13 must-read faith books like Following Jesus: Finding Our Way Home in an Age of Anxiety by Henri J.M. Nouwen

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Following Jesus: Finding Our Way Home in an Age of Anxiety

By: Henri J.M. Nouwen

4.48

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

In this brand-new, never before published work of inspiration, the bestselling author of The Return…

"Even people who are immensely praised and have made an enormous amount of money, who have awards, success, and applause, can be deeply depressed. If you get closer and you prick the balloon, you realize they are just as insecure as everyone else. Underneath all that wealth, all that success, and all that praise, they are still a little person who asks, “Do you love me?"

-Henri J.M. Nouwen, Following Jesus: Finding Our Way Home in an Age of Anxiety

If you liked the faith plot in Following Jesus: Finding Our Way Home in an Age of Anxiety by Henri J.M. Nouwen , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. The Hole in Our Holiness: Filling the Gap between Gospel Passion and the Pursuit of Godliness

By: Kevin DeYoung

4.23

Format: 159 pages, Hardcover

The “hole in our holiness” is that evangelicals don’t look particularly holy, and, despite the floo… read more

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"The man who attempts Christianity without the church shoots himself in the foot, shoots his children in the leg, and shoots his grandchildren in the heart."

-Kevin DeYoung, The Hole in Our Holiness: Filling the Gap between Gospel Passion and the Pursuit of Godliness

"The irony is that if we make every imperative into a command to believe the gospel more fully, we turn the gospel into one more thing we have to get right, and faith becomes the one thing we need to …"

-Kevin DeYoung, The Hole in Our Holiness: Filling the Gap between Gospel Passion and the Pursuit of Godliness

2. Breathing Underwater: Spirituality and the 12 Steps

By: Richard Rohr

4.67

Format: 360 pages, Audio

Both individuals and society are drowning in addictions, says dynamic speaker Richard Rohr, O.F.M.,… read more

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3. The Gift of Being Yourself: The Sacred Call to Self-Discovery

By: David G. Benner

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Recipient of the Award of Merit in the Personal Growth/Individual Category of The Word Guild 2005 C… read more

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4. Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now

By: Walter Brueggemann

3.89

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Discussions about the Sabbath often center around moralistic laws and arguments over whether a pers… read more

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5. The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out

By: Brennan Manning , Michael W. Smith , None

3.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

A Furious Love Is Hot on Your Trail! Many believers feel stunted in their Christian growth. We beat… read more

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6. The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist

By: Dorothy Day , Daniel Berrigan

3.68

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

This inspiring and fascinating memoir, subtitled, "The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Soci… read more

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7. The Divine Dance: The Trinity and Your Transformation

By: Richard Rohr , None

3.24

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

Invitation to a Dance The Trinity is supposed to be the central, foundational doctrine of our entir… read more

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8. A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society

By: Eugene H. Peterson

3.50

Format: 424 pages,

This world is no friend to grace. God has given us some resources, however. As we grow in character… read more

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9. Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did

By: John Mark Comer

4.63

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The author of the international bestseller The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry calls us to rediscover… read more

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  • christian living
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10. Live No Lies: Recognize and Resist the Three Enemies That Sabotage Your Peace

By: John Mark Comer

4.49

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

We are at war. Not with a foreign government or domestic terrorists or a creepy new artificial inte… read more

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"Anxious to avoid a repeat of history, Edmund Burke laid out the logic behind the American architecture in a letter from 1791: "Men are qualified for civil liberty, in exact proportion to their dispos…"

-John Mark Comer, Live No Lies: Recognize and Resist the Three Enemies That Sabotage Your Peace

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11. How to Inhabit Time: Understanding the Past, Facing the Future, Living Faithfully Now

By: James K.A. Smith

4.29

Format: 189 pages, Hardcover

Many Christians are disconnected from the past or imagine they are "above" history, immune to it, a… read more

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12. Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer

By: Tyler Staton

4.60

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Prayer is the source of Jesus's most astonishing miracles and the subject of Jesus's most audacious… read more

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  • christian living
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13. Into the Heart of Romans: A Deep Dive into Paul's Greatest Letter

By: Tom Wright

4.49

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An in-depth study of Romans from today's foremost interpreter of Paul. Romans is often and for good… read more

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  • religion
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  • spirituality
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14. Art and Faith: A Theology of Making

By: Makoto Fujimura

4.29

Format: 167 pages, Hardcover

From a world-renowned painter, an exploration of creativity’s quintessential—and often overlooked—r… read more

