- Losing Our Religion by Russell Moore (January – 4 out of 5 stars)
- The Lord’s Work in the Lord’s Way; No Little People, No Little Places by Franic Schaeffer (January – 5 out of 5 stars)
- Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (January – 5 out 5 stars)
- The Lord’s Prayer by Kevin DeYoung (January – 4.5 out of 5 stars)
- The Lord and His Prayer by N.T. Wright (January – 4.5 out of 5 stars)
- The Genesis Debate by ed. David G. Hagopian (January – 2 out of 5 stars)
- Sustainable Children’s Ministry by Mark DeVries and Annette Safstrom (February – 3.5 out of 5 stars)
- Outgrowing the Ingrown Church by C. Jack Miller (February – 4 out of 5 stars)
- Slow Productivity by Cal Newport (March – 5 out of 5 stars)
- A Praying Church by Paul Miller (March – 4 out of 5 stars)
- Critical Dilemma by Neil Shenvi and Pat Sawyer (April – 4 out of 5 stars)
- Sal & Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez (April – 1 out of 5 stars)
- Free to Focus by Michael Hyatt (May – 2 out of 5 stars)
- How to Stay Married by Harrison Scott Key (May – 5 out of 5 stars)
- De-Sizing the Church by Karl Vaters (May – 5 out of 5 stars)
- Emotionally Healthy Leader by Pete Scazzero (May – 5 out of 5 stars) *re-read
- Politics and Evangelical Theology by Brian Mattson (May – 2 out of 5 stars)
- Faith Among the Faithless by Mike Cosper (May – 2.5 out of 5 stars)
- NIV Application Commentary: Esther by Karen Jobes (May – 5 out of 5 stars)
- Mission Drift by Pete Greer and Chris Horst (June – 1 out of 5 stars)
- Full-Time: Work on the Meaning of Life by David Bahnsen (June – 2 out of 5 stars)
- The Expulsive Power of a New Affection by Thomas Chalmers (June – 5 out of 5 stars)
- Doing to Done by Mike Williams (July – 3 out of 5 stars)
- Land of My Sojourn by Mike Cosper (July – 5 out of 5 stars)
- Overwhelmed by Brigid Schulte (August – 2.5 out of 5 stars)
- iGen by Jean Twenge (August – 1.5 out of 5 stars)
- Life Admin Hacks by Mia Northrop (September – 1 out of 5 stars)
- Come up for Air by Nick Sonnenberg (October – 3 out of 5 stars)
- Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rawling (November – 5 out of 5 stars)
- The End of Youth Ministry? by Andrew Root (November – 4 out of 5 stars)
- Gospel Fluency by Jeff Vanderstelt (December – 3.5 out of 5 stars)
- Take Back Your Family by Jefferson Bethke (December – 2.5 out of 5 stars)
- Finding the Right Hills to Die On: The Case for Theological Triage by Gavin Ortlung (December – 4 out of 5 stars)
- Systematic Theology, Vol 1 by Stephen J. Wellum (December – 5 out of 5 stars)
- Maximizing the Mid-Sized Church by David J. Peter (December – 5 out of 5 stars)
- High Impact Teams by Lance Witt (December – 3.5 out of 5 stars)
- Forgive by Timothy Keller (December – 5 out of 5 stars)
- Laundry Love by Patric Richardson (December – 4 out of 5 stars)
- Ministers of Propaganda by Scott Coley (December – 4 out of 5 stars)
- What It Means to be Protestant by Gavin Ortlund (December 4 out of 5 stars)
Fun Read of the Year: How to Stay Married by Scott Harrison Key. Hilarios and poignant.
Church Book of the Year: Systematic Theology, Vol. 1 by Stephen Wellum. Wellum was my theology prof in seminary and his book will now be my go-to systematic theology. His is the first systematic theology to seriously incorporate the discipline of biblical theology into systematics.
Another thought provoking book of The End of Youth Ministry? by Andrew Root. He discuss the end of youth ministry, as the goal or purpose of Youth Ministry and not the termination of Youth Ministry,
Raising Lazarus 