Tracking my reading has allowed me to realize that I don’t read much in April and I only read slightly more in September. In April, the weather has turned warmer and I am outside far more than I have been in the winter.1 In September, we go to the beach and schedules change and it feels like constant adaptation. This rhythm doesn’t bother me because my reading is fluid and I don’t set many goals for reading.2 It is interesting to notice these patterns though.
Do you have months where you read more or less?
Celebrities for Jesus by Katelyn Beaty
I started this book right after I started my August books recap and blew through it in a day or two. Beaty has written a book that the church needs. She writes about the evangelical celebrities that shape the faith of American believers, noting that many of them are not tied to any institution or accountability but instead function on the basis of popularity and persona. It was a devastating read redeemed by the last chapter when Beaty outlines a different way, a way of faithfulness and obscurity that was modeled for us by Jesus.
Takeaway: I want to push back hard against entitlement and a desire to be known by large groups of people in my life by pursuing faithfulness and orienting my life around my local community.
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