Episode 117: Jessica Hooten Wilson

In this episode, Jessica Hooten Wilson talks about her latest book Reading for the Love of God, reading as a spiritual practice, how to use the four senses and the four stages to read well, how Jesus teaches us how to read well, what it means to read poorly, and how art, literature, and beauty can help transform our lives and move us closer to God.

Jessica Hooten Wilson is the inaugural Seaver College Scholar of Liberal Arts at Pepperdine University and a Senior Fellow at the Trinity Forum. She is the author of several books, most recently Reading for the Love of God: How To Read as a Spiritual Practice.

Jessica's Book:
Reading for the Love of God

Jessica's Website:
www.jessicahootenwilson.com

Jessica's Recommendations:
Engaging the Old Testament by Dominick Hernandez
The Voice of Anna Julia Cooper
Enheduana: The Complete Poems of the World's First Author