Clinging: The Experience of Prayer
By: Emilie Griffin
4.42
Format: None pages, Paperback
Simple, elegantly written, and warmly felt invitation to prayer.
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1. Invitation to Solitude and Silence: Experiencing God's Transforming Presence
By: Ruth Haley Barton , Dallas Willard
4.34
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
Winner of a Christianity Today 2005 Book Award! To seek to fill a book with words about moving beyo… read more
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- christian
- prayer
- faith
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
"We are starved for quiet, to hear the sound of sheer silence that is the presence of God himself."-Ruth Haley Barton, Invitation to Solitude and Silence: Experiencing God's Transforming Presence
2. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
By: Annie Dillard
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
An exhilarating meditation on nature and its seasons—a personal narrative highlighting one year's e… read more
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- nonfiction
- spirituality
"Innocence is a better world."-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
"The creatures I seek do not want to be seen."-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
"I never saw a tree that was no tree in particular."-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
"I am a fugitive and a vagabond, a sojourner seeking signs."-Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
3. The Lost World of Adam and Eve: Genesis 2–3 and the Human Origins Debate
By: N.T. Wright , John H. Walton
4.11
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
For centuries the story of Adam and Eve has resonated richly through the corridors of art, literatu… read more
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- christian
- nonfiction
- religion
4. 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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- faith
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- nonfiction
- spirituality
"...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
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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- faith
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6. Orthodoxy
By: G.K. Chesterton
4.11
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
Chesterton (The Man Who Knew Too Much) capped his brilliant literary career with this exploration o… read more
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- christian
- nonfiction
- religion
7. The Way of the Heart: The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers
By: Henri J.M. Nouwen
3.94
Format: 489 pages, Paperback
Henry J.M. Nouwen, one of the greatest of all spiritual writers, invites us to search deeply for th… read more
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- christian
- faith
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
8. Anatomy of the Soul: Surprising Connections Between Neuroscience and Spiritual Practices that Can Transform Your Life and Relationships
By: Curt Thompson
4.44
Format: None pages, Paperback
Do you want to improve your relationships and experience lasting personal change? Join Curt Thompso… read more
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- faith
- christian
- nonfiction
- spirituality
9. Invitation to a Journey: A Road Map for Spiritual Formation
By: M. Robert Mulholland Jr.
3.50
Format: 185 pages, Paperback
"The process of being conformed to the image of Christ for the sake of others: " so M. Robert Mulho… read more
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- faith
- christian
- nonfiction
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10. The Practice of the Presence of God
By: Brother Lawrence
4.32
Format: 95 pages, Paperback
Alternative cover edition of ISBN 0883681056 can be found here Brother Lawrence was a man of hum… read more
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"We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed."-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
"We must know before we can love. In order to know God, we must often think of Him; and when we come to love Him, we shall then also think of Him often, for our heart will be with our treasure."-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
" Prayer is so simple. It is like quietly opening a door and slipping into the very presence of God. There, in the stillness, to listen to His voice, perhaps in petition or only to listen. It matters …"-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
"That with him the set times of prayer were not different from other times: that he retired to pray, according to the directions of his Superior, but that he did not want such retirement. nor ask for …"-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
11. Opening to God: Lectio Divina and Life as Prayer
By: David G. Benner
3.67
Format: 348 pages,
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12. The Knowledge of the Holy
By: A.W. Tozer
3.98
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
The Knowledge of the Holyby popular evangelical author and Christian mystic A.W. Tozer illuminates … read more
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13. 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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14. Fervent: A Woman's Battle Plan to Serious, Specific and Strategic Prayer
By: Priscilla Shirer
4.45
Format: 190 pages, Paperback
You have an enemy . . . and he’s dead set on destroying all you hold dear and keeping you from expe… read more
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- christian
- prayer
- faith
- religion
- nonfiction
- spirituality
15. Unoffendable: How Just One Change Can Make All of Life Better
By: Brant Hansen
4.11
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Not entitled to get angry? Really? It's a radical, provocative idea: We're not entitled to get offe… read more
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16. Anything Is Possible
By: Elizabeth Strout
3.20
Format: None pages,
Short story collection Anything Is Possibleexplores the whole range of human emotion through the in… read more
