12 Best religion books like That Sounds Fun: The Joys of Being an Amateur, the Power of Falling in Love, and Why You Need a Hobby by Annie F. Downs

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That Sounds Fun: The Joys of Being an Amateur, the Power of Falling in Love, and Why You Need a Hobby

By: Annie F. Downs

3.92

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Bestseller! We know there are certain things we must have to survive--food, shelt…

If you liked the religion plot in That Sounds Fun: The Joys of Being an Amateur, the Power of Falling in Love, and Why You Need a Hobby by Annie F. Downs , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life by Tish Harrison Warren

1. Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life

By: Tish Harrison Warren

4.08

Format: 31 pages, Paperback

Many of us go through the day feeling like we don't have time for God. But God can become present t… read more

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  • christian
  • faith
  • christian living
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  • nonfiction
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2. Garden City: Work, Rest, and the Art of Being Human.

By: John Mark Comer

4.12

Format: None pages, Hardcover

You've heard people say "Who you are matters more than what you do". Does the Bible really teach th… read more

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  • faith
  • christian living
  • christian
  • nonfiction

3. If You Only Knew: My Unlikely, Unavoidable Story of Becoming Free

By: None

2.88

Format: 29 pages, Hardcover

What if you knewall the moments of my past that I am not proud of? What if you really knew me, the … read more

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4. Bittersweet: Thoughts on Change, Grace, and Learning the Hard Way

By: Shauna Niequist

3.44

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

"The idea of bittersweetis changing the way I live, unraveling and re-weaving the way I understand … read more

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5. Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been

By: Jackie Hill Perry

4.36

Format: 193 pages, Paperback

"I used to be a lesbian." In Gay Girl, Good God, author Jackie Hill Perry shares her own story, … read more

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  • christian
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"Do you know why we have a hard time believing that a gay girl can become a completely different creature? Because, we have a hard time believing in God. ..."

-Jackie Hill Perry, Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been

"From the outside looking in, it could be assumed that Preston's and my relationship was God's proof of turning a "gay girl good." But really, He'd already done that the moment He'd set me free from s…"

-Jackie Hill Perry, Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been

"Trying to contain the small giggle welling up in her chest from the sincerity of my question, Santoria, full of confidence, responded while looking toward my direction, "Yes, Jackie.The gospel didn't…"

-Jackie Hill Perry, Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been

"LGBT culture has done an excellent job of renewing or should I say, destroying, the mind of many, mainly by consistently using words as their greatest tool in their efforts to draw people into findin…"

-Jackie Hill Perry, Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been

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6. Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.

By: Bob Goff

4.24

Format: 221 pages, Hardcover

Through his pithy and inspiring storytelling that has endeared him to millions, New York Times best… read more

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  • self help
  • christian
  • personal development
  • faith
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear by Jinger Duggar Vuolo

7. Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear

By: Jinger Duggar Vuolo

3.60

Format: 221 pages, Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller Jinger Vuolo, the sixth child in the famous Duggar family of TLC's 19 Kid… read more

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  • faith
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8. I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet: Discovering New Ways of Living When the Old Ways Stop Working

By: Shauna Niequist

4.01

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

When everything we've been clinging to falls apart, how do we know what to keep and what to let go … read more

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  • self help
  • christian
  • memoir
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  • audiobook
Cover of The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World by John Mark Comer

9. The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World

By: John Mark Comer

4.53

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

"Who am I becoming?" That was the question nagging pastor and author John Mark Comer. Outwardly, he… read more

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"Hurry is violence on the soul."

-John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World

"In the cruciform kingdom, only the bad things die: image and status and bragging rights, all vanity."

-John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World

"The point of a trellis isn’t to make the vines stand up straight in neat rows, but rather to attain a rich, deep glass of wine. It’s to create space for the vine to grow and bear fruit."

-John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World

"The Hebrew word Shabbat means ‘to stop.’ But it can also be translated ‘to delight.’ It has this dual idea of stopping and also of joying in God and our lives in his world. The Sabbath is an entire d…"

-John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World

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10. 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
  • faith
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away

By: Emily P. Freeman

4.01

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

New York Times Bestseller If life were a house, then every room holds a story. What do we do when … read more

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  • self help
  • christian
  • personal development
  • memoir
  • faith
  • christian living
  • religion
  • nonfiction
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12. Untangle Your Emotions: Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do About It

By: Jennie Allen

4.24

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of Get Out of Your Head provides a revolutionary path to embr… read more

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  • christian
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"Feelings aren’t meant to be fixed. Feelings are meant to be felt."

-Jennie Allen, Untangle Your Emotions: Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do About It

"Let me be clear, you will never be emotionally healthy outside the will of God."

-Jennie Allen, Untangle Your Emotions: Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do About It

"Our willingness to feel what we feel connects us to ourselves, to others, to God."

