{"id":599,"date":"2011-06-06T00:50:54","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T00:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chadstutzman.net\/?p=599"},"modified":"2011-06-06T00:50:54","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T00:50:54","slug":"summer-reading-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/?p=599","title":{"rendered":"Summer Reading List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-601\" href=\"http:\/\/chadstutzman.net\/06\/2011\/summer-reading-list\/young-man-reading-book-bed\/\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-601\" title=\"young-man-reading-book-bed\" src=\"http:\/\/chadstutzman.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/young-man-reading-book-bed-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>I love to read, and every year I try to plan out some of the books I want to read.\u00a0 Of course there are always those books that others recommend or that I come across that interest me and I will add those during the year.\u00a0 This past year I was a part of a group that read one book a month.\u00a0 We would read it, write a one page summary of personal take-away&#8217;s.\u00a0 I also was reading other books during that time and continued to read my Bible.\u00a0 You might ask how I have time to read.\u00a0 I have to make time for it.\u00a0 I sometimes will actually schedule time to read, and I will often take an extended time to read on my days off.\u00a0 Reading is one of the best ways that I know of to grow and learn.\u00a0 I want to encourage you to read.\u00a0 If you don&#8217;t like to read, start slowly and make it a goal to get through at least one book this year.\u00a0 Then keep building on it.\u00a0 It will help you to read with a group of people, maybe your small group, to keep you accountable.\u00a0 So here is my summer reading list, I hope to get most of these books read over the next 3-4 months:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>I Quit<\/em> by Geri Scazzero &#8211; Our entire staff is reading this book over the summer and will be discussing it in August<\/li>\n<li><em>Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone &#8211; <\/em>by Mark Goulston &#8211; I have had this book for almost a year and am looking forward to learning how to listen better.<\/li>\n<li><em>T<\/em>he Confession &#8211; <em>by <\/em>John Grisham &#8211; the only fiction book on my list<\/li>\n<li><em>Out Live Your Life &#8211; <\/em>by Max Lucado &#8211; Got a autographed copy from the author.<\/li>\n<li><em>Change Your Brain, Change Your Body &#8211; <\/em>by Daniel Amen &#8211; love reading about the brain, God created us to use it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I also have a handful of books on my Kindle that I plan on reading as well.\u00a0 Here are the ones I plan on trying to read:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Absolute Surrender &#8211; <\/em>By Andrew Murray &#8211; This is the second book I am reading by Murray.\u00a0 Old book, but great principles and helpful tool to grow spiritually.<\/li>\n<li><em>Every Day for Every Man &#8211; <\/em>Daily Devotional by Stephen Arterburn and Fred Stocker<\/li>\n<li><em>Leading at a Higher Level &#8211; <\/em>by Ken Blanchard &#8211; Blanchard is an amazing leader and author.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve learned a lot from him.<\/li>\n<li><em>Helping People Win at Work &#8211; by <\/em>Ken Blanchard<\/li>\n<li><em>Fearless &#8211; by <\/em>Max Lucado &#8211; Fear hold so many of us back from all God wants us to be.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I am sure there will be a few other books thrown in there as I come across things that will help me grow.\u00a0 I want to encourage you to plan out what you will be reading this summer and get started.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love to read, and every year I try to plan out some of the books I want to read.\u00a0 Of course there are always those books that others recommend or that I come across that interest me and I will add those during the year.\u00a0 This past year I was a part of a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/?p=599\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Summer Reading List&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chadstutzman.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}