18 Best nonfiction books like Nourishing Narratives: The Power of Story to Shape Our Faith by Jennifer L. Holberg

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Nourishing Narratives: The Power of Story to Shape Our Faith

By: Jennifer L. Holberg

4.31

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Humans are story-shaped creatures. We make sense of our world, pattern our lives, and reflect on wh…

"In this season of growing darkness, I wonder how we as Christians choose to publicize the miracle we proclaim. If it is not leading to greater illumination—to a greater light—we might want to rethink how we’re doing it. How can we name the miracle, not as a simple fix, but as an abiding truth?"

-Jennifer L. Holberg, Nourishing Narratives: The Power of Story to Shape Our Faith

"In this season of growing darkness, I wonder how we as Christians choose to publicize the miracle we proclaim. If it is not leading to greater illumination—to a greater light—we might want to rethink how we’re doing it. How can we name the miracle, not as a simple fix, but as an abiding truth?"

-Jennifer L. Holberg, Nourishing Narratives: The Power of Story to Shape Our Faith

"In this season of growing darkness, I wonder how we as Christians choose to publicize the miracle we proclaim. If it is not leading to greater illumination—to a greater light—we might want to rethink how we’re doing it. How can we name the miracle, not as a simple fix, but as an abiding truth?"

-Jennifer L. Holberg, Nourishing Narratives: The Power of Story to Shape Our Faith

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1. Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth

By: Richard J. Foster

3.77

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

Richard J. Foster's Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growthis hailed by many as the… read more

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2. The Listening Life: Embracing Attentiveness in a World of Distraction

By: Adam S. McHugh

4.67

Format: 127 pages, Paperback

"Be quick to listen, slow to speak." --James 1:19 How would our lives change if we approached every… read more

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3. A Living Remedy: A Memoir

By: Nicole Chung

4.01

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A searing memoir of family, class and grief—a daughter’s search to understand the lives her adoptiv… read more

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"How do you learn to cherish yourself, your life, when grief has made it unrecognizable? I am starting to feel that we do so not by trying to fill a void that can never be filled but by living as best…"

-Nicole Chung, A Living Remedy: A Memoir

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4. 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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5. The Wood Between the Worlds: A Poetic Theology of the Cross

By: Brian Zahnd

4.53

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

The cross is the heart of Scripture Everything about the gospel message leads to the cross, and pro… read more

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6. Star Wars: The Living Force

By: John Jackson Miller

3.81

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

In the year before The Phantom Menace, Yoda, Mace Windu, and the entire Jedi Council confront a gal… read more

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7. 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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8. Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church

By: Nijay K. Gupta

4.35

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Women were there. For centuries, discussions of early Christianity have focused on male leaders in … read more

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9. 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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10. 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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11. Rebel in the Ranks: Martin Luther, the Reformation, and the Conflicts That Continue to Shape Our World

By: Brad S. Gregory

3.84

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When Martin Luther published his 95 Theses in October 1517, he had no intention of starting a revol… read more

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12. Becoming Elisabeth Elliot

By: Ellen Vaughn

4.62

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Elisabeth Elliot was a young missionary in Ecuador when members of a violent Amazonian tribe savage… read more

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13. Ghosted: An American Story

By: Nancy French

4.45

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A riveting look inside a life of poverty, success, and the inner circles of political influence--fr… read more

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Cover of Why God Makes Sense in a World That Doesn't: The Beauty of Christian Theism by Gavin Ortlund

14. Why God Makes Sense in a World That Doesn't: The Beauty of Christian Theism

By: Gavin Ortlund

4.51

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

It has never been more important to articulate the wonder and enchantment of the Christian message.… read more

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"That day I came across several of the so-called new atheist books: Richard Dawkins’s The God Delusion, Christopher Hitchens’s God Is Not Great, and Sam Harris’s The End of Faith. I vividly remember t…"

-Gavin Ortlund, Why God Makes Sense in a World That Doesn't: The Beauty of Christian Theism

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15. Being God's Image: Why Creation Still Matters

By: Carmen Joy Imes

4.47

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

What does it mean to be human? This timeless question proves critical as we seek to understand our … read more

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16. The Lost World of the Prophets: Old Testament Prophecy and Apocalyptic Literature in Ancient Context (The Lost World Series)

By: John H. Walton

4.24

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Being responsive to God is at the heart of prophecy. But readers of ancient prophecies and apocalyp… read more

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17. Native: Identity, Belonging, and Rediscovering God

By: Kaitlin B. Curtice

4.25

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Native is about identity, soul-searching, and being on the never-ending journey of finding ourselve… read more

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18. Nobody's Mother: Artemis of the Ephesians in Antiquity and the New Testament

By: Sandra L. Glahn

4.49

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

Some Christians think Paul's reference to "saved through childbearing" in 1 Timothy 2:15 means that… read more

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19. Nourishing Narratives: The Power of Story to Shape Our Faith

By: Jennifer L. Holberg

4.31

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Humans are story-shaped creatures. We make sense of our world, pattern our lives, and reflect on wh… read more

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"In this season of growing darkness, I wonder how we as Christians choose to publicize the miracle we proclaim. If it is not leading to greater illumination—to a greater light—we might want to rethink…"

-Jennifer L. Holberg, Nourishing Narratives: The Power of Story to Shape Our Faith

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20. The Soul in Paraphrase: A Treasury of Classic Devotional Poems

By: Leland Ryken

4.29

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Christians throughout the ages have written poetry as a way to commune with and teach about God, co… read more

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9 must-read adult books like A Living Remedy: A Memoir by Nicole Chung

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Let Us Descend

Jesmyn Ward

3.70

Transform Your Habits

A Living Remedy: A Memoir

Nicole Chung

4.01

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Wandering Stars

Tommy Orange

3.89

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Roxanna Asgarian

4.32

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