Christ on Trial: How the Gospel Unsettles Our Judgment
By: Rowan Williams
4.12
Format: 157 pages, Paperback
The trial, conviction, and death of an innocent man 2,000 years ago have particular resonance today…
Want to Read $ 14.05"I long for the Church to be more truly itself, and for me this involves changing its stance on war, sex, investment and many other difficult matters. I believe in all conscience that my questions and my disagreements are all of God. Yet I must also learn to live in and attend to the reality of the Church as it is, to do the prosaic things that can be and must be done now and to work at my relations now with the people who will not listen to me or those like me—because what God asks of me is not to live in the ideal future but to live with honesty and attentiveness in the present, i.e., to be at home. "What if the project in question is myself, and not some larger social question such as war? At the end of the day, it is the central concern for most of us. We long to change and to grow, and we are rightly suspicious of those who are pleased with the way they are and cannot seem to conceive of changing any further. Yet the torture of trying to push away and overcome what we currently are or have been, the bitter self-contempt of knowing what we lack, the postponement of joy and peace because we cannot love ourselves now—these are not the building blocks for effective change. We constantly try to start from somewhere other than where we are. Truthful living involves being at home with ourselves, not complacently but patiently, recognizing that what we are today, at this moment, is sufficiently loved and valued by God to be the material with which he will work, and that the longed-for transformation will not come by refusing the love and the value that is simply there in the present moment. "So we come back, by a longish detour, to the point to which Mark's narrative brought us: the contemplative enterprise of being where we are and refusing the lure of a fantasized future more compliant to our will, more satisfying in the image of ourselves that it permits. Living in the truth, in the sense in which John's Gospel gives it, involves the same sober attention to what is there—to the body, the chair, the floor, the voice we hear, the face we see—with all the unsatisfactoriness that this brings. Yet this is what it means to live in that kingdom where Jesus rules, the kingdom that has no frontiers to be defended. Our immersion in the present moment which is God's delivers the world to us—and that world is not the perfect and fully achieved thing we might imagine, but the divided and difficult world we actually inhabit. Only, by the grace of this living in the truth, we are able to say to it at least an echo of the 'yes' that God says, to accept as God accepts."-Rowan Williams, Christ on Trial: How the Gospel Unsettles Our Judgment
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1. Thoughts in Solitude
By: Thomas Merton
4.03
Format: 129 pages, Paperback
Thoughtful and eloquent, as timely (or timeless) now as when it was originally published in 1956, T… read more
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"Those who are not grateful soon begin to complain of everything."-Thomas Merton, Thoughts in Solitude
"If a man is to live, he must be all alive, body, soul, mind, heart, spirit."-Thomas Merton, Thoughts in Solitude
"Words stand between silence and silence: between the silence of things and the silence of our own being. Between the silence of the world and the silence of God. When we have really met and known the…"-Thomas Merton, Thoughts in Solitude
"My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think that I am followin…"-Thomas Merton, Thoughts in Solitude
2. Wise Blood
By: Flannery O'Connor
3.83
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
(This is an alternate-cover edition for ISBN 9780374530631) The American short story master Flan… read more
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"Jesus died to redeem you,"-Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood
"It's easier to bleed than sweat, Mr. Motes."-Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood
"In yourself right now is all the place you've got."-Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood
"If you want to get anywhere in religion, you got to keep it sweet."-Flannery O'Connor, Wise Blood
3. The Unbearable Lightness of Being
By: Milan Kundera , Michael Henry Heim
4.11
Format: 314 pages, Paperback
In The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera tells the story of a young woman in love with a… read more
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"I want you to be weak. As weak as I am."-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
"Physical love is unthinkable without violence."-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
"Only the most naive of questions are truly serious."-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
"The longing for Paradise is man's longing not to be man."-Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
4. Culture Care: Reconnecting with Beauty for Our Common Life
By: Makoto Fujimura
4.25
Format: 106 pages, Paperback
"Culture is not a territory to be won or lost but a resource we are called to steward with care. Cu… read more
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"A civilization cannot be a civilization without the arts. A great civilization is an art form of the highest order."-Makoto Fujimura, Culture Care: Reconnecting with Beauty for Our Common Life
"One reminder from Emily [Dickinson]’s life is that one needs nothing more than a small and dedicated space to make significant impact in culture."-Makoto Fujimura, Culture Care: Reconnecting with Beauty for Our Common Life
5. A Pale View of Hills
By: Kazuo Ishiguro
3.79
Format: 183 pages, Paperback
Librarian note: This a previously-published edition of ISBN 9780571225378. In his highly acclaim… read more
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"Sisters are supposed to be people you’re close to, aren’t they. You may not like them much, but you’re still close to them."-Kazuo Ishiguro, A Pale View of Hills
"It doesn’t matter how old someone is, it’s what they’ve experienced that counts. People can get to be a hundred and not experience a thing."-Kazuo Ishiguro, A Pale View of Hills
"I’ve come to appreciate cooking over the years. It’s an art, I’m convinced of it, just as noble as painting or poetry. It’s not appreciated simply because the product disappears so quickly"-Kazuo Ishiguro, A Pale View of Hills
"The Americans, they never understood the way things were in Japan. Not for one moment have they understood. Their ways may be fine for Americans, but in Japan things are different, very different."-Kazuo Ishiguro, A Pale View of Hills
6. Tokens of Trust
By: Rowan Williams , Master of Magdalene College University of Cambridge Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams
4.08
Format: 159 pages, Hardcover
What does it mean to believe in God? Can God possibly be almighty in the midst of so much evil and … read more
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"[Knowing God]... call it love, yes, only that can sound too emotional, or call it faith, and that can sound too cerebral. And what is it? Both, and neither... [its] the decision to be faithful, the p…"-Rowan Williams, Tokens of Trust
