A Timbered Choir: The Sabbath Poems, 1979-1997
By: Wendell Berry
3.69
Format: None pages, Paperback
Berry's Sabbath poems embrace much that is elemental to human life--beauty, death, peace, and hope.…
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1. Stepping Heavenward
By: Elizabeth Payson Prentiss
4.25
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
"Stepping Heavenward" is the fictional coming of age story of a young Christian girl named Katherin… read more
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- christianity
- faith
- christian
- spirituality
"Wondrous as it is, how simple is this mystery! To love Christ and to know that I love Him--this is all!"-Elizabeth Payson Prentiss, Stepping Heavenward
"Our course heavenward is like the plan of the zealous pilgrim of old, who for every three steps forward, took one backward."-Elizabeth Payson Prentiss, Stepping Heavenward
"Go home and say to yourself, ‘I am a wayward, foolish child. But He loves me! I have disobeyed and grieved Him ten thousand times. But He loves me! I have lost faith in some of my dearest friends and…"-Elizabeth Payson Prentiss, Stepping Heavenward
"...God notices the most trivial act, accepts the poorest, most threadbare little service, listens to the coldest, feeblest petition, and gathers up with parental fondness all our fragmentary desires …"-Elizabeth Payson Prentiss, Stepping Heavenward
2. My Life for Yours: A Walk through the Christian Home
By: Douglas Wilson
4.44
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
The Gospel should teach us to say "my life for yours." Our desire should be to have this love trans… read more
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- christianity
- christian
- nonfiction
3. Ramona the Brave (Ramona, #3)
By: Beverly Cleary , Alan Tiegreen
4.12
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Ramona tries her hardest to be brave and fearless, but now she has her own bedroom it's sometimes a… read more
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"Nobody understood what is was like to be six-years-old and the littlest in the family."-Beverly Cleary, Ramona the Brave (Ramona, #3)
"Beezus and Ramona defended their possessions from Willa Jean. This is what - called playing with Willa Jean."-Beverly Cleary, Ramona the Brave (Ramona, #3)
"Ramona was not interested in tools or thinking things over and figuring things out. She was interested in results. Fast."-Beverly Cleary, Ramona the Brave (Ramona, #3)
"She wanted to do something bad. She wanted to do something terrible that would shock her whole family, something that would make them sit up and take notice."-Beverly Cleary, Ramona the Brave (Ramona, #3)
4. Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art
By: Madeleine L'Engle
4.23
Format: None pages,
In this classic book, Madeleine L'Engle addresses the questions, What makes art Christian? What doe… read more
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- christianity
- faith
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5. A Timbered Choir: The Sabbath Poems, 1979-1997
By: Wendell Berry
3.69
Format: None pages, Paperback
Berry's Sabbath poems embrace much that is elemental to human life--beauty, death, peace, and hope.… read more
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- poetry
- christian
- christianity
- faith
- nonfiction
- spirituality
- nature
6. The Sherwood Ring
By: Elizabeth Marie Pope
4.22
Format: None pages, Paperback
Newly orphaned Peggy Grahame is caught off-guard when she first arrives at her family's ancestral e… read more
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7. My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer
By: Christian Wiman
4.16
Format: 422 pages, Hardcover
Seven years ago, Christian Wiman, a well-known poet and the editor of Poetrymagazine, wrote a now-f… read more
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- poetry
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- spirituality
8. Phantastes
By: George MacDonald
3.48
Format: 93 pages, Paperback
"I was dead, and right content," the narrator says in the penultimate chapter of Phantastes. C.S. L… read more
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9. The Weight of Glory
By: C.S. Lewis
4.38
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
The classic Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis, the most important Christian writer of the 20th century,… read more
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- christianity
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"He who has God and everything else has no more than he who has God only."-C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory
"Never, in peace or war, commit your virtue or your happiness to the future."-C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory
"Have courage, dear heart, for there is nothing to be afraid of and never has been."-C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory
"Next to the Blessed Sacrament itself, your neighbor is the holiest object presented to your senses."-C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory
10. The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers
By: Henri J.M. Nouwen
3.94
Format: 489 pages, Paperback
Henry J.M. Nouwen, one of the greatest of all spiritual writers, invites us to search deeply for th… read more
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- christianity
- faith
- nonfiction
- spirituality
11. Anatomy of the Soul: Surprising Connections Between Neuroscience and Spiritual Practices that Can Transform Your Life and Relationships
