Reading
I've read for as long as I can remember. But people have read and written for thousands of years, and there's a reason. It's how knowledge sticks.
I'm a software engineer; I'm also a Christian, and a theologian (long story). So the list runs all over: theology, novels, travel books, photography, software engineering.
I keep my notes in a Zettelkasten, so whatever's worth remembering outlives the book. Here's a list of what I've been reading, with some personal notes.
2026
- Tomando decisões segundo a vontade de Deus
- Mundo por Terra (World by Land)
This book always scratches my travel itch.
- Diário do clima
- Desiring God
Profound and life changing read.
- Staff Engineer
Great read! I read it right after stepping into a staff engineer role at CrewAI.
2025
- Redemption Accomplished and Applied
- The Death of Ivan Ilyich
Trying to get into the classics. This was a great read!
- The Complete Works of E. M. Bounds on Prayer
- Notes from Underground
- 1984
- The Abolition of Man
- Competing Spectacles
- One Hundred Days Between Sea and Sky
A guy decides to go in a 100-day rowing journey from Namibia to Brazil solo. ROWING!
2024
- Worship in Spirit and Truth
- Manual de Teologia Sistemática
- Introduction to Christian Worship
- Early Christian Worship
- Adoração Bíblica
- Daily Life in the Times of Jesus
- How to Shoot Video That Doesn't Suck
Wife and I decided to document our trips and I didn't want to suck at shooting video.
- Laowai
Stories from a Brazilian TV correspondent in 2005 China
2023
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness
I read this short book almost every year.
- Worship in the Early Church
- The Story of Christianity (Volume 1)
- Vozes do cristianismo primitivo
- At the Origins of Christian Worship
- Unity and Diversity in the New Testament
- Understanding Exposure
This book taught me everything I know about photography.
- Hidden Christmas
2022
2021
- Lit! A Christian Guide to Reading Books
- Counterfeit Gods
- The Pilgrim's Progress
- Liturgy of the Ordinary
- Remote: Office Not Required
Remote work wasn't a thing when I read this
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew
- God and the Pandemic
- Panorama Histórico de Israel
- O custo do discipulado
- Genesis in Space and Time
- Verdadeiro Evangelho
- Dom Casmurro
- A Little Exercise for Young Theologians
- Animal Farm