{"id":3837,"date":"2009-12-24T09:50:47","date_gmt":"2009-12-24T17:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/?p=3837"},"modified":"2017-12-30T10:32:07","modified_gmt":"2017-12-30T18:32:07","slug":"my-favorite-reads-of-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/my-favorite-reads-of-2009","title":{"rendered":"My Favorite Reads of 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AbandonmentIn reverse order, here are the best 10 books I read this year:<\/p>\n

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  1. Quest for the Living God<\/em> by Elizabeth Johnson – an intelligently written survey of where modern theology is heading, for good or ill; I can tell that one reading of this book is not enough<\/li>\n
  2. His Majesty’s Dragon<\/em> by Naomi Novik – great mixture of history and fantasy<\/li>\n
  3. Left to Tell<\/em> by Immaculee Ilibagiza – hard to believe a genocide like this took place in my lifetime; with all its tragedy, still an uplifting testament to faith<\/li>\n
  4. The Shack<\/em> by William Paul Young – surprisingly good; the first 80 pages are hell, but the rest are an interesting expression of heaven<\/li>\n
  5. Gloria’s Miracle<\/em> by Jerry Brewer – I hope more people discover the story of this saintly young girl from Seattle whose influence is just beginning to be felt; will she be the first saint from the Pacific Northwest?<\/li>\n
  6. Reading Scripture as the Word of God<\/em> by George Martin – an outstanding guide to praying with scripture; probably the best book I have read on the subject; practical and wise<\/li>\n
  7. The Wanderers<\/em> by Deacon Henry Garon – a deacon reflects on his experiences with the poor; a simple but profound memoir<\/li>\n
  8. Here’s My Heart, Here’s My Hand<\/em> by William Barry, SJ – a beautiful little book on drawing closer to God<\/li>\n
  9. Things Hidden: Scripture as Spirituality<\/em> by Richard Rohr – the most influential book I read this year; a survey of some major themes of scripture and their implications for our lives; I read it twice in 2009 and will revisit it again in 2010<\/li>\n
  10. Abandonment to Divine Providence<\/em> by Jean-Pierre de Caussade – my second-favorite book of 2008 became my favorite this year when I re-read it. I’m planning on reading it again in 2010.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Some books on my shelf to read in 2010:
    \nConfessions<\/em> by St. Augustine (currently re-reading)
    \nThe Future Church<\/em> by John Allen
    \nHaves without Have-Nots<\/em> by Mortimer Adler
    \nThe Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O’Brian (to re-read)
    \nLiving Beyond War<\/em> by Winslow Myers
    \nReclaim the Fire<\/em> by Martin Pable
    \nBack to Virtue<\/em> by Peter Kreeft
    \nJesus of Nazareth<\/em> by Pope Benedict XVI (to re-read)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    In reverse order, here are the best 10 books I read this year: Quest for the Living God by Elizabeth Johnson – an intelligently written survey of where modern theology is heading, for good or ill; I can tell that one reading of this book is not enough His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik – great mixture of history and fantasy Left to Tell by Immaculee Ilibagiza – hard to believe a genocide like this took place in my lifetime; with all its tragedy, still an uplifting testament...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"My Favorite Reads of 2009","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[1024,36,132,46,129,761],"class_list":["post-3837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","tag-annual-favorite-reads","tag-book-recommendations","tag-jean-pierre-de-caussade","tag-mortimer-adler","tag-peter-kreeft","tag-richard-rohr"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/abandonment-to-divine-providence.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pOucj-ZT","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3837"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4152,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3837\/revisions\/4152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}