By: Curt Thompson
4.44
Format: None pages, Paperback
Do you want to improve your relationships and experience lasting personal change? Join Curt Thompso… read more
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- faith
- christian
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- spirituality
12. Home (Gilead, #2)
By: Marilynne Robinson
3.84
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Home parallels the story told in Robinson's Pulitzer Prize-winning Gilead. It is a moving and heali… read more
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13. House of Light
By: Mary Oliver
4.23
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
Winner of a 1991 Christopher Award Winner of the 1991 Boston GlobeLawrence L. Winship Book Award Th… read more
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14. Let Us All Eat Cake: Gluten-Free Recipes for Everyone's Favorite Cakes
By: None , None
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A delightful collection of gluten-free takes on your favorite cake recipes, from everyday coffee ca… read more
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15. The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society
By: Henri J.M. Nouwen
4.00
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
The Wounded Healeris a hope-filled and simple book that speaks directly to those men and women who … read more
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16. The God of the Garden: Thoughts on Creation, Culture, and the Kingdom
By: Andrew Peterson
4.49
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
There’s a strong biblical connection between people and trees. They both come from dirt. They’re bo… read more
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- christianity
- faith
- nonfiction
- nature
17. Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making
By: Andrew Peterson
4.51
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Making something beautiful in a broken world can be harrowing work, and it can’t be done alone. O… read more
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"When we manage to make something pretty, it's only because we are ourselves a flourish on a greater canvas."-Andrew Peterson, Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making
"[T]he steady resonance of your work might move someone closer to the Kingdom—and compared to a human heart, planets are small potatoes."-Andrew Peterson, Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making
"There's no doubt in my mind that what's shaped me and my work more than any particular talent on my part has been living out a calling in the midst of a Christ-centered community."-Andrew Peterson, Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making
"Christian art, then, might be defined as a work that is, like Christ himself, full of grace and truth. Where we go wrong is when we tilt the scales away from grace, or beauty, or excellence, as if tr…"-Andrew Peterson, Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making
18. The Orange and Other Poems
By: Wendy Cope
4.19
Format: 53 pages, Kindle Edition
My heart has made its mind up And I'm afraid it's you. The Orange and Other Poems provides the … read more
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- nonfiction
19. Modern Miss Mason
By: Leah Boden
4.30
Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition
For every mother who desires to cultivate a lasting foundation of curiosity and wonder for her chil… read more
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- nonfiction
20. Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith
By: Russ Ramsey
4.53
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
How do art and faith intersect? How does art help us see our own lives more clearly? What can we un… read more
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"The pattern in Scripture is that of God working through unlikely servants for the glory of his name and the spread of the gospel."-Russ Ramsey, Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith
"The more we engage with beauty, the more we train our hearts to anticipate finding beauty, until eventually, everywhere we go, we're looking for it."-Russ Ramsey, Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith
"Many artists took their easels and paints outside and captured what they saw. Vincent wanted to capture what he felt as he tried to remember what he saw."-Russ Ramsey, Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith
"Vincent didn't see the world as a collection of plain, unaffected objects. He saw the unfolding drama of the human story, which to him was a heartbreaking tale."-Russ Ramsey, Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith
21. How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back
By: Jeff Tweedy
4.22
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
There are few creative acts more mysterious and magical than writing a song. But what if the goal w… read more
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- nonfiction
"To all of the songs like windows, open just enough for us to make our escape, and to all of the songs like windows, closed and clear enough in a dim light to see our own reflection and be reminded of…"-Jeff Tweedy, How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back
"When I'm on stage, my experience often goes something like this: Blankness . . . bliss . . . blankness . . . twinkle of awareness that rocking has been achieved . . . bliss . . . Voice of Observing E…"-Jeff Tweedy, How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back
