Our dear friends, Nathan and Mary took us out on the water on Christmas Day! Here’s some really fun boats we passed by coming back into Ballard.

For years I’ve made the commitment to not start another book until I finish the one I’m currently reading. This year, I broke my commitment and have 10 books that I’m half way through. Whoops! Anyways, here’s a list of the books I found myself benefitting from tremendously throughout 2018. What a grace it is to read.

Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life by Tish Harrison Warren

Neither Complementarian nor Egalitarian: A Kingdom Corrective to the Evangelical Gender Debate by Michelle Lee-Barnewall

Hearing Her Voice: A Case for Women Giving Sermons (Fresh Perspectives on Women in Ministry) by John Dickson

A Theology of the Ordinary by Julie Canlis (I think I’ve read this short book 4 times now. It’s wonderful.)

A Crazy, Holy Grace: The Healing Power of Pain and Memory by Frederick Buechner

Unless You Become Like This Child by Hans Urs von Balthasar

The Pastor as Minor Poet: Texts and Subtexts in Ministerial Life by M. Craig Barnes

Becoming a Pastor Theologian: New Possibilities for Church Leadership by Gerald Heistand & Todd Wilson, eds.

Beauty, Order, and Mystery: A Christian Vision of Sexuality by Gerald Heistand & Todd Wilson, eds.

Five Smooth Stones for Pastoral Work by Eugene Peterson

Embracing Shared Ministry: Power and Status in the Early Church and Why It Matters Today by Joseph H. Hellerman

Reading Your Life’s Story: An Invitation to Spiritual Mentoring by Keith R. Anderson