Defiant: What the Women of Exodus Teach Us about Freedom
By: Kelley Nikondeha
4.38
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
There would be no Moses, no crossing of the Red Sea, no story of breaking the chains of slavery if …
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1. The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine who Outwitted America's Enemies
By: Jason Fagone
4.17
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
Joining the ranks of Hidden Figuresand In the Garden of Beasts, the incredible true story of the gr… read more
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2. The Last Week: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus's Final Days in Jerusalem
By: John Dominic Crossan , Marcus J. Borg
3.82
Format: None pages, Paperback
Top Jesus scholars Marcus J. Borg & John Dominic Crossan reveal a radical & little-known Jesus. As … read more
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3. 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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"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
4. Garden City: Work, Rest, and the Art of Being Human.
By: John Mark Comer
4.12
Format: None pages, Hardcover
You've heard people say "Who you are matters more than what you do". Does the Bible really teach th… read more
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5. Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian's Pilgrimage in Search of God in America
By: Jeff Chu
4.06
Format: 663 pages, Hardcover
Does Jesus Really Love Me?: A Gay Christian's Pilgrimage in Search of God in Americais part memoir … read more
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6. Brown Girl Dreaming
By: Jacqueline Woodson
4.27
Format: 412 pages, Hardcover
Jacqueline Woodson, one of today's finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesme… read more
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7. Blue Note Preaching in a Post-Soul World
By: Otis Moss III
3.16
Format: 91 pages, Paperback
"Can preaching recover a Blues sensibility and dare speak with authority in the midst of tragedy? A… read more
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9. Goodbye, Vitamin
By: Rachel Khong
4.29
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Goodbye, Vitamin is the wry, beautifully observed story of a woman at a crossroads, as Ruth and her… read more
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10. After Annie
By: Anna Quindlen
4.03
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her four young children and her closest friend are lef… read more
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11. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
By: Kristin Kobes Du Mez
4.30
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
A scholar of American Christianity presents a seventy-five-year history of evangelicalism that iden… read more
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12. All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir
By: Beth Moore
4.47
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and Wall Street Journal bestseller! An incredibly thoughtful,… read more
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"Once you've broken to pieces, the luxury of imagining yourself unbreakable evaporates."-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir
"You want to know how to love me? Love my children. You want to be good to me? Be good to my children."-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir
"A teenager doesn't know she's still a child. A teenager feels like an adult, I suppose primarily because her outside, her flesh and her face, her body, her size, her width and height, look like - and…"-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir
13. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
By: Tim Alberta
4.45
Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition
Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more
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14. The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
By: Beth Allison Barr
4.40
Format: 245 pages, Paperback
Biblical womanhood--the belief that God designed women to be submissive wives, virtuous mothers, an… read more
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"Glorifying the past because we like the story better isn't history; it's propaganda."-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
"When we differentiate women because of their sex, we objectify them and deny them their humanity."-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
"Like racism, patriarchy is a shapeshifter—conforming to each new era, looking as if it has always belonged."-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
"Historically, one of the greatest problems for women is that we do not remember our past and we do not work together to change our future. We do not stand together. But what if we did?"-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
15. The Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus
By: Rich Villodas
4.24
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
During our chaotic times, discover five forgotten values that can spark internal growth and help us… read more
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"Adam and Eve hid behind a tree, naked and conquered by shame. But Jesus hung on a tree, naked, and conquered shame. In Jesus, shame doesn’t have the last word."-Rich Villodas, The Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus
"Sabbath is not a reward for hard work. Sabbath is a gift that precedes work and enables us to work. (…) As with God’s Grace, rest is never a reward; it’s a gift."-Rich Villodas, The Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus
