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Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith 305 reviews
Anne Lamott
Anchor, 2000
Shocking but profound
+ pretty good book
+ "...I can always find my way home from here..."
+ Entertaining Read...
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Fenelon: Talking With God (Christian Classics) 2 reviews
Francois Fenelon, Hal McElwaine Helms
Paraclete Press (MA), 1997
wonderful little book
This small volume was my first introduction to Francois Fenelon, and it immediately won me over. The language is beautiful, the message powerful, and the above-average binding makes it a pleasure to read.
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The Papa Prayer: The Prayer You've Never Prayed14 reviews
Larry Crabb
Thomas Nelson, 2007
The Papa Prayer
+ PAPA Prayer: The Prayer You've Never Prayed
+ Inspiring, realistic book
+ You Need This
+ Positively perfect!
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The Ragamuffin Gospel Visual Edition: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out139 reviews
Brennan Manning
Multnomah Books, 2005
Negative reviewers make Manning's point.
+ A kiss of grace
+ A Must Read for Every True Christian
+ A Word of Grace for Church Folks
+ An Excellent Read
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The Pressure's Off: There's a New Way to Live25 reviews
Larry Crabb
WaterBrook Press, 2004
Mind and Life changing, worth the read
+ Christian Must Read
+ Not a new way, just God's old way
+ Great workbook for a great book!
+ changed my life
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Soul Talk: The Language God Longs for Us to Speak6 reviews
Larry Crabb
Thomas Nelson, 2005
Revolutionize method to help others
+ LIFE CHANGING
+ great!
+ Soul Talk
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Dark Night of the Soul36 reviews
St. John of the Cross
Dover Publications, 2003
excellent
+ Dark Night of the Soul
+ Classic theological literature
I became familiar with this when I was in college and I had difficulty with mental illness.
I am very different from other people in the way I think. I have something like severe autism caused by brain injury combined with a high tendency to think about and want to please other people.
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The Poisonwood Bible
Barbara Kingsolver
Harpercollins, 1998
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The River Within
Jeff Imbach
Fresh Wind Press, 2006
Have you ever wondered why your experience doesn't measure up to the radical life of joy and adventure described time and again in the Bible? Are you so busy doin that life has become a soul-wearying blur of activity? Do you ever feel like something deep and profoundly liberating is missing and wonder if this all there is to life? Jesus said, Anyone who drinks the water I give him will never ...
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The Silence of Adam: Becoming Men of Courage in a World of Chaos 12 reviews
Larry Crabb, Don Michael Hudson, ...
Zondervan, 1998
Profound---At Times Overwhelmingly Thought Provoking
+ A Good Read on Men's Issues
+ Life Changing Book
+ Speak into the darkness
+ Becoming a balanced Christian man - is it all on me?
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What's So Amazing About Grace?188 reviews
Philip Yancey
Zondervan, 2002
Christian Manifesto
+ What's So Amazing About Grace
+ Grace for us all
+ secret to happyness
+ What's So Amazing About Grace?
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Spiritual Disciplines Handbook: Practices That Transform Us10 reviews
Adele Ahlberg Calhoun
InterVarsity Press, 2005
excellent book on spiritual disciplines
+ Moves You Beyond the Superficial
+ Great resource
+ An excellent, practical entrypoint into spiritual disciplines
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The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (P.S.)1419 reviews
Barbara Kingsolver
Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005
A Gem of Postcolonial Literature
+ An Eye Opener
+ A book for the Colonialists, not the colonised: for Westerners, not Africans
+ The Poisonwood bible
+ A Retrospective
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Megashift22 reviews
James H. Rutz
Empowerment Press (CO), 2005
Verification of God's healing in our time
+ Explosive, Controversial, Worth Reading
+ Megashift is a must read by Christians
+ Don't Get Left Behind
+ Take it for what it is!
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The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People (Expanded and Adapted for Small ...38 reviews
John Ortberg
Zondervan, 2002
Third Ortberg book I've used for Sunday School
+ Fresh View on an Ancient Subject
+ Great book on disciplines of Christian living
+ Laugh Out Loud Learning
+ Great for Small Groups!
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Ten Life Choices: Recovering the Life You Were Always Meant to Live
Bob Perdue
Diakonia Publishing, 2008
Ten Life Choices is an invitation to LIFE. Life was God's first gift to mankind when, in the Garden of Eden, He "breathed into man's nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul." Right after man received this wonderful gift, he was given the gift of choice. He could choose life everyday. Sin brought death and the inability to choose life, but Jesus came to give life again life ...
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Becoming a True Spiritual Community: A Profound Vision of What the Church Can Be23 reviews
Larry Crabb
Thomas Nelson, 2007
For those who ask if there is more...
+ Very, very good (no formula)
+ A True in Need in the Body
+ How Larry Crabb describes Christian Community
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The Gift of Being Yourself: The Sacred Call to Self-Discovery10 reviews
David G. Benner
InterVarsity Press, 2004
The title is a bit weak but the book is profound!!!
+ Gift of Being Yourself a real gift
+ Short but sweet...
+ Thought-provoking
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The Jeweler's Shop 7 reviews
Pope John Paul II
Ignatius Press, 1992
A page turner
+ Probing Look at Human Love
+ Extraordinary
+ When Love Meets Marriage
+ A Dramatic Gem
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Shattered Dreams : God's Unexpected Pathway to Joy : Workbook34 reviews
Larry Crabb
WaterBrook Press, 2001
For all who hunger and thirst...
+ Fantastic!
+ A Breakthrough Book!
+ Insightful and moving
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