General Reading
THE ZOOKEEPER'S
WIFE - Diane Ackerman
THE FIVE PEOPLE
YOU MEET IN HEAVEN - Mitch Albom
FOR ONE MORE DAY
– Mitch Albom
HAVE A LITTLE
FAITH - Mitch Albom
CELEBRATIONS -
Maya Angelou
TWELVE STEPS TO
COMPASSIONATE LIVING
Karen Armstrong
SHADOW MOUNTAIN
- Renee Askins
THE RELIGION &
SCIENCE DEBATE:
WHY DOES IT CONTINUE?
edited by Harold W. Attridge
BIBLICAL LITERACY:
THE ESSENTIAL BIBLE STORIES
EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW - Timothy Beal
THE RISE AND FALL
OF THE BIBLE:
THE UNEXPECTED HISTORY OF AN ACCIDENTAL BOOK
Timothy Beal
CALEB'S CROSSING - Geraldine Brooks
OUR ENDANGERED
VALUES – Jimmy Carter
CITY OF TRANQUIL
LIGHT- Bo Caldwell
THE ALCHEMIST
- Paulo Coelho
THIS ODD & WONDROUS CALLING:
THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIVES OF TWO MINISTERS
Lillian Daniel & Martin Copenhaver
DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS:
TAKING RISKS,
ACTING WITH INTEGRITY - Katy Day
MIDDLE CHURCH
- Bob Edgar
THE LAKE OF DREAMS
- Kim Edwards
MEMORY KEEPER’S
DAUGHTER – Kim Edwards
FOUNDING FATHERS
– Joseph Ellis
HOTEL ON THE CORNER
OF BITTER AND SWEET -
Jamie Ford
EAT, PRAY, LOVE
- Elizabeth Gilbert
THE GOOD BOOK:
READING THE BIBLE WITH MIND & HEART
Peter J. Gomes
THE SCANDALOUS
GOSPEL OF JESUS
Peter J. Gomes
BEYOND THE BLUE
- Leslie Gould
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS
- Sara Gruen
HANNAH'S DREAM
- Diane Hammond
SOMEONE KNOWS
MY NAME - Lawrence Hill
THE KITE RUNNER
– Khalid Hosseini
SEEN THE GLORY
- John Hough, Jr.
THE YEAR OF LIVING
BIBLICALLY - A. J. Jacobs
BUFFALO BOY AND
GERONIMO – James Janko
THE MITFORD SERIES
- Jan Karon
ON BEING CHRISTIAN
- Hans Kung
THE NAMESAKE -
Jhumpa Lahiri
IMPERFECT BIRDS
- Ann Lamott
TRAVELING MERCIES
- Ann Lamott
A COLD WIND FROM
IDAHO - Lawrence Matsudal
AMERICAN GOSPEL
– Jon Meacham
WHY THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT IS WRONG – Robin Meyers
THE GOOD PIG
- Sy Montgomery
A MERCY - Toni
Morrison
ENRIQUE'S JOURNEY
- Sonia Nazario
AMAZING GRACE
– Kathleen Norris
BONE MOUNTAIN
- Eliot Pattison
(Tibetan/Han Chinese retlations in Tibet)
A BED OF RED FLOWERS:
IN SEARCH OF MY
AFGHANISTAN - Nelofer Pazira
STAR OF DAVID:
Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish
Abigail Peterson
SING YOU HOME
- Jodi Picoult
KITCHEN TABLE
WISDOM - Rachel Reman, MD
MY GRANDFATHER’S
BLESSINGS – Rachael Remen, MD
SOULS IN THE HANDS
OF A TENDER GOD
Craig Rennebohm
GILEAD – Marilynne Robinson
HOME - Marilynne
Robinson
COME ALONG - Jane
Rubietta
COME CLOSER -
Jane Rubietta
RESTLESS SOULS:
THE MAKING OF
AMERICAN SPIRITUALITY - Leigh Eric Schmidt
SNOW FLOWER AND
THE SECRET FAN – Lisa See
THE WORKING POOR:
Invisible in America
David Shipler
HIS PROMISED LAND
– Autobiography of John P. Parker
Stuart Sprague
LOTUS
EATERS - Tatjana Soli
THE HELP - Kathryn
Stockett
REDISCOVERING
VALUES - Jim Wallis
FOUND IN THE MIDDLE:
THEOLOGY & ETHICS FOR
CHRISTIANS WHO ARE BOTH LIBERAL & EVANGELICAL
by Wildman and Garner
THE WARMTH OF
OTHER SUNS - Isabel Wilkerson
THE END OF AMERICA:
LETTER OF WARNING
TO A YOUNG PATRIOT - Naomi Wolf
SKY BURIAL: AN
EPIC LOVE STORY OF TIBET - Xinran
Daily
Devotional/Study Opportunities
(These can be used as a study for a small group or individually.
There are many more, please share your special one.)
THE HOLY BIBLE
CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER - Thomas Merton
THE MESSAGE – Eugene Peterson
THE CUP OF OUR LIFE: A Guide for Spiritual
Growth
Joyce Rupp
CIRCLE OF LIFE – Joyce Rupp and Macrina
Weiderkehr
SOUL FEAST: An Invitation to the Christian Spiritual
Life
Marjorie J. Thompson
KNEELING IN BETHLEHEM – Ann Weems
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Children's
Books
Graham Base…anything
ROSA – Nikki Giovanni
JUST THE WAY YOU ARE -- Max Lucado
YOU ARE SPECIAL -- Max Lucado
LISTEN TO THE WIND - Greg
Mortenson & Susan Roth
OF THEE I SING: A LETTER
TO MY DAUGHTERS
Barack Obama
SINGING HANDS – Della
Ray (youth)
THREE CUPS OF TEA: THE
YOUNG READERS' EDITION
Thomson, Mortenson, Relin, Goodall
OLD TURTLE – Douglas
Wood |
*Presses online surfing/ordering, etc.: United
Church Press, Cokesbury, Innisfree Press, Augsberg Press, Harper,
Westminister John Knox Press, etc.
** Reading Group Books: Lying Awake, Girl With a Pearl Earring,
First Mothers, The Nanny Diaries, Lovely Bones, Bel Canto, Partner
in Crime, The Holy Road, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress,
Blessings