The Sense of the Call: A Sabbath Way of Life for Those Who Serve God, the Church, and the World
By: Marva J. Dawn
3.97
Format: 327 pages, Paperback
Why is it so hard to serve God these days? Church workers suffer from low morale, while Christians …
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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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"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. The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation
By: Rod Dreher
3.80
Format: 262 pages, Hardcover
In a radical new vision for the future of Christianity, NYT bestselling author and conservative col… read more
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"To rediscover Christian asceticism is urgent for believers who want to train their hearts, and the hearts of their children, to resist the hedonism and consumerism at the core of contemporary culture…"-Rod Dreher, The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation
"Once, during my Catholic days, I was complaining with a Catholic friend about how terrible the teaching was in parish life. A priest listening to us said that everything we griped about was true, but…"-Rod Dreher, The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation
"We live liturgically, telling our sacred Story in worship and song. We fast and we feast. We marry and give our children in marriage, and though in exile, we work for the peace of the city. We welcom…"-Rod Dreher, The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation
3. Holy Invitations: Exploring Spiritual Direction
By: Jeannette A. Bakke
3.85
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Learn how to nurture your awareness of and response to God's love and guidance through the historic… read more
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"Do not expect trust to appear suddenly and in a state of completion. Trust grows gradually as we venture forth little by little, with God and each other. As our trust grows, so will our willingness a…"-Jeannette A. Bakke, Holy Invitations: Exploring Spiritual Direction
"We define Christian spiritual direction then, as help given by one Christian to another which enables the person to pay attention to God's personal communication to him or her, to respond to this per…"-Jeannette A. Bakke, Holy Invitations: Exploring Spiritual Direction
"As we mature in faith, our willingness is tested, expanded, and refined. We become more conscious of our limitations and turn to God. The necessity of God's grace becomes clearer as we become more at…"-Jeannette A. Bakke, Holy Invitations: Exploring Spiritual Direction
"The opportunity to tell our story unhindered, uninterrupted is rare. Most of the time people are so involved in their own concerns they do not listen with complete attention. It can be quite startlin…"-Jeannette A. Bakke, Holy Invitations: Exploring Spiritual Direction
4. Jesus Christ and the Life of the Mind
By: Mark A. Noll
3.50
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind(1994) Mark Noll offered a bleak, even scathing, assessment o… read more
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5. No Easy Road: Discover the Extraordinary Power of Personal Prayer
By: Dick Eastman
4.18
Format: 306 pages, Paperback
Praying Christians are society's best revolutionaries. They engage in the most remarkable act a hum… read more
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6. The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man
By: Susannah Heschel , Abraham Joshua Heschel , Ilya Schor
4.16
Format: 354 pages,
Elegant, passionate, and filled with the love of God's creation, Abraham Joshua Heschel's The Sabba… read more
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7. Coaching Questions: A Coach's Guide to Powerful Asking Skills
By: Tony Stoltzfus
4.43
Format: None pages, Spiral-bound
The single most important skill in coaching is asking powerful questions. In this volume, master co… read more
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8. 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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9. The Brothers Karamazov
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky
4.37
Format: 796 pages, Paperback
The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry… read more
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"How good life is when one does something good and just!"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
"Forgive me... for my love - for ruining you with my love."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
"Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
"What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
10. Spirituality and the Awakening Self: The Sacred Journey of Transformation
By: David G. Benner
3.65
Format: None pages, Paperback
Being human is a lifelong journey of becoming. This journey defines our humanity, for it is a journ… read more
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11. 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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12. The Dark Night of the Soul: A Psychiatrist Explores the Connection Between Darkness and Spiritual Growth
By: Gerald G. May
3.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
A distinguished psychiatrist, spiritual counsellor and bestselling author shows how the dark sides … read more
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13. Secret History (Mistborn, #3.5)
By: Brandon Sanderson
3.50
Format: 24 pages,
Mistborn: Secret Historyis a companion story to the original Mistborn trilogy. As such, it contains… read more
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14. Opening to God: Lectio Divina and Life as Prayer
By: David G. Benner
3.67
Format: 348 pages,
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15. Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now
By: Walter Brueggemann
3.89
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Discussions about the Sabbath often center around moralistic laws and arguments over whether a pers… read more
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16. The Patient Ferment of the Early Church: The Improbable Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire
By: None
4.12
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
How and why did the early church grow in the first four hundred years despite disincentives, harass… read more
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17. Renewing the Christian Mind: Essays, Interviews, and Talks
By: Dallas Willard , Gary Black Jr.