7. Child of God
By: Cormac McCarthy
3.84
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
In this taut, chilling novel, Lester Ballard--a violent, dispossessed man falsely accused of rape--… read more
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8. The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming
By: Henri J.M. Nouwen
4.09
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
A chance encounter with a reproduction of Rembrandt's painting, The Return of the Prodigal Son, cat… read more
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9. On the Incarnation
By: C.S. Lewis , Athanasius of Alexandria , None
3.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
A universally acknowledged masterpiece of fourth-century patristic theology. As C. S. Lewis observe… read more
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10. Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)
By: P.G. Wodehouse
4.25
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
The titles of the first story in this collection—'Jeeves Takes Charge'— and the last—'Bertie Change… read more
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"Employers are like horses — they require management."-P.G. Wodehouse, Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)
"You would not enjoy Nietzsche, sir. He is fundamentally unsound."-P.G. Wodehouse, Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)
"Well, you know, there are limits to the sacred claims of friendship."-P.G. Wodehouse, Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)
"What's the use of a great city having temptations if fellows don't yield to them?"-P.G. Wodehouse, Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)
11. As I Lay Dying
By: William Faulkner
3.72
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
As I Lay Dying is Faulkner’s harrowing account of the Bundren family’s odyssey across the Mississip… read more
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"vomiting the crying"-William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying
"But peace is my heart: I know it is."-William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying
"it's better to build a tight chicken coop than a shoddy courthouse."-William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying
"sometimes i lose faith in human nature for a time; i am assailed by doubt."-William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying
12. Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches
By: Tony Kushner
4.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
Pulitzer Prize-winner for Drama, 1993. The first part of Tony Kushner's epic drama of America in th… read more
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13. Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World
By: Henri J.M. Nouwen
3.71
Format: 435 pages, Paperback
Initially written for a Jewish friend, Life of the Beloved has become Henri Nouwen's greatest legac… read more
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14. The Pearl
By: John Steinbeck
3.54
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Like his father and grandfather before him, Kino is a poor diver, gathering pearls from the gulf be… read more
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"What have I to fear but starvation?" Kino asked."-John Steinbeck, The Pearl
"In the surface of the great pearl he could see dream forms."-John Steinbeck, The Pearl
"It was a morning like other mornings and yet perfect among mornings."-John Steinbeck, The Pearl
"We do know that we are cheated from birth to the overcharge on our coffins."-John Steinbeck, The Pearl
15. The Abolition of Man
By: C.S. Lewis
3.97
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0060652944 The Abolition of Man, Lewis uses his graceful prose, del… read more
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16. Laurus
By: None , Lisa Hayden
4.17
Format: 510 pages, Hardcover
It is the late fifteenth century and a village healer in Russia is powerless to help his beloved as… read more
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17. Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers
By: Dane C. Ortlund
4.52
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Christians know that God loves them, but often think that he is perpetually disappointed and frustr… read more
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"Looking inside ourselves, we can anticipate only harshness from heaven. Looking out to Christ, we can anticipate only gentleness."-Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers
"The fall also entrenched in our minds dark thoughts of God, thoughts that are only dug out over multiple exposures to the gospel over many years. Perhaps Satan’s greatest victory in your life today i…"-Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers
"John's point in 13:1 is that in going to the cross, Jesus did not retain something for himself, the way we tend to do when we seek to love others sacrificially. He does not love like us. We love unti…"-Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers
"It is one thing, as a child, to be told your father loves you. You believe him. You take him at his word. But it is another thing, unutterably more real, to be swept up in his embrace, to feel the wa…"-Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers
18. The Chandler Legacies
By: Abdi Nazemian
3.65
Format: 330 pages, Hardcover
From the Stonewall Honor–winning author of Like a Love Story comes a revelatory novel about the enc… read more
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"My legacy isn't about living up to my past by trying to be perfect. It's about the future I'll help create by being myself. We make our own legacy."-Abdi Nazemian, The Chandler Legacies
"There is no right or wrong way to be creative. Creativity is the only true purpose we have. It's our power, and we have a duty to use that power responsibly."-Abdi Nazemian, The Chandler Legacies
"But I'll tell you what we will never be deficient of. LOVE. We love art and beauty. We love new ideas and pushing boundaries. We love fighting against corruption. We love redefining archaic rules. We…"-Abdi Nazemian, The Chandler Legacies
19. Entering the Passion of Jesus: A Beginner's Guide to Holy Week
By: Amy-Jill Levine
4.26
Format: 146 pages, Kindle Edition
Author, professor, and Jewish scholar, Amy-Jill Levine dives deep into the biblical texts surroundi… read more
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20. Christ on Trial: How the Gospel Unsettles Our Judgment
By: Rowan Williams
4.12
Format: 157 pages, Paperback
The trial, conviction, and death of an innocent man 2,000 years ago have particular resonance today… read more
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"I long for the Church to be more truly itself, and for me this involves changing its stance on war, sex, investment and many other difficult matters. I believe in all conscience that my questions and…"-Rowan Williams, Christ on Trial: How the Gospel Unsettles Our Judgment
21. The Anglican Spirit
By: Arthur Michael Ramsey
4.18
Format: None pages, Paperback
Archbishop Michael Ramsey was one of the church's most remarkable twentieth-century saints--wise an… read more
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