19 best-selling nonfiction books like Uproar: Calm Leadership in Anxious Times by Peter L. Steinke

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Uproar: Calm Leadership in Anxious Times

By: Peter L. Steinke

3.96

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

If “these are the times that test men’s souls,” never more than for the leader’s ability to think c…

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1. Leaf by Niggle

By: J.R.R. Tolkien

4.26

Format: 22 pages, ebook

Leaf by Niggle is a short story about a painter who is working on a picture leaf by leaf. Niggle, t… read more

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"Feeria è meglio della sensazione che non ci sia niente al di là dell'usato mondo di tutti i giorni"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, Leaf by Niggle

"He was going to learn about sheep, and the high pasturages, and look at a wider sky, and walk ever further and further towards the Mountains, always uphill. Beyond that I cannot guess what became of …"

-J.R.R. Tolkien, Leaf by Niggle

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2. The Cost of Discipleship

By: Dietrich Bonhoeffer

4.30

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

One of the most important theologians of the twentieth century illuminates the relationship between… read more

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"When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship

"Discipleship is not an offer that man makes to Christ."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship

"Only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship

"Strict exercise of self-control is an essential feature of the Christian's life."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship

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3. Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue

By: Edwin H. Friedman

4.19

Format: 319 pages, Hardcover

This acclaimed, influential work applies the concepts of systemic family therapy to the emotional l… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • church
  • leadership
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4. Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory

By: Tod Bolsinger

4.25

Format: 351 pages, Paperback

Explorers Lewis and Clark had to adapt. While they had prepared to find a waterway to the Pacific O… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • church
  • leadership
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5. Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading (Spiritual Theology #2)

By: Eugene H. Peterson

4.57

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Eat This Book challenges us to read the Scriptures on their own terms, as God's revelation, and to … read more

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6. 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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7. The Great Divorce

By: C.S. Lewis

4.31

Format: 146 pages, Paperback

Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0-00-746123-3 C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce is a classic Christi… read more

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"Reality is harsh to the feet of shadows. But will you come?"

-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

"Good, as it ripens, becomes continually more different not only from evil but from other good."

-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

"There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him."

-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

"I cannot love a lie," said the Lady. "I cannot love the thing which is not. I am in Love, and out of it I will not go."

-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce

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8. The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ

By: Fleming Rutledge

4.13

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Though the apostle Paul boldly proclaimed "Christ crucified" as the heart of the gospel, Fleming Ru… read more

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Cover of Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

9. Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

By: Dietrich Bonhoeffer

4.27

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

After his martyrdom at the hands of the Gestapo in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer continued his witness … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • church
"God is not a God of the emotions but the God of truth."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

"We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

"It is only when he is a burden that another person is really a brother and not merely an object to be manipulated"

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

"The Church does not need brilliant personalities but faithful servants of Jesus and the brethren. Not in the former but in the latter is the lack."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

10. The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible

By: Scot McKnight

4.82

Format: 174 pages, Hardcover

"Why Can't I Just Be a Christian?" Parakeets make delightful pets. We cage them or clip their wings… read more

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11. The Spirit of the Disciplines : Understanding How God Changes Lives

By: Dallas Willard

3.43

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

How to Live as Jesus LivedDallas Willard, one of today's most brilliant Christian thinkers and auth… read more

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12. Renovation of the Heart: Putting On the Character of Christ

By: Eugene H. Peterson , Dallas Willard

3.43

Format: 375 pages,

Renovation of the Heartexplains the common misunderstandings about human nature and the discipleshi… read more

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13. Accompany Them with Singing: The Christian Funeral

By: Thomas G. Long

3.50

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Thomas Long begins this fascinating volume by describing how the Christian funeral developed histor… read more

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14. The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness

By: Simon Wiesenthal

5.00

Format: None pages,

While imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, Wiesenthal was taken one day from his work detail to… read more

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15. The Emotionally Healthy Leader: How Transforming Your Inner Life Will Deeply Transform Your Church, Team, and the World

By: Peter Scazzero

3.72

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Do you feel too overwhelmed to enjoy life, unable to sort out the demands on your time? Are you doi… read more

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16. Our Iceberg Is Melting

By: Spencer Johnson , John P. Kotter , Peter Mueller , Holger Rathgeber

3.79

Format: 368 pages,

"This charming story about a penguin colony in Antarctica illustrates key truths about how we deal … read more

