I know most people are wrapping up their year in reading but the year isn’t finished yet and neither is the reading so, honestly, that seems silly. Instead, today I want to share some of my favorite things! Be sure and share yours in the comments.
First of all, my friend Kristel Acevedo co-wrote a book that released this month! If you work with teens, have teens, are a teen, this is the book for you!
Web
Room with a View: The world is stunning and magnificent. Seeing compilations like this also makes me want to frame some of our windows the same way and appreciate where I am.
7 Types of Rest: My counselor sent me this. Probably don’t need to say anything more, do I?
Sprawling along the way: a polemic and an exhortation: I don’t always understand what Alan Jacobs is talking about but he makes me a better thinker when I do.
Post Script: I always get excited when Jen Pollock Michel’s substack shows up in my inbox on Monday.
None Dare Call It Reason: Scot McKnight enters the discussion.
Audio
The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast: Tyler Staton is now the lead pastor at Bridgetown Church founded by John Mark Comer. I appreciate this conversation with Staton.
Winter 1: I love seeing people who enjoy their work and do it well. I cannot get over this violinist. My boys are playing violin and they’ve watched it quite a bit as well.
Midnight Rain: one of my favorite songs off Taylor Swift’s new album.
Food
How to Meal Plan: 5 Tips: Getting food on the table every day can be a major source of stress for many of us, but this article might help.
Soft Gingerbread Latte Cookies with Brown Butter Icing: The past few years we’ve made gingerbread cookies and this year we’re going to try this recipe!
I just started reading Middlemarch because I’ve heard so many amazing things about it. A break from seminary is the perfect time for a longer read. We caught up on Abbott Elementary and are watching The Good Place now.1
Christmas is a week from today and I hope this week is as wonderful for you as it can be. I’m taking a break until the New Year but I can’t wait to share this space with you again in 2023. I’m working my way through these questions before then.
Actually Justin has already watched it but he loved it and wanted me to watch it.