I’m often asked by my coaching networks and alumni, “How many books do I read?” I typically read 5-7 books per week. That means I need to give myself an estimate of how long it will take me to read each book. So, when I get ready to read a book, I like it to size it up. Here are … Read More
Decide Now To Be a Reader!
The call to ministry is the call to prepare. Whether you have 40 years of ministry in front of you, or perhaps only 40 months, or even 4 years, whatever that might be. Make the decision to say, “I’m going to be a life long leader.” As long as you’re leading, as long as you have another hill to take, … Read More
How Pastors Can Read More
One of the questions I get asked all the time is, “How do you read so many books?” or “How do you read a book in a day?” Well, I think it’s worthwhile giving you a little history of how my passion to read developed. I was not much of a reader before I became a Christian. In fact, I had … Read More
Pastors’ Reading Habits: How Much Do You Read?
I recently read an article from The Barna Group called “Reading Habits of Today’s Pastors”. This article takes a look at one of the most reading professional groups– us pastors! Here are some interesting statistics the article touches on: Pastors buy 3.8 books per month per person—92% of whom buy at least one book per month—adding up to between 8 … Read More
What Are the Best Books of the Year so far? Here’s my list…
Having read over 140 books so far this year, I was thinking about which were the best books. I made a list of the top books that have inspired me and impacted my thinking, and I want to share this list with you! Here is a preview of some of the books on my list: #6 – Right Turns: The … Read More
Here’s What I’ve Been Reading… (see my “best of” list!)
Normally, it’s the end of the year when I release my list of the Best Books. But a few titles have already stood out from the pack and are so impactful that I couldn’t wait to reveal this list to you. I’ve read over 140 books so far this year, but I’ve made you a short list of the best … Read More
Two Books to Improve Your Preaching
Reading is a great passion of mine, and one of the best parts about reading as much as I do is that I get to share the best of the best with people like you. Just recently I got an email from Kurtis Burton, Senior Pastor of The Turning Point in the Nashville area and a two-time participant in my … Read More
Q & A: How To Read More
Got this question from Church Planting Coaching Network Alumni Mike Sorcinelli (New Day Church – www.newdaychurch.cc ) in Longmeadow, MA: “I really want to be a reader but it literally took me 6 hours + to read your book “Fusion”, which is a short book. It’ll take me almost a month to read “Planting Missional Churches” (I’m about half way … Read More