Lent in Plain Sight: A Devotion through Ten Objects
By: Jill J. Duffield
4.21
Format: 171 pages, Kindle Edition
God is often at work through the ordinary people, ordinary objects, ordinary grace. Through the or…
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1. Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters
By: Timothy J. Keller
4.35
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of The Reason for God and The Songs of Jesus and a nationally… read more
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"The true god of your heart is what your thoughts effortlessly go to when there is nothing else demanding your attention."-Timothy J. Keller, Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters
"When people say, "I know God forgives me, but I can't forgive myself," they mean that they have failed an idol, whose approval is more important than God's."-Timothy J. Keller, Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters
"People "at the top" are eager to attribute their position to their own intellect, savvy, and hard work. The reality is much more complicated. Personal connections, family environment, and what appear…"-Timothy J. Keller, Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters
"When anything in life is an absolute requirement for your happiness and self-worth, it is essentially an ‘idol,’ something you are actually worshiping. When such a thing is threatened, your anger is …"-Timothy J. Keller, Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters
2. A Way Other Than Our Own: Devotions for Lent
By: Walter Brueggemann , None
4.26
Format: 95 pages, Paperback
Lent recalls times of wilderness and wandering, from newly freed Hebrew slaves in exile to Jesus' t… read more
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"I imagine Lent for you and for me as a great departure from the greedy, anxious antineighborliness of our economy, a great departure from our exclusionary politics that fears the other, a great depar…"-Walter Brueggemann, A Way Other Than Our Own: Devotions for Lent
3. Listening to Your Life: Daily Meditations with Frederick Buechner
By: Frederick Buechner , None
4.34
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Daily meditations taken from the works of an acclaimed novelist, essayist, and preacher who has art… read more
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"Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom,' the good thief said from his cross. (Luke 23:42). There are perhaps no more human words in all of Scripture, no prayer we can pray so well."-Frederick Buechner, Listening to Your Life: Daily Meditations with Frederick Buechner
"If we are a people who pray, darkness is apt to be a lot of what our prayers are about. If we are people who do not pray, it is apt to be darkness in one form or another that has stopped our mouths."-Frederick Buechner, Listening to Your Life: Daily Meditations with Frederick Buechner
4. Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy
By: Anne Lamott
3.70
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow and Stitches comes a powerful exploration of mercy… read more
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"...being sober delivered almost everything drinking promised."-Anne Lamott, Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy
"...my disease wanted me dead, but would settle for getting me drunk..."-Anne Lamott, Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy
"Sigh: who was it who said that to get into heaven, you needed a letter of recommendation from the poor?"-Anne Lamott, Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy
"Trauma, which is stored differently in the brain than memory, seeps out of us as warnings of worse to come."-Anne Lamott, Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy
5. The Twisted Sword (Poldark, #11)
By: Winston Graham
4.37
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
The eleventh novel in the legendary Poldark saga. Cornwall, 1815: Demelza sees a horseman riding do… read more
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"I am enceinte, gravid, pregnant, in pup, call it what you will. No doubt there are as many names for the production of a child as for the act which initiates it."-Winston Graham, The Twisted Sword (Poldark, #11)
6. 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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7. Pauses for Lent: 40 Words for 40 Days
By: Trevor Hudson , Joanna Bradley
3.97
Format: 176 pages,
In this beautifully minimalist book, Trevor Hudson focuses on 40 single words one for each day of t… read more
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8. Serena
By: Ron Rash
3.94
Format: 456 pages, Hardcover
A New York Timesbestseller and PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist, Serena by award-winning author Ron Rash… read more
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9. Have a Little Faith: a True Story
By: Mitch Albom
4.67
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
In Have a Little Faith, Mitch Albom offers a beautifully written story of a remarkable eight-year j… read more
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10. Misreading Scripture with Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible
By: E. Randolph Richards , Brandon J. O'Brien
3.87
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
What was clear to the original readers of Scripture is not always clear to us. Because of the cultu… read more
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11. The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out
By: Brennan Manning , Michael W. Smith , None
3.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
A Furious Love Is Hot on Your Trail! Many believers feel stunted in their Christian growth. We beat… read more
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12. A Life of Obedience
By: Andrew Murray
4.07
Format: 112 pages,
Andrew Murray traces obedience through the Bible, from Genesis to the final chapter of Revelation, … read more
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13. The Lantern's Dance (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #18)
