2016 Soul-Tending Reading

2016 Soul-Tending Reading Stack

It always feels good to sort through 

all the books in the house 

and assemble those read each year.

Thanking God for allowing me 

time and energy to sort through 

reading material that 

makes heart and soul connections.

A friend made a comment that not 

all my books in this stack 

were "theology" books.

True, True.

I believe that some of our "theology"

 thinking and thoughtfulness 

is found in the everyday lives we live, 

or the writings of others that make

 me contemplate my ordinary life.

Some were quick reads and others 

took me weeks till I turned the last page.

And then there is the stack of mystery writers

 that still clamor for my attention.

At least this stack of reading 

helps to balance that out a bit.

On the top of the stack is a book

 that was given to me by a friend 

who was cleaning out her book stacks.

a PRISONER and yet.....

by Corrie ten Boom.

Published in 1947 by Evangelical Publishers

 in Toronto Canada.

An autographed copy.

Probably diminished in value by all 

the pencil marks of the sale price.

$1.50 and a name and the price upped

 to $2.50 on the other side of the inside cover.

Sometimes I find it just amazing

 that I can hold a book in my hands 

that Corrie held in her own hands.

A giant in the faith that I have long admired.

I am wondering around the house today

 making stacks for the 

2017 Soul-Tending Reading List.

Part of the stack is already completed-

they were on the stack for 2016. 

Not bad thatI didn't get it all read in a year.

Yup- it is all process indeed.

 You can check out the stacks from 

previous years at the top of this blog

 on the page- Soul-Tending Reading. 

Do you have a stack of 

Soul-Tending reading for this year?

Any suggestions of what 

I need to add to my stack?

 Would love to see your comments!