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Reading and the Spiritual Life
Episode 687

Reading and the Spiritual Life

The Table Podcast

January 6, 202643m 54s

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Show Notes

Join Kasey Olander, Kelley Mathews, and Jessica Hooten Wilson as they unpack how the books we read shape our imagination, desires, and empathy, as well as providing practical habits for making reading a life-forming spiritual practice. 


Time codes

3:58  Reading as Counter-Cultural  

6:35  How Christians Should Think about Reading 

12:05  Reading Books Other than the Bible 

15:00  How to Decide What to Read 

19:29  Reading as an Embodied Experience  

21:36  Reading Helps us Understand Ourselves  

26:25  Good Practices to Grow the Reading Life 

36:58  Closing Thoughts  


Resources

Jessica Hooten Wilson's Reading for the Love of God: How to Read as a Spiritual Practice 

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