Consider adding reading apps to your phone and tablets apps like Goodreads allow you to set reading goals and track your progress Classics and new releases are available to download and can be as accessible as our social media. If your device is always with you, consider putting books on your device.What are the people you respect reading?.What books are missing in your reading history and your current library? Do you read books written by people of color, about something other than being a person of color? Do you read both cross-cultural classics and new releases? Do you read books about theology? Do you read authors you know you won’t agree with?.Do the books you choose to read increase your wisdom and understanding? Are you reading to escape, or to inform? How could you find a good balance?.How many books do you read a year? Do you spend more time reading books or hanging out on social media? Do you read books more or less often than you read the Bible?.
When we forgo reading books, we are missing out on opportunities for wisdom. Interestingly, reading fiction was found to improve the reader’s ability to put themselves in another person’s shoes and flex the imagination in a way that is similar to the visualization of a muscle memory in sports.” Psychology Today reports that “becoming engrossed in a novel enhances connectivity in the brain and improves brain function. Reading books both relaxes and stretches our thinking. We harness our attention, will, and self-discipline when we commit to walk along with an author for hundreds of pages, learning the genesis, development, and application of their ideas. We grow in wisdom when our attention is forced to extend beyond 280 characters. Perhaps it’s because we don’t know what to read, or they’re too bulky, or seem too long. We read our texts, emails, magazines in the doctor’s office, and posts on social media, but often not books. That’s more than a quarter of the population! But a recent study by the Pew Research Center shows that 26% of adults in the United States haven’t read a single book, in any format, in a year. Some people just love buying, collecting, and discussing books. Editor’s Note: To start our New Year, we’re going to be taking an in-depth look at author Brett McCracken’s proposed “Wisdom Pyramid.” Over the course of six days, we’ll look at the roles that the Bible, the church, nature and beauty, books, the internet, and social media play in our lives.
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