General Reading
WHY I WAKE UP EARLY – Mary Oliver
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD – Harold Kushner
INTERRUPTED BY GOD: Glimpses of God from the Edge
Tracey Lind
MY GRANDFATHER’S BLESSINGS – Rachael Remen, MD
WORDS FROM A FEARLESS HEART – Laura Ingalls Wilder
LET YOUR LIFE SPEAK - Parker Palmer
PLAN B: Further Thoughts on Faith – Anne Lamont
GILEAD – Marilynne Robinson
FOR ONE MORE DAY – Mitch Alboom
AMAZING GRACE – Kathleen Norris
THE HEART OF CHRISTIANITY – Marcus Borg
STAR OF DAVID: Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish
Abigail Peterson
DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS – Katy Day
THE PROMISED LAND – Autobiography of John P. Parker
Stuart Sprague
MAYFLOWER – Nathaniel Philbrick
1776 – David McCullough
FOUNDING FATHERS – Joseph Ellis
BUFFALO
BOY AND GERONIMO – James Janko
THE KITE RUNNER – Khalid Hosseini
A
BED OF RED FLOWERS: IN SEARCH OF MY
AFGHANISTAN - Nelofer Pazira
SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN – Lisa See
SKY
BURIAL: AN EPIC LOVE STORY OF TIBET - Xinran
MY SISTER’S KEEPER – Jodi Picoult
WITNESS
- Karen Hesse
MEMORY KEEPER’S DAUGHTER – Kim Edwards
THE
MITFORD SERIES - Jan Karon
GOD’S POLITICS – Jim Wallis
RESTLESS SOULS: The American Spirituality
Leigh Eric Schmidt
AMERICAN GOSPEL – Jon Meacham
OUR ENDANGERED VALUES – Jimmy Carter
WHY THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT IS WRONG – Robin Meyers
THE WORKING POOR:
Invisible in America
David Shipler
MOYERS ON AMERICA: A JOURNALIST AND
HIS TIMES
Bill Moyers
MIDDLE CHURCH - Bob Edgar
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
THE MESSAGE – Eugene Peterson
SOUL FEAST: An Invitation to the Christian Spiritual Life
Marjorie J. Thompson
THE CUP OF OUR LIFE: A Guide for Spiritual Growth - Joyce
Rupp
BEHOLD YOUR LIFE: A Pilgrimage Through Your Memories
Macrina Wiederkehr
CIRCLE OF LIFE – Joyce Rupp and Macrina Weiderkehr
KNEELING IN BETHLEHEM – Ann Weems
CAN YOU DRINK THIS CUP? - Henri Nouwen
CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER - Thomas Merton
GREEN HEART OF THE SNOWDROP – Kate McIlhagga
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Children's
Books
OLD TURTLE – Douglas Wood
CHRISTMAS MOCCASINS – Ray Buckley
ROSA – Nikki Giovanni
Graham Base…anything
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SINGING HANDS – Della Ray (youth)
JUST THE WAY YOU ARE -- Max Lucado
YOU ARE SPECIAL -- Max Lucado |
*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