Now and Then: A Memoir of Vocation
By: Frederick Buechner
4.29
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Spiritual and autobiographical reflections on the author's seminary days, early ministry, and writi…
Want to Read"The past is the place we view the present from as much as the other way around."-Frederick Buechner, Now and Then: A Memoir of Vocation
"The past is the place we view the present from as much as the other way around."-Frederick Buechner, Now and Then: A Memoir of Vocation
"It is more than just memory, I think, that binds us to the past. The past is the place we view the present from as much as the other way around..."-Frederick Buechner, Now and Then: A Memoir of Vocation
"It is more than just memory, I think, that binds us to the past. The past is the place we view the present from as much as the other way around..."-Frederick Buechner, Now and Then: A Memoir of Vocation
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1. Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Plan for the World
By: Timothy J. Keller , Katherine Leary Alsdorf
4.29
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author of The Prodigal Prophet Timothy Keller shows how God calls on eac… read more
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"It (idolatry) means turning a good thing into an ultimate thing."-Timothy J. Keller, Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Plan for the World
"Two things we want so desperately, glory and relationship, can coexist only in God."-Timothy J. Keller, Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Plan for the World
"Community service has become a patch for morality. You can devote your life to community service and be a total schmuck."-Timothy J. Keller, Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Plan for the World
"The great danger is to always single out some aspect of God’s good creation and identify it, rather than alien intrusion of sin, as the villain."-Timothy J. Keller, Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Plan for the World
2. The Cost of Discipleship
By: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
4.30
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
One of the most important theologians of the twentieth century illuminates the relationship between… read more
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"When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
"Discipleship is not an offer that man makes to Christ."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
"Only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
"Strict exercise of self-control is an essential feature of the Christian's life."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
3. Practice Resurrection: A Conversation on Growing Up in Christ (Spiritual Theology #5)
By: Eugene H. Peterson
3.68
Format: 205 pages, Hardcover
The fifth and final book in Eugene Peterson's best-selling series of "conversations" in spiritual t… read more
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4. That Hideous Strength (Space Trilogy, #3)
By: C.S. Lewis
3.81
Format: 4 pages, Paperback
Written during the dark hours immediately before and during the Second World War, C. S. Lewis's Spa… read more
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5. The Contemplative Pastor: Returning to the Art of Spiritual Direction (The Pastoral series, #4)
By: Eugene H. Peterson
4.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
Any pastor who needs and wants to get back to basics will do well to absorb this book. Eugene Peter… read more
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6. The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness
By: Timothy J. Keller
4.51
Format: 46 pages, Paperback
‘What are the marks of a supernaturally changed heart?’ This is one of the questions the Apostle… read more
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"...the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less."-Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness
"In other words, we are only proud of being more successful, more intelligent or more good-looking than the next person, and we are in the presence of someone who is more successful, intelligent and g…"-Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness
"Up until the 20th century, traditional cultures (and this is still true of most cultures in the world) always believed that too high a view of yourself was the root cause of all the evil in the world…"-Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness
7. Till We Have Faces
By: C.S. Lewis
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
In this timeless tale of two mortal princesses- one beautiful and one unattractive- C.S. Lewis rewo… read more
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8. Confessions
By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler
3.41
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
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9. Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
By: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
4.27
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
After his martyrdom at the hands of the Gestapo in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer continued his witness … read more
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"God is not a God of the emotions but the God of truth."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
"We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
"It is only when he is a burden that another person is really a brother and not merely an object to be manipulated"-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
"The Church does not need brilliant personalities but faithful servants of Jesus and the brethren. Not in the former but in the latter is the lack."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