3.97
Format: 649 pages, Paperback
From Dallas Willard, one of the most important Christian intellectuals of the twentieth century, co… read more
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18. My Name Is Asher Lev
By: Chaim Potok
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Asher Lev is a Ladover Hasid who keeps kosher, prays three times a day and believes in the Ribbono … read more
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19. Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
By: Richard Rohr
4.23
Format: 199 pages, Hardcover
In Falling Upward , Fr. Richard Rohr seeks to help readers understand the tasks of the two halves o… read more
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"The ego hates losing – even to God."-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
"Sin happens whenever we refuse to keep growing."-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
"Life is all about practicing for heaven." p 101."-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
"Before the truth sets you free, it tends to make you miserable."-Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
20. Spiritual Depression: Its Causes and Cure
By: D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
3.50
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
This enduring collection of twenty-one sermons by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, each originally delivered … read more
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21. Sacred Pathways: Discover Your Soul's Path to God
By: Gary L. Thomas
4.15
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Profiles nine spiritual temperaments from their characteristics to their strengths and weaknesses, … read more
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22. The Holiness of God
By: R.C. Sproul
4.33
Format: 201 pages, Paperback
Central to God's character is the quality of holiness. Yet, even so, most people are hard-pressed t… read more
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23. Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal, and Delight in Our Busy Lives
By: Wayne Muller
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
In today's world, with its relentless emphasis on success and productivity, we have lost the necess… read more
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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. Poverty, by America
By: Matthew Desmond
4.27
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
Reimagining the debate on poverty, making a new and bracing argument about why it persists in Ameri… read more
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"To live and strive in modern America is to participate in a series of morally fraught systems. If a family’s entire financial livelihood depends on the value of its home, it’s not hard to understand …"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
"The rest of us, on the ·other hand-we members of the protected classes-have grown increasingly· dependent on our welfare programs. In 2020 the federal government spent more than $193 billion on homeo…"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
"In her book The Government-Citizen Disconnect, the political scientist Suzanne Mettler reports that 96 percent of American adults have relied on a major government program at some point in their live…"-Matthew Desmond, Poverty, by America
26. Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest: From Sabbath to Sabbatical and Back Again (Transforming Resources)
By: Ruth Haley Barton
4.36
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
In our frenzied culture, the possibility of living in balanced rhythms of work and rest often feels… read more
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27. Subversive Sabbath: The Surprising Power of Rest in a Nonstop World
By: A.J. Swoboda
4.27
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
We live in a 24/7 culture of endless productivity, workaholism, distraction, burnout, and anxiety--… read more
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28. Ignatian Discernment of Spirits for Spiritual Direction and Pastoral Care: Going Deeper
By: Mark E Thibodeaux
4.58
Format: 129 pages, Kindle Edition
2021 Illumination Book Awards, Gold Theology With decades of experience in spiritual direction, Fa… read more
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29. The Sense of the Call: A Sabbath Way of Life for Those Who Serve God, the Church, and the World
By: Marva J. Dawn
3.97
Format: 327 pages, Paperback
Why is it so hard to serve God these days? Church workers suffer from low morale, while Christians … read more
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30. Leading Out of Who You Are: Discovering the Secret of Undefended Leadership
By: Simon P. Walker
4.11
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Leadership involves power and influence over others-but each of us is trapped by a psychological im… read more
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31. The Enneagram of Discernment: The Way of Vocation, Wisdom, and Practice
By: Drew Moser
4.36
Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition
How does your personality type help and hinder your ability to make wise decisions? We are too o… read more
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