredictable Plant: An Exploration in Vocational Holiness

Elon Musk

Making It So: A Memoir

Books I read in 2025:

Books I read in 2024:

Our Polyvagal World: How Safety and Trauma Change Us

Under the Unpredictable Plant: An Exploration in Vocational Holiness

Elon Musk

Making It So: A Memoir

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

Books I read in 2023:

The Critical Journey: Stages in the Life of Faith

Leading with a Limp: Take Full Advantage of Your Most Powerful Weakness

The Remarkable Ordinary: How to Stop, Look, and Listen to Life

Practicing Christian Doctrine: An Introduction to Thinking and Living Theologically

Bully Pulpit: Confronting the Problem of Spiritual Abuse in the Church

Surfing for God: Discovering the Divine Desire Beneath Sexual Struggle

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Parenting: Getting It Right

Endless Grace: Prayers Inspired by the Psalms

Hinge Moments: Making the Most of Life's Transitions

Humility: The Joy of Self-Forgetfulness

To Be Told: Know Your Story, Shape Your Future

The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time

Suffering Wisely and Well: The Grief of Job and the Grace of God

Boundaries for Your Soul: How to Turn Your Overwhelming Thoughts and Feelings into Your Greatest Allies

The Little Book of Gratitude: Create a life of happiness and wellbeing by giving thanks

When Narcissism Comes to Church: Healing Your Community From Emotional and Spiritual Abuse

The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves

Attached to God: A Practical Guide to Deeper Spiritual Experience

Befriending Your Nervous System: Looking Through the Lens of Polyvagal Theory

Books I read in 2022:

Books I read in 2021:

Books I read in 2020:

Books I read in 2019:

Books I read in 2018:

Thoughts for Young Men

A Body of Divinity: Contained in Sermons on the Westminster Assembly's Catechism

Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life

Gaining by Losing: Why the Future Belongs to Churches That Send

The King in His Beauty: A Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments

The Relational Soul: Moving from False Self to Deep Connection

Spurgeon on the Christian Life: Alive in Christ

Some Pastors and Teachers: Reflecting a Biblical Vision of What Every Minister Is Called to Be

Holiness by Grace: Delighting in the Joy That Is Our Strength

How to Get Unstuck: Breaking Free from Barriers to Your Productivity

Books I read in 2017:

Befriend: Create Belonging in an Age of Judgment, Isolation, and Fear

Books I read in 2016:

Addictions: A Banquet in the Grave: Finding Hope in the Power of the Gospel

Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor: The Life and Reflections of Tom Carson

The Conviction to Lead: 25 Principles for Leadership That Matters

The Productivity Project: Accomplishing More by Managing Your Time, Attention, and Energy

Discipling: How to Help Others Follow Jesus

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

Closing the Window: Steps to Living Porn Free

Preparation for Ministry

The Gospel: How the Church Portrays the Beauty of Christ

Finally Free: Fighting for Purity with the Power of Grace

As a Man Thinketh

Oversee God's People: Shepherding the Flock Through Administration and Delegation

Knowing Christ

Lit!: A Christian Guide to Reading Books

Mea Culpa: Learning from Mistakes in the Ministry

How to Stay Christian in Seminary

Marks of the Messenger: Knowing, Living and Speaking the Gospel

Finally Alive: What Happens When We Are Born Again?

Thoughts for Young Men

Rejoicing in Christ