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17. Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship with God
By: Dallas Willard
3.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
"God spoke to me." "The Spirit spoke to my heart." "God revealed the idea to me." Being close to Go… read more
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18. The Never Game (Colter Shaw, #1)
By: Jeffery Deaver
3.92
Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition
The first installment in Jeffery Deaver’s Colter Shaw series. The son of a survivalist family, Colt… read more
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19. 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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- nonfiction
"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
20. Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)
By: Robert Thorogood
3.92
Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition
It’s been an enjoyable and murder-free time for Judith, Suzie and Becks – AKA the Marlow Murder Clu… read more
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"... Feynman's technique was simple. And he claimed that it was always successful. But it' not currently working for me. Not yet. What was it? Well, when he was building the first atomic bomb, he obse…"-Robert Thorogood, Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)
21. Rough Sleepers
By: Tracy Kidder
4.35
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In Rough Sleepers, Tracy Kidder shows how one person can make a difference, as he tells the story o… read more
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- nonfiction
22. Everything Sad Is Untrue
By: Daniel Nayeri
4.32
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
At the front of a middle school classroom in Oklahoma, a boy named Khosrou (whom everyone calls "Da… read more
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"Every story is the sound of a storyteller begging to stay alive."-Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue
"I won't tell you about her yet, because sometimes love has to be kept secret. If other people find out, they will attack it."-Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue
"Sometimes you just want somebody to look at a thing with you and say, "Yes. That is a thing you're looking at. You haven't lied to yourself."-Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue
"Maybe there isn’t just one person designated for everybody. Maybe there’s a lot more to it---maybe you choose and you practice, and that’s what makes the love true."-Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue
23. 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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- christian
- nonfiction
"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
24. The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
By: John Mark Comer
4.53
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
"Who am I becoming?" That was the question nagging pastor and author John Mark Comer. Outwardly, he… read more
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"Hurry is violence on the soul."-John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
"In the cruciform kingdom, only the bad things die: image and status and bragging rights, all vanity."-John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
"The point of a trellis isn’t to make the vines stand up straight in neat rows, but rather to attain a rich, deep glass of wine. It’s to create space for the vine to grow and bear fruit."-John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
"The Hebrew word Shabbat means ‘to stop.’ But it can also be translated ‘to delight.’ It has this dual idea of stopping and also of joying in God and our lives in his world. The Sabbath is an entire d…"-John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World
25. Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
By: Evelyn Waugh
4.00
Format: 452 pages, Paperback
An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here. The most nostalgic and reflective of Evely… read more
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"Here my last love had died."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
"No one is ever holy without suffering."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
"I had been there before; I knew all about it."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
"My father greeted me with his usual air of mild regret."-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
26. Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools: An Invitation to the Wonder and Mystery of Prayer
By: Tyler Staton
4.60
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Prayer is the source of Jesus's most astonishing miracles and the subject of Jesus's most audacious… read more
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27. 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
28. How to Pray: A Simple Guide for Normal People
By: Pete Greig
4.59
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Everyone prays. But no one finds it easy. We all need a little help. Pete Greig has been teaching o… read more
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29. 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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30. Bear
By: Julia Phillips
3.38
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A mesmerising novel of two sisters on a Pacific Northwest island whose lives are upended by an unex… read more
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"There'd been only three hundred students in the whole school, which made it a tiny, gossipy hellhole, a bucket of crabs snapping at each other and falling over themselves."-Julia Phillips, Bear
"What was Sam afraid of? Withering away here. Dreaming of chances she'd never be able to take, and shriveling up from that denial, getting poorer and put under more pressure and pushed farther from th…"-Julia Phillips, Bear
31. Clinging: The Experience of Prayer
By: Emilie Griffin
4.42
Format: None pages, Paperback
Simple, elegantly written, and warmly felt invitation to prayer. read more
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