004 | Build, Maintain, & Use a Reading List

Treasure Box Books | Dads Building Relationships, Reading Great Books, Preparing Children for Life

Hi, Dad!

Do you have good intentions for reading to and with your family, but don't know where to start? Or maybe you have lots of ideas, but struggle to come up with a plan you can follow consistently? I don't know about you, but ever since I was a teenager, I have always felt that I had too many books I wanted to or needed to read, and since becoming a dad, too many books to read to my family.

Today I'm sharing a simple method for managing your books: creating a reading list so that you can set yourself up for success. Sometimes we just need to have a clear plan and post it somewhere we'll see it regularly. Join me as I discuss how to build, maintain, and use your reading list!

Let's go find the treasures--in books!

Nathan

Outline

1. List all the books you need to read.

2. List the books you want to read.

3. List books in order of importance.

"This order…is intended and intentional. The reason I list Scripture first should be obvious: I have to walk with God first and foremost, I have to know Him. My heart has to be filled with Him before I can properly fill all the other roles that I play in life."

"Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life." - Prov. 4:23

4. List the books you want to read to or with your family according to audience.

5. Record the date you finish reading a book (or listening to an audiobook)

6. Bonus Tip: Remember that books are tools.

[See more details in the show notes, linked below.]

Books

📖 Did Adam Have a Bellybutton? By Ken Ham

📖 God of the Aurora, by Bruce Hamilton

📖 The Titanic’s Last Hero, by Moody Adams

📖 Shew Thyself a Man, by Eldon Martens

📖 The Lamb, by John Cross

📖 101 Favorite Stories from the Bible, by Ura Miller

📖 I Can Read with My Eyes Shut, by Dr. Suess

Not mentioned, but also reading with my wife:

📖 Person of Interest: Why Jesus Matters In An Age of Doubt, by J. Warner Wallace

📖 Enjoying Intimacy with God, by J. Oswald Sanders

And with our 13-year-old:

📖 Then Darkness Fled, by Stephen Mansfield

Quotes

"All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not." - 1 Corinthians 10:23

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Notes

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