"The reason we are hospitable is to open our hearts to others in the way that God has opened His heart to us. (...) As the theologian Henri Nouwen said, "Hospitality is not to change people, but to of…"-Rich Villodas, The Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus
"When I get to the portion that says, "Lead us not into temptation," That (...) doesn't mean that God leads us into temptation; rather, (...) It's us essentially saying, "Lord, (...) I'm vulnerable. D…"-Rich Villodas, The Deeply Formed Life: Five Transformative Values to Root Us in the Way of Jesus
16. 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
17. The Book of Longings
By: Sue Monk Kidd
4.24
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
“I am Ana. I was the wife of Jesus.” Raised in a wealthy family in Sepphoris with ties to the ru… read more
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"Bless the largeness inside me, no matter how I fear it."-Sue Monk Kidd, The Book of Longings
"Her mind was an immense feral country that spilled its borders."-Sue Monk Kidd, The Book of Longings
"What most sets you apart is the spirit in you that rebels and persists."-Sue Monk Kidd, The Book of Longings
"When I tell you all shall be well, I don't mean that life won't bring you tragedy. Life will be life. I only mean you will be well in spite of it. All shall be well, no matter what."-Sue Monk Kidd, The Book of Longings
18. Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
By: Tricia Hersey
4.08
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Far too many of us have claimed productivity as the cornerstone of success. Brainwashed by capitali… read more
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19. 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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"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
"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
"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
20. Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
By: A'Lelia Perry Bundles
3.98
Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition
Now a Netflix series starring Octavia Spencer, Self Made (formerly titled On Her Own Ground) is the… read more
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21. Field Notes for the Wilderness: Practices for an Evolving Faith
By: Sarah Bessey
4.49
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A nurturing and hopeful collection of practices to help an emerging generation of Christians reconn… read more
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"And yet religion in our modern era seems mostly concerned with systematizing theology, charting time lines, answering questions, and making God small and knowable. We have created a God we can regula…"-Sarah Bessey, Field Notes for the Wilderness: Practices for an Evolving Faith
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. A Rhythm of Prayer: A Collection of Meditations for Renewal
By: Amena Brown
4.40
Format: 153 pages, Kindle Edition
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • For the weary, the angry, the anxious, and the hopeful, this collection… read more
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24. Miracles and Other Reasonable Things: A Story of Unlearning and Relearning God
By: Sarah Bessey
4.38
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
In her most personal book yet, popular speaker and bestselling author Sarah Bessey invites us into … read more
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"And part of why books matter and writing matters and storytelling matters is because the best writers go first: the best writers say the unsaid and unspoken, the secret truths we all feel but can't q…"-Sarah Bessey, Miracles and Other Reasonable Things: A Story of Unlearning and Relearning God
"I remember hearing a preacher once claim the miracle of a good parking spot. As in, she taught a church full of people how to pray for a good parking spot, how to claim it, and how to rejoice when it…"-Sarah Bessey, Miracles and Other Reasonable Things: A Story of Unlearning and Relearning God
25. A Hole in the World: Finding Hope in Rituals of Grief and Healing
By: Amanda Held Opelt
4.41
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In a raw and inspiring reflection on grief--selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the best books … read more
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"I think of the people I've lost. I loved them. I still love them. To say it was easy or that I was past it would be to diminish the love we shared. Because of my love for them, I will endure the long…"-Amanda Held Opelt, A Hole in the World: Finding Hope in Rituals of Grief and Healing
26. Abuelita Faith: What Women on the Margins Teach Us about Wisdom, Persistence, and Strength
By: Kat Armas
4.30
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
Christianity Today 2022 Book Award Finalist (Christian Living & Discipleship) Outreach 2022 Reco… read more
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27. The Other Princess
By: Denny S. Bryce
3.99
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
A stunning portrait of an African princess raised in Queen Victoria’s court and adapting to life in… read more
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28. 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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29. Practices for Embodied Living
By: Hillary L. McBride
4.25
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
In The Wisdom of Your Body , clinical psychologist and award-winning researcher Hillary McBride exp… read more
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30. Defiant: What the Women of Exodus Teach Us about Freedom
By: Kelley Nikondeha
4.38
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
There would be no Moses, no crossing of the Red Sea, no story of breaking the chains of slavery if … read more
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