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15. On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden and Gift of Living

By: Alan Noble

4.33

Format: 108 pages, Hardcover

We aren't always honest about how difficult normal human life is. For the majority of people, sorro… read more

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  • christian living
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16. The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community

By: Curt Thompson

4.36

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist IVP Readers' Choice Award We are people of desire. … read more

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  • christian living
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17. How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South

By: Esau McCaulley

4.62

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times contributing opinion writer and award-winning author of Reading While Black… read more

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"There is no Black faith that doesn't wrestle with the problem of evil. My reply to these questions is: We who have suffered must have some say in how that suffering is interpreted. We won the right, …"

-Esau McCaulley, How Far to the Promised Land: One Black Family's Story of Hope and Survival in the American South

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18. Following Jesus: Finding Our Way Home in an Age of Anxiety

By: Henri J.M. Nouwen

4.48

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

In this brand-new, never before published work of inspiration, the bestselling author of The Return… read more

Similar categories in Henri J.M. Nouwen's Following Jesus: Finding Our Way Home in an Age of Anxiety book and Henri J.M. Nouwen's Following Jesus: Finding Our Way Home in an Age of Anxiety

  • christian
  • theology
  • christianity
  • faith
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • christian non fiction
  • audiobook
"Even people who are immensely praised and have made an enormous amount of money, who have awards, success, and applause, can be deeply depressed. If you get closer and you prick the balloon, you real…"

-Henri J.M. Nouwen, Following Jesus: Finding Our Way Home in an Age of Anxiety

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19. Lent: The Season of Repentance and Renewal

By: Esau McCaulley

4.43

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

"Lent is inescapably about repenting." Every year, the church invites us into a season of repentanc… read more

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  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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"We hope that as Christians we mature and grow and become more and more like Christ. But the church and its wisdom assumes we will fail even after our baptism. The church presumes that life is long an…"

-Esau McCaulley, Lent: The Season of Repentance and Renewal

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20. Say Yes: Discover the Surprising Life Beyond the Death of a Dream

By: Scott Erickson

4.39

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Say Yes gives you the mental and spiritual practices you need to enjoy your life again--and bring g… read more

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"Why do we always believe that the path of our deepest desire would be so far from the path that God would have us walk? How is the path of desire so different from the path to the Giver of that desir…"

-Scott Erickson, Say Yes: Discover the Surprising Life Beyond the Death of a Dream

"This isn't a journey of you becoming the perfect version of yourself; that's what cults are built on. This is the journey about receiving the gift of yourself - the beautiful, vulnerable you... that …"

-Scott Erickson, Say Yes: Discover the Surprising Life Beyond the Death of a Dream

"Vulnerability is our relationship to our weaknesses, not our weaknesses themselves. It's the feeling we have when confronted with our imperfections. The image of being vulnerable is that of taking of…"

-Scott Erickson, Say Yes: Discover the Surprising Life Beyond the Death of a Dream

"Renowned professor and mythologist Joseph Campbell said: "People say that what we're all seeking is a meaning for life. I don't think that's what we're really seeking. I think that what we're seeking…"

-Scott Erickson, Say Yes: Discover the Surprising Life Beyond the Death of a Dream

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21. A Hanging at Dawn (Bess Crawford, #11.5)

By: Charles Todd

4.01

Format: 181 pages, Kindle Edition

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Bess Crawford mystery series, a short story that … read more

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"A lot of people have to spend so much energy on overcoming their low opinion of themselves that they seldom get round to asking about the purpose of their existence. And if they do, it is often out o…"

-Charles Todd, A Hanging at Dawn (Bess Crawford, #11.5)

9 best-selling audiobook books like Following Jesus: Finding Our Way Home in an Age of Anxiety by Henri J.M. Nouwen

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Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did

John Mark Comer

4.63

Transform Your Habits

Live No Lies: Recognize and Resist the Three Enemies That Sabotage Your Peace

John Mark Comer

4.49

Transform Your Habits

Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer

Tyler Staton

4.60

Transform Your Habits

Art and Faith: A Theology of Making

Makoto Fujimura

4.29

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12 Best audiobook books like Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did by John Mark Comer

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Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

Dane C. Ortlund

4.52

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John Mark Comer

4.63

Transform Your Habits

How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away

Emily P. Freeman

4.01

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Untangle Your Emotions: Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do About It

Jennie Allen

4.24

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