19 must-read spirituality books like When the Soul Listens: Finding Rest and Direction in Contemplative Prayer by Jan Johnson

When the Soul Listens: Finding Rest and Direction in Contemplative Prayer

By: Jan Johnson

2.00

Format: 238 pages, Paperback

Do you long for depth and authenticity in your relationship with God? Do you want purpose and daily…

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Cover of The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God by Dallas Willard, Richard J. Foster

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

Cover of Tell It Slant: A Conversation on the Language of Jesus in His Stories and Prayers (Spiritual Theology #4) by Eugene H. Peterson

2. Tell It Slant: A Conversation on the Language of Jesus in His Stories and Prayers (Spiritual Theology #4)

By: Eugene H. Peterson

3.76

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this work, Peterson explores how Jesus used language--he was earthy, not abstract; metaphorical,… read more

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Cover of Respectable Sins: Confronting the Sins We Tolerate by Jerry Bridges

3. Respectable Sins: Confronting the Sins We Tolerate

By: Jerry Bridges

3.86

Format: 568 pages, Hardcover

Have Christians become so preoccupied with "major" sins that we have lost sight of our need to deal… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World by Paul E. Miller

4. A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World

By: Paul E. Miller

3.50

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Author Paul Miller shares his insights and conclusions about how to connect the broken pieces of yo… read more

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  • christian
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  • nonfiction

5. When the Soul Listens: Finding Rest and Direction in Contemplative Prayer

By: Jan Johnson

2.00

Format: 238 pages, Paperback

Do you long for depth and authenticity in your relationship with God? Do you want purpose and daily… read more

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  • christian living
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
Cover of Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life by Tish Harrison Warren

6. Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life

By: Tish Harrison Warren

4.08

Format: 31 pages, Paperback

Many of us go through the day feeling like we don't have time for God. But God can become present t… read more

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  • christian
  • theology
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  • christian living
  • nonfiction
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7. Desiring God's Will: Aligning Our Hearts with the Heart of God

By: David G. Benner , Thomas H. Green

3.80

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

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Cover of Discernment: Reading the Signs of Daily Life by Henri J.M. Nouwen

8. Discernment: Reading the Signs of Daily Life

By: Henri J.M. Nouwen

4.43

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

Discernment: Reading the Signs of Daily Lifefeatures the wisdom that spiritual leader and counselor… read more

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9. 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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10. At Home in Mitford (Mitford Years, #1)

By: Jan Karon

3.98

Format: None pages, Paperback

Enter the world of Mitford, and you won't want to leave. It's easy to feel at home in Mitford. In t… read more

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Cover of Anatomy of the Soul: Surprising Connections Between Neuroscience and Spiritual Practices that Can Transform Your Life and Relationships by Curt Thompson

11. Anatomy of the Soul: Surprising Connections Between Neuroscience and Spiritual Practices that Can Transform Your Life and Relationships

By: Curt Thompson

4.44

Format: None pages, Paperback

Do you want to improve your relationships and experience lasting personal change? Join Curt Thompso… read more

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Cover of Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer by Richard Rohr

12. Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer

By: Richard Rohr

4.53

Format: None pages, Paperback

This popular and bestselling book of the renowned Franciscan challenges people to move beyond the c… read more

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13. Surprised by Oxford

By: Carolyn Weber

4.18

Format: None pages, Paperback

A "girl-meets-God" style memoir of an agnostic who, through her surprising opportunity to study at … read more

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14. The Gift of Being Yourself: The Sacred Call to Self-Discovery

By: David G. Benner

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Recipient of the Award of Merit in the Personal Growth/Individual Category of The Word Guild 2005 C… read more

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15. These High, Green Hills (Mitford Years, #3)

By: Jan Karon

4.36

Format: 39 pages, Paperback

For years, Mitford's sixtysomething rector has been happily married to his parish. Now he's also ma… read more

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16. A Light in the Window (Mitford Years, #2)

By: Jan Karon

4.36

Format: 39 pages, Paperback

- Readers will enjoy a story from the popular series-packaged bestseller! - Includes new Reader's G… read more

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17. The Seven Storey Mountain

By: Thomas Merton , Robert Giroux , William H. Shannon

4.23

Format: None pages, Paperback

A modern-day Confessions of Saint Augustine, The Seven Storey Mountain is one of the most influenti… read more

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18. Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship with God

By: Dallas Willard

3.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

"God spoke to me." "The Spirit spoke to my heart." "God revealed the idea to me." Being close to Go… read more

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19. God Has a Name

By: John Mark Comer

4.67

Format: 523 pages,

Many of us ache for relationship with God, yet feel distant and disconnected from him. As if he's m… read more

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

By: Dane C. Ortlund

4.52

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Christians know that God loves them, but often think that he is perpetually disappointed and frustr… read more

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"Looking inside ourselves, we can anticipate only harshness from heaven. Looking out to Christ, we can anticipate only gentleness."

-Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

"The fall also entrenched in our minds dark thoughts of God, thoughts that are only dug out over multiple exposures to the gospel over many years. Perhaps Satan’s greatest victory in your life today i…"

-Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

"John's point in 13:1 is that in going to the cross, Jesus did not retain something for himself, the way we tend to do when we seek to love others sacrificially. He does not love like us. We love unti…"

-Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

"It is one thing, as a child, to be told your father loves you. You believe him. You take him at his word. But it is another thing, unutterably more real, to be swept up in his embrace, to feel the wa…"

-Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers

Cover of Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus, Become Like Him, Do As He Did by John Mark Comer

21. 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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Cover of How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away by Emily P. Freeman

22. How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away

By: Emily P. Freeman

4.01

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

New York Times Bestseller If life were a house, then every room holds a story. What do we do when … read more

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Cover of All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir by Beth Moore

23. 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

Cover of Live No Lies: Recognize and Resist the Three Enemies That Sabotage Your Peace by John Mark Comer

24. Live No Lies: Recognize and Resist the Three Enemies That Sabotage Your Peace

By: John Mark Comer

4.49

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

We are at war. Not with a foreign government or domestic terrorists or a creepy new artificial inte… read more

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"Anxious to avoid a repeat of history, Edmund Burke laid out the logic behind the American architecture in a letter from 1791: "Men are qualified for civil liberty, in exact proportion to their dispos…"

-John Mark Comer, Live No Lies: Recognize and Resist the Three Enemies That Sabotage Your Peace

Cover of Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere by Savannah Guthrie

25. Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

By: Savannah Guthrie

4.36

Format: 302 pages, Hardcover

Mostly what God does is love you. If we could believe this, really believe this, how different w… read more

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"He doesn't even need words from us. Just a sigh, a tear, or a whimper. What an amazing resource we have in a God who already understands our whole history, our intricate emotional fabric, our every i…"

-Savannah Guthrie, Mostly What God Does: Reflections on Seeking and Finding His Love Everywhere

Cover of Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep by Tish Harrison Warren

26. 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

Cover of Try Softer: A Fresh Approach to Move Us out of Anxiety, Stress, and Survival Mode--and into a Life of Connection and Joy by Aundi Kolber

27. Try Softer: A Fresh Approach to Move Us out of Anxiety, Stress, and Survival Mode--and into a Life of Connection and Joy

By: Aundi Kolber

4.40

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

"In the wise and soulful tradition of teachers like Shauna Niequist and Brene Brown, therapist Aund… read more

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Cover of How to Pray: A Simple Guide for Normal People by Pete Greig

28. How to Pray: A Simple Guide for Normal People

By: Pete Greig

4.59

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Everyone prays. But no one finds it easy. We all need a little help. Pete Greig has been teaching o… read more

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Cover of Lent: The Season of Repentance and Renewal by Esau McCaulley

29. Lent: The Season of Repentance and Renewal

By: Esau McCaulley

4.43

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

"Lent is inescapably about repenting." Every year, the church invites us into a season of repentanc… read more

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"We hope that as Christians we mature and grow and become more and more like Christ. But the church and its wisdom assumes we will fail even after our baptism. The church presumes that life is long an…"

-Esau McCaulley, Lent: The Season of Repentance and Renewal

Cover of Dangerous Prayers: Because Following Jesus Was Never Meant to Be Safe by Craig Groeschel

30. Dangerous Prayers: Because Following Jesus Was Never Meant to Be Safe

By: Craig Groeschel

4.47

Format: 187 pages, Hardcover

Do you ever wonder, "Why doesn't God answer my prayers?" Do you wish you could see the evidence tha… read more

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Cover of When Everything's on Fire: Faith Forged from the Ashes by Brian Zahnd

31. When Everything's on Fire: Faith Forged from the Ashes

By: Brian Zahnd

4.46

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Is it possible to hold on to faith in an age of unbelief? Intellectual certainty has long been a co… read more

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"If we intend to purely think our way to God, the more likely result is crippling skepticism. As Kierkegaard pointed out, “When thinking turns toward itself in order to think about itself, there emerg…"

-Brian Zahnd, When Everything's on Fire: Faith Forged from the Ashes

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Dallas Willard , Richard J. Foster

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Tell It Slant: A Conversation on the Language of Jesus in His Stories and Prayers (Spiritual Theology #4)

Eugene H. Peterson

3.76

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Respectable Sins: Confronting the Sins We Tolerate

Jerry Bridges

3.86

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