-Jennie Allen, Untangle Your Emotions: Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do About It

"After all, where did those of us who know Jesus get the idea that we were going to have a straight and easy path all the way to heaven? It’s a wild ride all the way home."

-Jennie Allen, Untangle Your Emotions: Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do About It

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13. Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People

By: Bob Goff

4.44

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

New York Times Bestseller! What happens when we give away love like we're made of it? In his… read more

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"Love isn’t something we fall into; love is someone we become."

-Bob Goff, Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People

"There’s a difference between good judgment and living in judgment."

-Bob Goff, Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People

"Sadly, whenever I make my opinions more important than the difficult people God made, I turn the wine back into water."

-Bob Goff, Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People

"What is it that you don't think you can do? What do you think is too big for you? Or too scary, or too risky? Sometimes God whispers it, and sometimes, he shouts it. Whatever the volume, I bet he's a…"

-Bob Goff, Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People

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14. All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

By: Beth Moore

4.47

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and Wall Street Journal bestseller! An incredibly thoughtful,… read more

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"Once you've broken to pieces, the luxury of imagining yourself unbreakable evaporates."

-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

"You want to know how to love me? Love my children. You want to be good to me? Be good to my children."

-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

"A teenager doesn't know she's still a child. A teenager feels like an adult, I suppose primarily because her outside, her flesh and her face, her body, her size, her width and height, look like - and…"

-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

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15. Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts

By: Jennie Allen

4.08

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

You can choose hope in the midst of chaos. The visionary behind the million-strong IF:Gathering cha… read more

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  • christian
  • personal development
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16. Find Your People: Building Deep Community in a Lonely World

By: Jennie Allen

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The New York Times bestselling author of Get Out of Your Head offers practical solutions for creati… read more

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  • christian living
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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions by Emily P. Freeman

17. The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions

By: Emily P. Freeman

4.26

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Nothing gets our attention like an unmade decision: Should I accept the new position? Which schooli… read more

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"Making a living is nothing if you're not also making a life."

-Emily P. Freeman, The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions

"Just because things change doesn't mean you chose wrong in the first place. Just because you're good at something doesn't mean you have to do it forever."

-Emily P. Freeman, The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions

"A No Mentor is there to help you feel confident about saying no to the things you really don’t want to do anyway or to help you finally discover your strong, brave yes in the midst of fear."

-Emily P. Freeman, The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions

"Sometimes it looks like you're going nowhere or that you're headed in the wrong direction. I'm learning that the decision itself is rarely the point. The point is becoming more fully ourselves in the…"

-Emily P. Freeman, The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions

Cover of Tired of Being Tired: Receive God's Realistic Rest for Your Soul-Deep Exhaustion by Jess Connolly

18. Tired of Being Tired: Receive God's Realistic Rest for Your Soul-Deep Exhaustion

By: Jess Connolly

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

If you're a woman, chances are you know the You start the day already exhausted and end it defeate… read more

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  • christian
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19. Rhythms of Renewal: Trading Stress and Anxiety for a Life of Peace and Purpose

By: Rebekah Lyons

4.10

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Daily struggles with anxiety and stress make it difficult to receive God's peace. Rhythms of Renewa… read more

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"The enemy of our souls wants us to be isolated and alone. He knows that when we're isolated, we're easy prey. Why? When we're alone and vulnerable, we feel afraid. When we're together and vulnerable,…"

-Rebekah Lyons, Rhythms of Renewal: Trading Stress and Anxiety for a Life of Peace and Purpose

Cover of That Sounds Fun: The Joys of Being an Amateur, the Power of Falling in Love, and Why You Need a Hobby by Annie F. Downs

20. That Sounds Fun: The Joys of Being an Amateur, the Power of Falling in Love, and Why You Need a Hobby

By: Annie F. Downs

3.92

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Bestseller! We know there are certain things we must have to survive--food, shelt… read more

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21. Breaking Free from Body Shame: Dare to Reclaim What God Has Named Good

By: Jess Connolly

4.43

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

You were made for more than a love/hate relationship with your body. It's one thing to know in your… read more

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16 best-selling audiobook books like That Sounds Fun: The Joys of Being an Amateur, the Power of Falling in Love, and Why You Need a Hobby by Annie F. Downs

Transform Your Habits

Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been

Jackie Hill Perry

4.36

Transform Your Habits

Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.

Bob Goff

4.24

Transform Your Habits

Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear

Jinger Duggar Vuolo

3.60

Transform Your Habits

I Guess I Haven't Learned That Yet: Discovering New Ways of Living When the Old Ways Stop Working

Shauna Niequist

4.01

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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

Transform Your Habits

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

Dane C. Ortlund

4.52

Transform Your Habits

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

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

Transform Your Habits

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

Jennie Allen

4.24

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