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17. Surrender to Love: Discovering the Heart of Christian Spirituality

By: David G. Benner

3.72

Format: 134 pages, Paperback

A Personal Growth Finalist in the 2004 Word Guild Canadian Writing Awards! "Only God deserves absol… read more

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18. Run with the Horses: The Quest for Life at Its Best

By: Eugene H. Peterson

4.14

Format: None pages, Paperback

Eugene Peterson explores the heart of what it means to be fully and genuinely human. His writing is… read more

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19. The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith

By: Timothy J. Keller

4.42

Format: 139 pages, Hardcover

Newsweek called renowned minister Timothy Keller "a C. S. Lewis for the twenty-first century" in a … read more

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"If we say, 'I believe in Jesus,' but it doesn't affect the way we live, the answer is not that now we need to add hard work to our faith so much as that we haven't truly understood or believed in Jes…"

-Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith

"Mercy and forgiveness must be free and unmerited to the wrongdoer. If the wrongdoer has to do something to merit it, then it isn't mercy, but forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting th…"

-Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith

"The targets of this story are not "wayward sinners" but religious people who do everything the Bible requires. Jesus is pleading not so much with immoral outsiders as with moral insiders. H wants to …"

-Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith

"I asked her what was so scary about unmerited free grace? She replied something like this: "If I was saved by my good works -- then there would be a limit to what God could ask of me or put me throug…"

-Timothy J. Keller, The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith

20. Turn the Ship Around!: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders

By: L. David Marquet

4.05

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

"Leadership should mean giving control rather than taking control and creating leaders rather than … read more

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21. The Lord and His Prayer

By: N.T. Wright

0.00

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

Taking the Lord's Prayer clause by clause, Wright locates this prayer within the historical life an… read more

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22. Find the Good: Unexpected Life Lessons from a Small-Town Obituary Writer

By: Heather Lende

4.00

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

As the obituary writer in a spectacularly beautiful but often dangerous spit of land in Alaska, Hea… read more

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23. The Story of Christianity: Volume 2: The Reformation to the Present Day

By: Justo L. González

4.29

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

This highly informative, narrative history covers the events, persons, external influences, and for… read more

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24. In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership

By: Henri J.M. Nouwen

3.24

Format: 324 pages, Paperback

Henri Nouwen was a spiritual thinker with an unusual capacity to write about the life of Jesus and … read more

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25. Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did

By: John Mark Comer

4.63

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The author of the international bestseller The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry calls us to rediscover… read more

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26. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

By: Cal Newport

3.73

Format: 244 pages, Hardcover

Do fewer things. Work at a natural pace. Obsess over quality. From the New York Times bestsellin… read more

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  • leadership
"What are we really doing here?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"Wouldn’t it be nice to have a job like that where you didn’t have to worry about being productive?"

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The world of cognitive work lacks coherent ideas about how our efforts should be organized and measured."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

"The pandemic didn’t introduce this trend so much as push its worst excesses beyond the threshold of tolerability."

-Cal Newport, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

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27. The Motive: Why So Many Leaders Abdicate Their Most Important Responsibilities

By: Patrick Lencioni

4.26

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Shay was still angry but shrugged nonchalantly as if to say, it's not that big of a deal. "So, what… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • leadership
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28. Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen

By: Donald Miller

4.27

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Donald Miller uses the seven universal elements of powerful stori… read more

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  • leadership
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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. A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8)

By: Sherry Thomas

4.19

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

Charlotte Holmes is accustomed to solving crimes, not being accused of them, but she finds herself … read more

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31. Uproar: Calm Leadership in Anxious Times

By: Peter L. Steinke

3.96

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

If “these are the times that test men’s souls,” never more than for the leader’s ability to think c… read more

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6 Best leadership books like Uproar: Calm Leadership in Anxious Times by Peter L. Steinke

Transform Your Habits

Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue

Edwin H. Friedman

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Canoeing the Mountains: Christian Leadership in Uncharted Territory

Tod Bolsinger

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

Cal Newport

3.73

Transform Your Habits

The Motive: Why So Many Leaders Abdicate Their Most Important Responsibilities

Patrick Lencioni

4.26

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12 Best audiobook books like Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did by John Mark Comer

Transform Your Habits

Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

Dane C. Ortlund

4.52

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

Untangle Your Emotions: Naming What You Feel and Knowing What to Do About It

Jennie Allen

4.24

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