I wanted to post an update of the books that have made it to my read (or reading) list. I was planning on reviewing each one but just ran out of time. Over several months prior to my official start of Seminary (a topic I haven’t posted about yet, but will at some point) I tried to get back into the habit of reading, a lot. In my first two seminary classes I had a combined 8 books for eight weeks of class, so getting into the habit of reading, all the time, has been very helpful.
One of the books I am almost finished with is Craig Groeschel’s book called Confessions of a Pastor.  Published back in 2006, Confessions has a great combination of self deprecating humor of his own sin with real teaching and application of God’s principles for life in general. What got me interested in reading Craig’s book wasn’t really the topic but meeting Craig and listening to him speak in Atlanta and most recently at Catalyst West Coast in Orange County California.
Here are some images of Craig speaking at Catalyst West Coast I took a week or two ago.
I haven’t made it to the end of Craig’s book yet but one of the last sections in the book, “I’m Afraid of Failure” had one of the best examples of how we condition ourselves for failure before we even begin (read the section called Failure by Numbers).
To avoid potential failure and pain, people abort their dreams. They stop trying.
Confessions of a Pastor is a great church leadership type book, glad it made it on to my “read” list.
That’s exciting to hear that you are going to seminary. Where are you going?
Thanks Jim, my wife and I both are working on our MDiv from Liberty Theological Seminary, should be done in oohh 3-4 years. Have been looking at it for some 10 years and finally decided that I have “thought” about it enough
Scott Fillmers last blog post..Confessions of a Pastor by Craig Groeschel // Catalyst Photos
Love that quote! And awesome that you’re going to seminary! Can’t wait to see what God has planned for you!
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Where’s the photo of Craig doing the worm? LOL! That was the greatest!
David Lawrences last blog post..Q & A with Craig Groeschel from Catalyst West Coast
@david, I actually have those shots… wasn’t sure of the repercussions of posting photos with Craig sticking his tongue out at everyone