United States of Grace: A Memoir of Homelessness, Addiction, Incarceration, and Hope
By: lenny duncan
4.32
Format: 170 pages, ebook
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1. What Is the Bible?: How an Ancient Library of Poems, Letters, and Stories Can Transform the Way You Think and Feel About Everything
By: Rob Bell
4.32
Format: 336 pages, ebook
Rob Bell, the beloved author of Love Wins and What We Talk About When We Talk About God, goes deep … read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
- theology
2. Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion
By: Gregory Boyle
4.48
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Father Gregory Boyle’s sparkling parables about kinship and the sacredness of life are drawn from t… read more
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- nonfiction
- religion
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"If you can't fix it, feature it."-Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion
"Sometimes, it only seems that the hurt wins."-Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion
"Terror melting into wonder, then slipping into peace."-Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion
"[T]he principal suffering of the poor is shame and disgrace."-Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion
3. Player Piano
By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
4.38
Format: 613 pages, Paperback
Kurt Vonnegut's first novel spins the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus, who must find a way t… read more
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4. Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People
By: Nadia Bolz-Weber
3.76
Format: 6 pages, ebook
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER What if that person you've been trying to avoid is your best shot at grac… read more
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- religion
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5. The Cross and the Lynching Tree
By: James H. Cone
4.51
Format: 202 pages, Hardcover
The cross and the lynching tree are the two most emotionally charged symbols in the history of the … read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
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"For [Martin Luther] King nonviolence was more than a strategy; it was the way of life defined by love for others—the only way to heal broken humanity."-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree
"The gospel of Jesus is not a rational concept to be explained in a theory of salvation, but a story about God’s presence in Jesus’ solidarity with the oppressed, which led to his death on the cross. …"-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree
"The cross and the lynching tree interpret each other. Both were public spectacles, shameful events, instruments of punishment reserved for the most despised people in society. Any genuine theology an…"-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree
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7. The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist
By: Dorothy Day , Daniel Berrigan
3.68
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
This inspiring and fascinating memoir, subtitled, "The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Soci… read more
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8. Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation
By: Parker J. Palmer
4.18
Format: 411 pages, Hardcover
With wisdom, compassion, and gentle humor, Parker J. Palmer invites us to listen to the inner teach… read more
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9. Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
By: Shane Hawk
3.98
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection that dares to ask the question: “Are you ready to… read more
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10. Heart Berries
By: Terese Marie Mailhot
3.84
Format: 143 pages, Hardcover
Heart Berries is a powerful, poetic memoir of a woman's coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian … read more
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"Pain expanded my heart."-Terese Marie Mailhot, Heart Berries
"You are such a home to me."-Terese Marie Mailhot, Heart Berries
"Romanticism requires bravery and risk."-Terese Marie Mailhot, Heart Berries
"Sometimes suicidality doesn’t seem dark; it seems fair."-Terese Marie Mailhot, Heart Berries
11. The Mysteries
By: Bill Watterson
3.76
Format: 72 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Indie Bestseller. From Bill Watterson, bests… read more
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12. The Desolations of Devil's Acre (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #6)
By: Ransom Riggs
4.22
Format: 528 pages, Kindle Edition
The fate of peculiardom hangs in the balance in this epic conclusion to the Miss Peregrine's Peculi… read more
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"Oh for heaven's sake, you provincial boob, I can speak better English than you can."-Ransom Riggs, The Desolations of Devil's Acre (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #6)
13. The St. Ambrose School for Girls
By: Jessica Ward
3.28
Format: 358 pages, Hardcover
Heathers meets The Secret History in this thrilling coming-of-age novel set in a boarding school wh… read more
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14. The Conference of the Birds (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #5)
By: Ransom Riggs
4.09
Format: 400 pages, ebook
A FRAGILE PEACE. AN APOCRYPHAL WARNING. CHAOS WAITING IN THE HEART OF THE STORM. With his dying … read more
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15. No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear
By: Kate Bowler
4.13
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The bestselling author of Everything Happens for a Reason (And Other Lies I've Loved) asks, how do … read more
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- nonfiction
- religion
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"We live and we are loved and we are gone."-Kate Bowler, No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear
"Nothing will exempt me from the pain of being human."-Kate Bowler, No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear
"People say carpe diem. I mean, yes, unless you need a nap."-Kate Bowler, No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear
"I feel a spark of horror each time I remember it: we come undone."-Kate Bowler, No Cure for Being Human: And Other Truths I Need to Hear
16. Stars Collide
By: Rachel Lacey
4.02
Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition
Eden Sands has been a star for twenty years, but it’s lonely at the top. Her mediocre marriage just… read more
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17. This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
By: Cole Arthur Riley
4.63
Format: 203 pages, Hardcover
In her stunning debut, the creator of Black Liturgies weaves stories from three generations of her … read more
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- theology
"Anxiety is not a passive predator."-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
"Rest is an act of defiance, and it cannot be predicated on apology."-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
"In community, we can push back on the expectation that we exhaust ourselves."-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
"Those who believe love is a scarcity are less likely to give it away freely."-Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
18. Rebecca, Not Becky
By: Christine Platt
3.51
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
In the vein of Such a Fun Age, a whip-smart, compulsively readable novel about two upper-class stay… read more
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19. Acceptance: A Memoir
By: Emi Nietfeld
4.21
