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Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth
by Richard J. Foster
A guide to spiritual growth through various disciplines, including meditation, prayer, fasting, and study.
A newly repackaged and updated 40th anniversary edition of the timeless guide that has helped numerous seekers discover a richer spiritual life infused with joy, peace, and a deeper understanding of ... (Goodreads)
A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World
by Paul E. Miller
A guide to developing a deeper, more meaningful prayer life in the midst of the distractions of modern life.
Author Paul Miller shares his insights and conclusions about how to connect the broken pieces of your life and allow prayer—even poorly delivered—to fill the gaps with meaning and substance. Miller’s ... (Goodreads)
Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
by Kate Bowler
A memoir of a woman's journey through cancer diagnosis, questioning faith, and finding meaning in life's struggles.
A divinity professor and young mother with a Stage IV cancer diagnosis explores the pain and joy of living without certainty. Thirty-five-year-old Kate Bowler was a professor at the school of ... (Goodreads)
In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership
by Henri J.M. Nouwen
Reflections on the nature of Christian leadership, using the example of Jesus Christ.
Henri Nouwen was a spiritual thinker with an unusual capacity to write about the life of Jesus and the love of God in ways that have inspired countless people to trust life more fully. Most widely ... (Goodreads)
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
by David Allen
A guide to improving efficiency and productivity through better organization.
The book, Lifehack, calls ,"The Bible of business and personal productivity.","A completely revised and updated edition of the blockbuster bestseller from 'the personal productivity guru'",—,Fast ... (Barnes & Noble)
Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions
by John P. Kotter
A fable about a colony of penguins facing a melting iceberg, teaching us how to adapt to change and succeed in any situation.
Most of the denizens of the Antarctic penguin colony sneer at Fred, the quiet but observant scout who detects worrying signs that their home, an iceberg, is melting. Fred must cleverly convince and ... (Goodreads)
Confessions
by Augustine of Hippo
A spiritual autobiography tracing Augustine's journey from youthful excess to Christian faith.
Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literature. Written in the author's early forties in the last years of the fourth century A.D. and during his ... (Goodreads)
The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery
by Ian Morgan Cron
Exploring personality types and learning to better understand yourself and others.
Over 500,000 Sold,, Foreword INDIES 2016 Book of the Year Awards Finalist,Missio Alliance Essential Reading List of 2016, Ignorance is bliss—except in self-awareness. What you don't know about ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society
by Henri J.M. Nouwen
Examining the role of the healer in society and exploring its implications for our lives.
What does it mean to be a healer in the modern world? In this hope-filled book, Nouwen offers a radically fresh interpretation of modern ministry. ... (Goodreads)
Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World
by Bob Goff
An inspiring journey through life, full of stories and lessons on how to live an extraordinary life.
The runaway New York Times bestseller! Can a simple concept shift your entire world? Bob certainty thinks so. When it comes to loving your neighbors, rather than focusing on having the "right ... (Barnes & Noble)
Every Good Endeavor: Connecting Your Work to God's Plan for the World
by Timothy J. Keller
Examining how our work can be used to advance God's purposes in the world.
New York Times, bestselling author of, The Songs of Jesus, Timothy Keller shows how God calls each of us to express meaning and purpose through our work and careers., In a work world that is ... (Goodreads)
The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God
by Dallas Willard
An exploration of how to live a life of faith and purpose, grounded in ancient spiritual practices.
The Divine Conspiracy has revolutionized how we think about the true meaning of discipleship. In this classic, one of the most brilliant Christian thinkers of our times and author of the acclaimed ... (Goodreads)
Heaven
by Randy Alcorn
A journey to the afterlife, examining the nature of eternity from a Christian perspective.
What is Heaven really going to be like? What will we look like? What will we do? Won't Heaven get boring after a while? We all have questions about what Heaven will be like, and after 25 years of ... (Goodreads)
The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out
by Brennan Manning
A reflection on the unconditional love of God, inviting readers to find healing and peace.
Are you bedraggled, beat-up, burnt-out? Most of us believe in God’s grace—in theory. But somehow we can’t seem to apply it in our daily lives. We continue to see Him as a small-minded bookkeeper, ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything
by Stephen M.R. Covey
A guide to building trust in relationships, teams, and organizations.
From Stephen R. Covey's eldest son comes a revolutionary new path towards productivity and satisfaction. Trust, says Stephen M.R. Covey, is the very basis of the new global economy, and he shows how ... (Goodreads)
The Weight of Glory
by C.S. Lewis
An exploration of the beauty of Christianity, examining the glory of God and its implications for believers.
