8 must-read christian living books like Letters From the Mountain by Ben Palpant

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Letters From the Mountain

By: Ben Palpant

4.65

Format: None pages, Audio CD

In this memoir of the craft, Ben Palpant unpacks a lifetime of wisdom gained through the long, hard…

If you liked the christian living plot in Letters From the Mountain by Ben Palpant , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Shiloh (Shiloh #1)

By: Helena Sorensen

4.15

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

In a world of perpetual darkness, a boy is born who wields remarkable power over fire. Amos is no m… read more

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2. The Secret of the Swamp King (The Wilderking Trilogy, #2)

By: Jonathan Rogers

4.40

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

As book two opens, Aidan is living in the court of King Darrow. He has become best friends with Dar… read more

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3. The Way of the Wilderking (The Wilderking Trilogy, #3)

By: Jonathan Rogers

4.45

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

n book three of the acclaimed Wilderking Trilogy, civilizer Aidan returns home from three years in … read more

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4. The Angel Knew Papa and the Dog

By: Zach Franzen , Douglas Kaine McKelvey

3.84

Format: 135 pages, Paperback

Without Mama, life in the log house at the forest's edge can be lonely for a little girl. But there… read more

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5. 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
  • nonfiction
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6. The Bark of the Bog Owl (The Wilderking Trilogy, #1)

By: Jonathan Rogers , None , None

4.25

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Aidan Errolson comes from a long line of adventurers. His grandparents were among t… read more

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"You don't want to be killed. I don't either. But wouldn't you rather die once than die every day of your life?"

-Jonathan Rogers, The Bark of the Bog Owl (The Wilderking Trilogy, #1)

"Who knows what the future holds? Only the One God," explained Aidan. "You just live the little bit of life that you can see in front of you. You live it well. And that gets you ready for whatever unf…"

-Jonathan Rogers, The Bark of the Bog Owl (The Wilderking Trilogy, #1)

7. Peace Like a River

By: Leif Enger

4.09

Format: 315 pages,

Once in a great while, we encounter a novel in our voluminous reading that begs to be read aloud. L… read more

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8. Jayber Crow

By: Wendell Berry

3.95

Format: 253 pages,

From the simple setting of his own barber shop, Jayber Crow, orphan, seminarian, and native of Port… read more

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9. 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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10. 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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  • christian
  • nonfiction
  • writing
"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

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11. 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

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12. 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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  • christian living
  • christian
  • nonfiction
"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

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13. You Are a Tree: And Other Metaphors to Nourish Life, Thought, and Prayer

By: Joy Marie Clarkson

4.10

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

In a world dominated by technology and efficiency, we speak of ourselves as we process things, we … read more

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  • christian living
  • christian
  • nonfiction
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14. Virgil Wander

By: Leif Enger

4.01

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

Virgil Wander is an all-American story that follows the inhabitants of a small Midwestern town in t… read more

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"Your tribe is always bigger than you think."

-Leif Enger, Virgil Wander

"He had an advanced capacity for hatred. It came to him easily and fully formed."

-Leif Enger, Virgil Wander

"She seemed to belong here, though maybe she was the sort to belong wherever she was at the time."

-Leif Enger, Virgil Wander

"I wanted to hear about many small things, the smaller the better. I wanted to tell her small things in return."

-Leif Enger, Virgil Wander

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15. Every Moment Holy

By: Douglas Kaine McKelvey

4.83

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

EVERY MOMENT HOLY is a book of liturgies for the ordinary events of daily life--liturgies such as … read more

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16. The Understory: An Invitation to Rootedness and Resilience from the Forest Floor

By: Lore Ferguson Wilbert

4.38

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

"Walk in the woods with me." That's the invitation award-winning author Lore Ferguson Wilbert ex… read more

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17. The Door on Half-Bald Hill

By: Helena Sorensen

4.17

Format: 302 pages, Paperback

"They believed they had come to the last turning of the wheel." When the Bloodmoon rose, death c… read more

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18. 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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Cover of Undone: A Modern Rendering of John Donne's Devotions by Philip Yancey

19. Undone: A Modern Rendering of John Donne's Devotions

By: Philip Yancey

4.44

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

As the world entered the long night of 2020, Philip Yancey turned to John Donne's Devotions, a near… read more

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20. Songbird (Shiloh #3)

By: Helena Sorensen

4.38

Format: 286 pages, Kindle Edition

The stunning conclusion to The Shiloh SeriesThe Shadow's hold has grown strong over Shiloh. For man… read more

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21. Letters From the Mountain

By: Ben Palpant

4.65

Format: None pages, Audio CD

In this memoir of the craft, Ben Palpant unpacks a lifetime of wisdom gained through the long, hard… read more

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9 best-selling nonfiction books like Letters From the Mountain by Ben Palpant

Transform Your Habits

Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life

Tish Harrison Warren

4.08

Transform Your Habits

Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making

Andrew Peterson

4.51

Transform Your Habits

Rembrandt Is in the Wind: Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith

Russ Ramsey

4.53

Transform Your Habits

You Are a Tree: And Other Metaphors to Nourish Life, Thought, and Prayer

Joy Marie Clarkson

4.10

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18 best-selling religion books like The Understory: An Invitation to Rootedness and Resilience from the Forest Floor by Lore Ferguson Wilbert

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

The Woman They Wanted: Shattering the Illusion of the Good Christian Wife

Shannon Harris

3.77

Transform Your Habits

The Evangelical Imagination: How Stories, Images, and Metaphors Created a Culture in Crisis

Karen Swallow Prior

4.25

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