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A luminous, generation-defining memoir of foster care and homelessness, Harvard and Big Tech, exami… read more
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"Any exclusive system is a system of exclusion."-Emi Nietfeld, Acceptance: A Memoir
"Everyone who dealt with disadvantaged kids, from therapists to college admissions officers, treated us as if we could overcome any abuse or neglect with sheer force of will."-Emi Nietfeld, Acceptance: A Memoir
"Adults viewed suicidal ideation as a pathology. But for me it was logic. Weighing the bad against the good, projecting forward to decide if life was worth sticking around for."-Emi Nietfeld, Acceptance: A Memoir
20. Admissions: A Memoir of Surviving Boarding School
By: Kendra James
3.64
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Early on in Kendra James’ professional life, she began to feel like she was selling a lie. As an ad… read more
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21. Everything Is Spiritual: Finding Your Way in a Turbulent World
By: Rob Bell
4.18
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
I’ve had a sense since I was young that there’s more going on here, that the world is not a cold,… read more
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22. God Is a Black Woman
By: Christena Cleveland
4.32
Format: 256 pages, ebook
In this timely, much-needed book, theologian, social psychologist, and activist Christena Cleveland… read more
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23. My Body Is Not a Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church
By: Amy Kenny
4.20
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Much of the church has forgotten that we worship a disabled God whose wounds survived resurrection,… read more
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24. Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good (About Sex)
By: Nadia Bolz-Weber
4.21
Format: 195 pages, Kindle Edition
Annotation: "Nothing gives church folk anxiety quite like the subject of sex. And that's why in Sh… read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
- theology
"If the teachings of the church are harming the bodies and spirits of people, we should rethink those teachings."-Nadia Bolz-Weber, Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good (About Sex)
"In my pastoral work I've started to suspect that the more someone was exposed to religious messages about controlling their desires, avoiding sexual thoughts, and not lusting in their hearts, the les…"-Nadia Bolz-Weber, Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good (About Sex)
"To God, everyone is different but no one is special. You're not special for being straight. Or gay. Or male. Or cis. Or trans. Or asexual. Or married. Or sexually prodigious. Or a virgin. We all have…"-Nadia Bolz-Weber, Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good (About Sex)
"Holiness is the union we experience with one another and with God. Holiness is when more than one become one, when what is fractured is made whole. Singing in harmony. Breastfeeding a baby. Collectiv…"-Nadia Bolz-Weber, Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good (About Sex)
25. See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love
By: Valarie Kaur
4.54
Format: 389 pages, Hardcover
How do we love in a time of rage? How do we fix a broken world while not breaking ourselves? Valari… read more
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- nonfiction
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- memoir
"Wonder is the wellspring for love"-Valarie Kaur, See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love
"You are a part of me I do not yet know"-Valarie Kaur, See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love
"I believe laboring in joy is the meaning of life."-Valarie Kaur, See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love
"Grieving together, we ease each other’s suffering and come to know each other."-Valarie Kaur, See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love
26. Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship
By: Gregory Boyle
4.57
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In a moving example of unconditional love in difficult times, the Jesuit priest and bestselling au… read more
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- nonfiction
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"What if we ceased to pledge our allegiance to the bottom line and stood, instead, with those who line the bottom?"-Gregory Boyle, Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship
"Moral outrage is the opposite of God; it only divides and separates what God wants for us, which is to be united in kinship. Moral outrage doesn't lead us to solutions - it keeps us from them. It kee…"-Gregory Boyle, Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship
"But I know, with all the certainty of my being, that Jesus has no interest in my doing this. To just say, "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, I'm your biggest fan," causes him to stare at his watch, tap his feet, …"-Gregory Boyle, Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship
"[...] But then he adds quickly, "You know what I do when I'm low on faith?" I shake my head and lean in. My faith's gas tank has been known to hover at "E", so I wanted to know. "I stand right here a…"-Gregory Boyle, Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship
27. Heal Your Way Forward: The Co-Conspirator's Guide to an Antiracist Future
By: Myisha T. Hill
4.46
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Heal Your Way Forward is a seminal work in antiracism, guiding white and white-identifying folks to… read more
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- nonfiction
28. Entitlement
By: Rumaan Alam
3.59
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A novel of money and morality from the New York Times bestselling author of Leave the World Behind … read more
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29. In the Margins: A Transgender Man’s Journey with Scripture
By: Shannon T.L. Kearns
4.60
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
Moving the conversation beyond transgender inclusion to demonstrate the unique and vital theologica… read more
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- lgbt
- theology
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- nonfiction
"My transition was a homecoming, a process of making peace, a fulfillment of my calling. When Jesus said he came so we would have abundant life (John 10:10), I think this is part of what he's talking …"-Shannon T.L. Kearns, In the Margins: A Transgender Man’s Journey with Scripture
"The message of the eunuchs also calls us to look around and ask: Who is being excluded? Who is not welcome? Who is there no space for? [...] There is nothing to prevent them from being baptized. Ther…"-Shannon T.L. Kearns, In the Margins: A Transgender Man’s Journey with Scripture
30. United States of Grace: A Memoir of Homelessness, Addiction, Incarceration, and Hope
By: lenny duncan
4.32
Format: 170 pages, ebook
"This lyrical testament to life as "a blind date with mercy" will challenge and inspire."--Publishe… read more
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31. Grown Women
By: Sarai Johnson
4.28
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In this stunning debut novel, four generations of complex Black women contend with motherhood and d… read more
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"I don’t think you’re ever really grown."-Sarai Johnson, Grown Women
"We can learn from trauma. We can become better, more efficient, if we do the work."-Sarai Johnson, Grown Women
"Similarly, I owe a great deal to my female ancestors and the women who mothered me."-Sarai Johnson, Grown Women
"Sometimes the best thing you can do for someone you love is stay the hell away from them."-Sarai Johnson, Grown Women
