And It Was Good: Reflections on Beginnings (Genesis, #1)
By: Madeleine L'Engle
4.18
Format: 213 pages, Hardcover
Most of the literature on Genesis and creation emphasizes what was created, and how. But in And It …
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1. The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God
By: Dallas Willard , Richard J. Foster
4.22
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The Divine Conspiracy has revolutionized how we think about the true meaning of discipleship. In th… read more
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"Genius, it is said, is the ability to scrutinize the obvious."-Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God
"The idea of having faith in Jesus has come to be totally isolated from being his apprentice and learning how to do what he said."-Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God
"Jesus, Willard says, “does not call us to do what he did, but to be as he was, permeated with love. Then the doing of what he did and said becomes the natural expression of who we are in him."-Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God
"(God's) nature, identity, and overarching purposes are no doubt unchanging. But his intentions with regard to many particular matters that concern individual human beings are not. This does not dimin…"-Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God
2. Life and Holiness
By: Thomas Merton
3.37
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
In this succinct and readily accessible work, Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk, offers compelling tho… read more
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3. iGen: Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy--and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood--and What That Means for the Rest of Us
By: Jean M. Twenge
4.03
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
A highly readable and entertaining first look at how today's members of iGen--the children, teens, … read more
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4. And It Was Good: Reflections on Beginnings (Genesis, #1)
By: Madeleine L'Engle
4.18
Format: 213 pages, Hardcover
Most of the literature on Genesis and creation emphasizes what was created, and how. But in And It … read more
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5. The Sin of Certainty: Why God Desires Our Trust More Than Our "Correct" Beliefs
By: Peter Enns
3.91
Format: 241 pages, Hardcover
The controversial evangelical Bible scholar and author of The Bible Tells Me Soexplains how Christi… read more
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6. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
By: Tom Stoppard , None
3.48
Format: None pages,
Hamlettold from the worm's-eye view of two minor characters, bewildered Rosencrantz and Guildenster… read more
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7. Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World
By: Henri J.M. Nouwen
3.71
Format: 435 pages, Paperback
Initially written for a Jewish friend, Life of the Beloved has become Henri Nouwen's greatest legac… read more
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8. Bittersweet: Thoughts on Change, Grace, and Learning the Hard Way
By: Shauna Niequist
3.44
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
"The idea of bittersweetis changing the way I live, unraveling and re-weaving the way I understand … read more
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9. At the Back of the North Wind
By: George MacDonald , Arthur Hughes
4.00
Format: 346 pages, Hardcover
Historias Maravillosas #50 Diamante vive en el Londres victoriano junto a su familia en condicio… read more
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"How kind you are, North Wind!' 'I am only just. All kindness is but justice. We owe it."-George MacDonald, At the Back of the North Wind
"White hands of whiteness Wash the stars' faces, Till glitter, glitter, glit, goes their brightness Down to poor places."-George MacDonald, At the Back of the North Wind
"The church grew very lonely about him, and he began to feel like a child whose mother has forsaken it. Only he knew that to be left alone is not always to be forsaken."-George MacDonald, At the Back of the North Wind
"...though I cannot promise to take you home," said North Wind, as she sank nearer and nearer to the tops of the houses, "I can promise you it will be all right in the end. You will get home somehow."-George MacDonald, At the Back of the North Wind
10. The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman
By: Margot Mifflin
2.57
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In 1851 Olive Oatman was a thirteen-year old pioneer traveling west toward Zion, with her Mormon fa… read more
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11. A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23
By: W. Phillip Keller
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
"The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want..." Travel the shepherd's path to the green pastur… read more
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12. Once a Queen (Carrick Hall, #1)
By: Sarah Arthur
3.73
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
An American teenager discovers that her estranged English grandmother was once a queen in another w… read more
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13. Wholehearted Faith
By: Rachel Held Evans
4.42
Format: 196 pages, Hardcover
A new collection of original writings by Rachel Held Evans, whose reflections on faith and life con… read more
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"Many of us have found a renewed sense of possibility when we've realized how much of God's beauty remains to be explored — and that the life of faith is also a life of holy curiosity."-Rachel Held Evans, Wholehearted Faith
"It is nearly impossible to believe: God shrinking down to the size of a zygote, implanted in the soft lining of a woman’s womb. God growing fingers and toes. God kicking and hiccupping in utero. God …"-Rachel Held Evans, Wholehearted Faith
14. How to Inhabit Time: Understanding the Past, Facing the Future, Living Faithfully Now
By: James K.A. Smith
4.29
Format: 189 pages, Hardcover
Many Christians are disconnected from the past or imagine they are "above" history, immune to it, a… read more
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15. The Book of Common Courage: Prayers and Poems to Find Strength in Small Moments
By: K.J. Ramsey
4.68
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The Book of Common Courage is a collection of prayers, poems, and blessings to help you find a flic… read more
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16. Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church
By: Nijay K. Gupta
4.35
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Women were there. For centuries, discussions of early Christianity have focused on male leaders in … read more
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17. And Yet: Poems
By: Kate Baer
3.97
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
The second full length poetry collection from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Kind… read more
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"Let your life rest on what is already good."-Kate Baer, And Yet: Poems
"It's just another day in the good-bad, bad-good earth machine."-Kate Baer, And Yet: Poems
"We expect so much of children, hovering above them like giant, invincible gods. What a racket to discover as an adult, how little we have to pass down."-Kate Baer, And Yet: Poems
18. When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion
By: Laura E. Anderson
4.38
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
"Anderson strikes a smart, balanced tone. . . . An exemplary guide to an understudied issue."--Publ… read more
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"Rebuilding a worldview and identity likely needs to include space for uncertainty."-Laura E. Anderson, When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion
"I have lived far too much of my life with the end goal of eternal life in heaven, and so I missed a lot of life on earth."-Laura E. Anderson, When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion
"A marker of healing from religious trauma is not simply the process of deconstructing one’s worldview and identity and rebuilding a new one; it is also the willingness to remain open to shifting and …"-Laura E. Anderson, When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion
"Religious trauma resides in our bodies and nervous systems in the same way that trauma from war, developmental trauma, or sexualized trauma live inside us. Though the triggers and environment of the …"-Laura E. Anderson, When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion
19. The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions
By: Greta Thunberg
4.40
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
We still have time to change the world. From Greta Thunberg, the world's leading climate activist, … read more
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"The richest 1 per cent of the world's population are responsible for more than twice as much carbon pollution as the people who make up the poorest half of humanity."-Greta Thunberg, The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions
"The transformation we need in order to stay below 1.5 C or even 2 C of warming may not be politically possible today. But we are the ones who determine what will be politically possible tomorrow."-Greta Thunberg, The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions
20. The Goddess of Warsaw
By: Lisa Barr
4.45
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
From the New York Times bestselling author of Woman on Fire, the harrowing and ultimately triumphan… read more
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21. The Reading Life: The Joy of Seeing New Worlds Through Others' Eyes
By: C.S. Lewis
4.10
Format: 192 pages, ebook
The revered teacher and bestselling author of such classic Christian works as Mere Christianity and… read more
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