The classic Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis, the most important Christian writer of the 20th century, contains nine sermons delivered by Lewis during World War Two. The nine addresses in Weight of ... (Goodreads)
Tortured for Christ
by Richard Wurmbrand
The true story of a Romanian pastor's brutal imprisonment and torture for his faith in communist prisons.
One Man Who Dared to Stand Up Months of solitary confinement, years of periodic physical torture, constant suffering from hunger and cold, the anguish of brainwashing and mental cruelty—these are the ... (Goodreads)
The Imitation of Christ
by Thomas à Kempis
A spiritual guidebook advocating turning away from worldly concerns and focusing on the divine.
Only the Bible has been more influential as a source of Christian devotional reading than The Imitation of Christ. This meditation on the spiritual life has inspired readers from Thomas More and St. ... (Goodreads)
Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream
by David Platt
A call to Christians to reject the materialistic American Dream and embrace radical obedience to Jesus Christ.
WHAT IS JESUS WORTH TO YOU? , It's easy for American Christians to forget how Jesus said his followers would actually live, what their new lifestyle would actually look like. They would, he said, ... (Goodreads)
Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
by Chip Heath
Exploring ways to make change easier in life and work, using practical strategies.
Why is it so hard to make lasting changes in our companies, in our communities, and in our own lives? The primary obstacle is a conflict that's built into our brains, say Chip and Dan Heath, authors ... (Goodreads)
Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church
by N.T. Wright
Reflection on the power of hope in Christian faith, and its implications for how the Church engages in God’s mission.
In this groundbreaking book—available in paperback for the first time—renowned Bible scholar, Anglican bishop, and bestselling author N. T. Wright argues that Christians have not distorted the ... (Barnes & Noble)
Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith
by Anne Lamott
An examination of faith and its role in the modern world, inspiring readers to find hope and peace.
From the, New York Times, bestselling author of, Hallelujah Anyway, and, Help, Thanks, Wow, a spiritual antidote to anxiety and despair in increasingly fraught times. As Anne Lamott knows, the world ... (Goodreads)
Between the World and Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
A letter to his son, exploring the realities of racism in America.
“This is your country, this is your world, this is your body, and you must find some way to live within the all of it.” In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American ... (Goodreads)
The Cost of Discipleship
by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
A theological exploration of the cost of taking up one's cross and faithfully following Jesus.
One of the most important theologians of the twentieth century illuminates the relationship between ourselves and the teachings of Jesus in this classic text on ethics, humanism, and civic duty. What ... (Goodreads)
Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Examines the importance of Christian faith in the context of community.
In Life Together , Dietrich Bonhoeffer, renowned Christian minister, professor, and author of The Cost of Discipleship recounts his unique fellowship in an underground seminary during the Nazi years ... (Barnes & Noble)
Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life
by Henry Cloud
A practical guide to setting and maintaining healthy boundaries in all areas of life.
Boundaries is the book that's helped over 4 million people learn when to say yes and know how to say no in order to take control of their lives. Does your life feel like it's out of control? Perhaps ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?
by Rick Warren
An exploration of faith and life's meaning, providing readers with an actionable manifesto for living.
A #1 New York Times bestseller, The Purpose Driven Life will help you understand why you are alive and reveal God's amazing plan for you both here and now, and for eternity. Rick Warren will guide ... (Goodreads)
His Excellency: George Washington
by Joseph J. Ellis
Biography of the first President of the United States and the key role he played in the founding of the nation.
To this landmark biography of our first president, Joseph J. Ellis brings the exacting scholarship, shrewd analysis, and lyric prose that have made him one of the premier historians of the ... (Goodreads)
Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
by Anne Lamott
A memoir of the author's journey towards faith, filled with humor, honesty, and raw emotion.
Despite–or because of--her irreverence, faith is a natural subject for Anne Lamott. Since Operating Instructions and Bird by Bird , her fans have been waiting for her to write the book that explained ... (Goodreads)
A Beautiful, Terrible Thing: A Memoir of Marriage and Betrayal
by Jen Waite
A woman discovers her husband's infidelity and struggles to come to terms with the betrayal and the unraveling of her marriage.
A woman discovers her marriage is built on an illusion in this harrowing and ultimately inspiring memoir.,“Be forewarned: You won’t sleep until you finish the last page.,”,—Caroline Leavitt, author ... (Barnes & Noble)