By: Laurie R. King
4.41
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, hoping for a respite in the French countryside, are instead caugh… read more
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14. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
By: David Brooks
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper c… read more
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"Being open-hearted is a prerequisite for being a full, kind, and wise human being."-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
"A person who is looking for beauty is likely to find wonders, while a person looking for threats will find danger. A person who beams warmth brings out the glowing sides of the people she meets, whil…"-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
15. The Frozen River
By: Ariel Lawhon
4.43
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more
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16. Wholehearted Faith
By: Rachel Held Evans
4.42
Format: 196 pages, Hardcover
A new collection of original writings by Rachel Held Evans, whose reflections on faith and life con… read more
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"Many of us have found a renewed sense of possibility when we've realized how much of God's beauty remains to be explored — and that the life of faith is also a life of holy curiosity."-Rachel Held Evans, Wholehearted Faith
"It is nearly impossible to believe: God shrinking down to the size of a zygote, implanted in the soft lining of a woman’s womb. God growing fingers and toes. God kicking and hiccupping in utero. God …"-Rachel Held Evans, Wholehearted Faith
17. 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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18. The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)
By: Jacqueline Winspear
4.46
Format: 342 pages, Hardcover
A milestone in historical mystery fiction as Maisie Dobbs takes her final bow! Psychologist and… read more
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"You've go to get on with it, my boy. Stop feeling sorry for yourselft, because what's done is done. You can't change it, so you've got to stiffen your backbone. You've a good job, a very nice roof ov…"-Jacqueline Winspear, The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)
19. 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
20. 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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"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
21. An American Beauty
By: Shana Abe
4.15
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
This sweeping novel of historical fiction is inspired by the true rags-to-riches story of Arabella … read more
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22. Winter Recipes from the Collective
By: Louise Glück
3.99
Format: 46 pages, Hardcover
The 2020 Nobel Prize winner Louise Glück's thirteenth book is among her most haunting. Here as in t… read more
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"If you can't read, my sister said, can you be happy?"-Louise Glück, Winter Recipes from the Collective
"The part of life devoted to contemplation was at odds with the part committed to action."-Louise Glück, Winter Recipes from the Collective
"I have never been much good with living things. Brightness and darkness I do rather well with."-Louise Glück, Winter Recipes from the Collective
"Look at us, she said. We are all of us in this room still waiting to be transformed. This is why we search for love. We search for it all of our lives, even after we find it."-Louise Glück, Winter Recipes from the Collective
23. This Telling
By: Cheryl Strayed
3.95
Format: 37 pages, Kindle Edition
Audible narration by Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars) A genealogy test sparks a woman’s reflection on … read more
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24. Good Enough: 40ish Devotionals for a Life of Imperfection
By: Kate Bowler
4.46
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A compassionate, intelligent, and wry series of Christian daily reflectio… read more
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25. Spirit Crossing (Cork O'Connor, #20)
By: William Kent Krueger
4.34
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A disappearance and a dead body put Cork O’Connor’s family in the crosshairs of a killer in the twe… read more
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26. The First Advent in Palestine: Reversals, Resistance, and the Ongoing Complexity of Hope
By: Kelley Nikondeha
4.39
Format: 214 pages, Hardcover
When we picture the first Advent, we see Mary and Joseph huddled by a manger. We picture Gabriel, m… read more
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27. A Refiner’s Fire (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, #33)
By: Donna Leon
4.05
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
In the thirty-third installment of Donna Leon’s magnificent series, Commissario Guido Brunetti conf… read more
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28. Lent in Plain Sight: A Devotion through Ten Objects
By: Jill J. Duffield
4.21
Format: 171 pages, Kindle Edition
God is often at work through the ordinary people, ordinary objects, ordinary grace. Through the or… read more
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29. Burn
By: Peter Heller
3.72
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the best-selling author of The Dog Stars, a novel about two men—friends since boyhood—who emer… read more
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30. Lent in Plain Sight
By: Jill J Duffield
4.21
Format: 170 pages, Paperback
God is often at work through the ordinary: ordinary people, ordinary objects, ordinary grace. Throu… read more
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31. From Daughters to Disciples: Women's Stories from the New Testament
By: Lynn Japinga
4.13
Format: 142 pages, Paperback
For too long the women of the Bible have been depicted in one-dimensional terms. On one side are sa… read more
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