10. Foreign to Familiar: A Guide to Understanding Hot - And Cold - Climate Cultures
By: Sarah Lanier
4.12
Format: None pages,
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11. The Power and the Glory
By: John Updike , Graham Greene
3.13
Format: 192 pages,
How does goodspoil, and how can badbe redeemed? In his penetrating novel The Power and the Glory, G… read more
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12. Holy the Firm
By: Annie Dillard
3.98
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
In 1975 Annie Dillard took up residence on an island in Puget Sound in a wooded room furnished with… read more
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13. A Prayer Journal
By: Flannery O'Connor , None
3.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"I would like to write a beautiful prayer," writes the young Flannery O'Connor in this deeply spiri… read more
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14. The Violent Bear It Away
By: Flannery O'Connor
4.90
Format: None pages, Paperback
First published in 1960, The Violent Bear It Awayis now a landmark in American literature. It is a … read more
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15. In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership
By: Henri J.M. Nouwen
3.24
Format: 324 pages, Paperback
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16. Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)
By: C.S. Lewis
4.00
Format: 314 pages, Paperback
The second book in C. S. Lewis's acclaimed Space Trilogy, which also includes Out of the Silent Pla… read more
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"Say a child’s prayer if you can’t say a man’s."-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)
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"About this time tomorrow, you will have done the impossible."-C.S. Lewis, Perelandra (The Space Trilogy, #2)
17. How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told
By: Harrison Scott Key
4.07
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From Harrison Scott Key, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, How to Stay Married tells … read more
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"He was "as deep as bro country and possessed all the charm of an unsalted potato."-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told
"I play the drums, an instrument that has caused more divorces than any other musical instrument in history, after the banjo."-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told
"The memories do not dissolve. They cohere into captivating art films that play endlessly in the International Infidelity Film Festival of my mind."-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told
"Coco will be gone in less than two years and Pippi and Ginsburg not long after, and then it'll just be the two of us again and this weird-ass marriage."-Harrison Scott Key, How to Stay Married: The Most Insane Love Story Ever Told
18. The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution
By: Carl R. Trueman
4.57
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Modern culture is obsessed with identity. Since the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court … read more
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"[I]n the work of the New Left one finds philosophical justification for what are now intuitive commonplaces of our culture: to be free is to be sexually liberated; to be happy is to be affirmed in th…"-Carl R. Trueman, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution
"The expressive individual is now the sexually expressive individual. And education and socialization are to be marked not by the cultivation of traditional sexual interdicts and taboos but rather by …"-Carl R. Trueman, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution
19. 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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20. I Cheerfully Refuse
By: Leif Enger
4.03
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of Rainy, an aspiring musician se… read more
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"Those thieves and lovers and wandering poets- what big lives they had! I began watching everyone I met for secret greatness."-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
"I think the sea has no in-between: you get either rage and wayward lightning and schizoid frenzy or such freehanded beauty that time contract or turns in on itself leaving you forgetful and no more n…"-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
"One shelf became two. Then a wall. Then eight-foot rolling racks from a shut library in Hayward, Wisconsin. Maudie suggested changing the shop name to reflect its inventory. Bread and Books. Loaves a…"-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
"Much as I wanted to think of Lark in someplace better, I knew from a thousand conversations that she never worried abut that place. Maybe it was real and full of saints and poets, or maybe it was poe…"-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
21. Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
By: Tish Harrison Warren
4.63
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
ECPA Christian Book of the YearChristianity Today Book of the YearForeword INDIES Book of the Year … read more
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"Voor christenen is slaap een belichaamde manier om te belijden dat we erop vertrouwen dat het werk van God niet van ons afhangt."-Tish Harrison Warren, Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
