Woohoo! I am so excited to be finally sharing our 2023 Christian Reading Challenge with you. In today's podcast episode, we are looking back over our 2022 reading challenge, discussing our favorite books we read, and sharing our new goals for 2023! Listen in.

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Jason & Jami’s 2022 Reading Goal:

We both set big goals for this year, and neither of us are hitting it! But that’s okay because I feel like we both had great reading years. And that’s really all that matters.

Jason read: 80 books for the year (out of 104 goal)

Jami read: 65 books for the year (out of 104 goal)

Our goals are 104 books again for 2023. But this year we both have some additional reading that we are setting as goals. Listen to the episode to hear. 

Jason and Jami's Top Books Read in 2022:

Bread of Life: Savoring the All-Satisfying Goodness of Jesus through the Art of Bread Making - https://amzn.to/3ZBtpn7

I Will Build My Church - https://amzn.to/3WfEmYO

The Time-Saving Mom: How to Juggle a Lot, Enjoy Your Life, and Accomplish What Matters Most - https://amzn.to/3XAZgTo

Ruler of Kings: Toward a Christian Vision of Government - https://amzn.to/3H98kth

Home Sweet Maison: The French Art of Making a Home - https://amzn.to/3w5JDHH

Little House on the Prairie - https://amzn.to/3kldcCi

Anne of Green Gables - https://amzn.to/3QPzrfZ

The Christ of the Covenants - https://amzn.to/3w8VWTM

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones - https://amzn.to/3XB2RR1

The Space Trilogy - https://amzn.to/3XzErYo

The Faithful and the Fallen - https://amzn.to/3XA40bA

The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again - https://amzn.to/3XjLvIP

Books in 2023 we want to read:

Lord of the Rings - https://amzn.to/3XjLPY3

The Silmarillion - https://amzn.to/3izzIXW

The Fall of Númenor: And Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-earth - https://amzn.to/3kkawoL

The Fall Of Gondolin - https://amzn.to/3kknTFq

Beren And Lúthien - https://amzn.to/3INMkFt

The Reformation: A History - https://amzn.to/3ZCStu4

Choose your own 2023 reading goal: 

We are doing our reading challenge for you guys a bit differently this year. If you want to use last year's format, you can head over and print it out here. This year we are giving you lots of categories and book suggestions and encouraging you to pick your own goal.

My personal favorite goal to do if you are just starting out is 24 books for the year. This is roughly 2 books per month. And if you look at the typical non-fiction Christian book, it will have about 12 chapters. Read about 1 chapter per day and you can easily read 2 books per month! But it does take focus to hit that.

Book Recommendations Per Category:

Church History Books

Church History in Plain Language - Bruce Shelley - https://amzn.to/3bM2mhN

2000 Years of Christ’s Power - Nick Needham - https://amzn.to/3bRva8C

Introduction to the History of Christianity - Tim Dowley - https://amzn.to/3yJQbMr

The Unquenchable Flame - Michael Reeves - https://amzn.to/3fDizqC

The Reformation - Stephen Nichols - https://amzn.to/3i3AsBZ

Meet the Puritans - Joel Beeke & Randall Pederson - https://amzn.to/34ao4I6

For Us and For Our Salvation - Stephen Nichols - https://amzn.to/34eZ2HS

Evangelicalism Divided - Iain Murray - https://amzn.to/3uhND4z

A Scottish Christian Heritage - Iain Murray - https://amzn.to/3wsPIvW

Epic: An Around-The-World Journey Through Christian History – Tim Challies - https://amzn.to/2SpO5AB

Church History 101 - Sinclair Ferguson - https://amzn.to/3vnO92g

In the Year of Our Lord - Sinclair Ferguson - https://amzn.to/2SpOfYJ

Womanhood Books

Enough about Me: Find Lasting Joy in the Age of Self – Jen Oshman - https://amzn.to/3fhdmWv