In this episode, Becky, Elise, and Kate discuss the concept of the "summer stack"—having a small stack of challenging books from different genres to dip into, just a few pages at a time, on longer summer days. They offer book suggestions, different genres that work well for this, and ways they've challenged themselves and read outside their comfort zones through this annual practice.

Books Discussed:

• Mysterious Ways: The Providence of God in the Life of Joseph
• Pursuing Peace
• The Faithful Parent: A Biblical Guide to Raising a Family
• The Excellent Wife
• The Wright Brothers
• Under the Tuscan Sun
• The Heart Taken Up: 90 Days with the Puritans
• Christian Worldview
• The Way of Repentance
• Unpacking Forgiveness
• Daily Doctrine
• A Treasury of Nature: Illustrated Poetry, Prose, and Praise
• The Soul in Paraphrase
• Special Providence for Anxious Souls
• The Nature of Rest: What the Bible and Creation Teach Us About Sabbath Living
• Chesterton’s Gateway: 14 Essays to Get You Hooked on Chesterton
• Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity
• Strange New World

In this episode, Becky, Elise, and Kate discuss what they’re reading, when they find time to read, and strategies for busy moms to read amid motherhood and household responsibilities.

Books Discussed:

• The Bruised Reed
• Unpacking Forgiveness
• The Necessity of Reforming the Church
• Broken Bread
• Special Providence for Anxious Souls
• The Puritan Treasures for Today series
• The Heart Taken Up: 90 Days with the Puritans
• The Sight of Christ: 90 Days with the Puritans
• How to Build a Godly Marriage
• Jane Eyre
• The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion series
• Be Still, My Soul: Bright Hope for Dark Vales
• The Conservative Church
• The Ten Laws of Highly Compelling Preaching
• Pride and Prejudice
• The Chronicles of Narnia
• The Little House series
• The Hidden Art of Homemaking
• Marriage to a Difficult Man

In this episode Becky Aniol, Elise Sikes, and Kate Joyner, three busy moms at different stages of motherhood, introduce themselves, talk about what they’re reading, and discuss why it’s important that moms maintain a reading life. Motherhood shouldn’t be an excuse to stop growing. It can become one of our greatest motivations to read, learn, and become better wives, mothers, and followers of Christ.

Books Discussed:

• God’s Battle Plan for the Mind
• The Electra McDonnell series
• The Blue Castle
• Sarah Edwards: Delighting in God
• My Dear Hemlock
• Marriage to a Difficult Man
• The Odyssey
• Following God Fully
• Worldly Saints
• I Must Betray You
• The Mistmantle Chronicles
• The Screwtape Letters