"Bescherm wie blij zijn. In dit gebed erkennen we de kwetsbaarheid van vreugde. We vragen God om mensen die blij zijn te beschermen, om dat deel in ons te beschermen dat moedig genoeg is om te geloven…"-Tish Harrison Warren, Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
"Hoewel de statistieken laten zien dat hier in het Westen met name jonge mensen afdwalen naar ongeloof, deels vanwege het probleem van het kwaad, lijkt onze welvaart veel meer twijfel te veroorzaken d…"-Tish Harrison Warren, Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
"Het profetisch getuigenis van de kerk in een woedecultuur is om mensen te zijn die weten hoe we samen moeten huilen over de pijn en onrechtvaardigheid in de wereld en over de realiteit van onze eigen…"-Tish Harrison Warren, Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
22. Leadership and Emotional Sabotage: Resisting the Anxiety That Will Wreck Your Family, Destroy Your Church, and Ruin the World
By: Joe Rigney
4.54
Format: 120 pages, Hardcover
Who are you when the teeth come out? For every true act of leadership, there is an equal and mo… read more
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"The Scriptures regularly use the metaphor of a body to speak about human social life. The church is the body of Christ, with many members (1 Cor. 12). Marriage is a “one flesh"-Joe Rigney, Leadership and Emotional Sabotage: Resisting the Anxiety That Will Wreck Your Family, Destroy Your Church, and Ruin the World
23. An American Childhood
By: Annie Dillard
3.91
Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition
Annie Dillard remembers. She remembers the exhilaration of whipping a snowball at a car and having… read more
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"I myself was both observer and observable, and so a possible object of my own humming awareness."-Annie Dillard, An American Childhood
"Private life, book life, took place where words met imagination without passing through the world."-Annie Dillard, An American Childhood
"Knowing you are alive is watching on every side your generation's short time falling away as fast as rivers drop through air, and feeling it hit."-Annie Dillard, An American Childhood
"Those of us who read carried around with us like martyrs a secret knowledge, a secret joy and a secret hope: There is a life worth living where history is still taking place; there are ideas worth dy…"-Annie Dillard, An American Childhood
24. 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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25. The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory
By: Abigail Rine Favale
4.59
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
The question of gender—who we are as men and women—has never been more pressing, or more misunderst… read more
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26. Jack (Gilead, #4)
By: Marilynne Robinson
3.86
Format: 309 pages, Hardcover
Marilynne Robinson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Humanities Medal, returns to the … read more
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"Those who can't hope can still wish."-Marilynne Robinson, Jack (Gilead, #4)
"So many of earth's grievances could be soothed by a little consideration."-Marilynne Robinson, Jack (Gilead, #4)
"He had a way of anticipating memories he particularly didn’t want to have."-Marilynne Robinson, Jack (Gilead, #4)
"An intensely lonely man for whom life has not gone well - I believe this was your language."-Marilynne Robinson, Jack (Gilead, #4)
27. A Burning in My Bones: The Authorized Biography of Eugene H. Peterson, Translator of The Message
By: Winn Collier
4.65
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
This essential authorized biography of Eugene Peterson offers unique insights into the experiences … read more
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28. The Need to Be Whole: Patriotism and the History of Prejudice
By: Wendell Berry
4.03
Format: 513 pages, Paperback
Wendell Berry has never been afraid to speak up for the dispossessed. The Need to Be Whole continue… read more
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29. Jesus the Great Philosopher: Rediscovering the Wisdom Needed for the Good Life
By: Jonathan T. Pennington
4.26
Format: 230 pages, Paperback
Many of us tend to live as though Jesus represents the "spiritual part" of our lives. We don't clea… read more
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30. Now and Then: A Memoir of Vocation
By: Frederick Buechner
4.29
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Spiritual and autobiographical reflections on the author's seminary days, early ministry, and writi… read more
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"The past is the place we view the present from as much as the other way around."-Frederick Buechner, Now and Then: A Memoir of Vocation
"It is more than just memory, I think, that binds us to the past. The past is the place we view the present from as much as the other way around..."-Frederick Buechner, Now and Then: A Memoir of Vocation
"It is within the bonds of marriage that I, for one, found a greater freedom to be and to become and to share myself thatn I can imaine ever having found in any other kind of relationship."-Frederick Buechner, Now and Then: A Memoir of Vocation
"Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery it is. In the boredom and pain of it, no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of …"-Frederick Buechner, Now and Then: A Memoir of Vocation
31. Gregory of Nyssa: On the Human Image of God (Oxford Early Christian Texts)
By: John Behr
4.38
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
This book presents the first modern critical edition of the work of Gregory of Nyssa, On the Human … read more
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