A Good and Perfect Gift: Faith, Expectations, and a Little Girl Named Penny
10 best books like A Good and Perfect Gift: Faith, Expectations, and a Little Girl Named Penny (Amy Julia Becker): Half Baked: The Story of My Nerves, My Newborn, and How We Both Learned to Breathe, Any Day a Beautiful Change: A Story of Faith and Family, Becoming Fearless: My Ongoing Journey of Learning to Trust God, In Capable Arms: Living a Life Embraced by Grace, Raising Abel, Radical Survivor: One Woman's Path Through Life, Love, and Uncharted Tragedy, Two Wars: One Hero's Fight on Two Fronts--Abroad and Within, Infinitely More, Praying for Strangers: An Adventure of the Human Spirit, Raising the Perfectly Imperfect Child: Facing Up to Challenges and Embracing a Life Without Limits
| Author | Alexa Stevenson |
| ISBN | 0762441593 |
Author Alexa Stevenson had spent most of her life preparing for the wrong disasters. When her daughter is born 15 weeks early, she is plunged into the strange half-light of the Newborn Intensive Care Unit, where she learns the Zen of medical uncertainty and makes the surprising discovery that a worst-case...
| Author | Katherine Willis Pershey |
| ISBN | 0827200293 |
First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the minister with the baby carriage. In this collection of interrelated personal essays, Katherine Willis Pershey chronicles the story of her life as a young pastor, mother, and wife. At turns hilarious and harrowing, deeply moving and gently instructive,...
| Author | Michelle Aguilar |
| ISBN | 1434703274 |
As the Season 6 winner of The Biggest Loser, Michelle Aguilar goes beyond her grand-prize victory to inspire readers to overcome fear.
In Becoming Fearless, readers will discover Aguilar’s motivation not only for winning the show, but facing her deep seated fears. They will discover...
Sarah Kovac was born with Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC), a rare congenital birth defect that left her with arms that she could barely use. Growing up, she was the only one in her class with a disability, setting her apart as "different" and unpopular. Realizing her unique place in the world,...
A woman of remarkable resourcefulness single-handedly raises a troubled child all the way to manhood in this intimate and inspiring blog-to-book memoir. At 38, Carolyn Nash had a good job, no apparent struggles and few conscious regrets—save, perhaps, her weight and her childlessness. She remedies...
| Author | Nancy Saltzman |
| ISBN | 0615658199 |
“I’m sorry. There were no survivors.” Nancy Saltzman tried to absorb the caller’s words. Her entire family had perished in a small plane crash. The caller was wrong, though. There was a survivor—Nancy would have to go on living. She had beaten cancer twice, but how could even the most resilient...
| Author | Nate Self |
| ISBN | 1414320094 |
Former army ranger Nate Self, a hero from the Robert’s Ridge rescue in Afghanistan, tells his whole story—from the pulse-pounding battle in the mountains of Afghanistan to the high-stakes battle he has waged against post traumatic stress disorder. This book will become a go-to book for understanding...
| Author | Alex Krutov |
| ISBN | 0982635346 |
Abandoned by his mother in a St. Petersburg dumpster when he was only three days old, Alex Krutov should not have survived. But God had something else in mind. Raised in the harsh Russian orphanage system, Alex's life was one of hopelessness and despair until the arrival of Christian missionaries from...
| Author | River Jordan |
| ISBN | 0425239640 |
What if there was something readers could do that could positively influence others and change their lives in the process? As 2009 approached, New Year's resolutions were the last thing on River Jordan's mind. Her sons were both about to go off to war and all she could do was pray for their safety and hope...
| Author | Boris Vujicic |
| ISBN | 1601428340 |
“You may lack limbs, but don't let that define what you can or can't do.”
That’s the life-changing advice Boris Vujicic spoke to his son, Nick, who was born without arms or legs. With the help of his parents, Nick has become an internationally-known inspirational speaker, a best-selling...
| Author | Crystal McVea |
| ISBN | 1501124919 |
From the author of the New York Times bestseller, Waking Up in Heaven, comes an extraordinary story about Crystal McVea’s personal transformation after visiting heaven and how readers can experience heaven themselves—and live a more meaningful life.
On December 10, 2009, Crystal...
| Author | Dabney Hedegard |
| ISBN | 1414376820 |
"She'll never make it through the night."
When Dabney Hedegard was six weeks pregnant, doctors discovered an eight-inch tumor embedded in her chest. She was diagnosed with cancer and opted to postpone treatment until further along in her pregnancy. This marked the beginning of a ten-year...
Named By God: Overcoming Your Past, Transforming Your Present, Embracing Your Future
| Author | Kasey Van Norman |
| ISBN | 1414364741 |
In many ways, Kasey Van Norman has suffered more heartbreak than one woman can bear. Growing up, she endured her parents' divorce, date rape, and years of addiction to sex and cutting. As an adult, she suffered the pain of an emotional affair, rejection by her friends and community, and her mother's...
| Author | Audra Grace Shelby |
| ISBN | 0800795180 |
When Audra Grace Shelby and her husband felt God calling them to minister in the Middle East, she was fearful--how would she raise her children in the heart of conservative Islam?
Armed with prayers and a faith that always seemed too small, the family made the move to Yemen, enduring deadly illness,...
| Author | Matt Patterson |
| ISBN | 1449951554 |
This book tells the story of a hurting family, an amazing little girl and a mysteriously faithful God. Emily wasn't born perfect - so one might think. She was born with Down Syndrome and many would jump to the conclusion that she would have very little hope for a life with any significance. Two years later...
| Author | Ed Dobson |
| ISBN | 0781405556 |
An exploration of identity and faith, Seeing Through the Fog invites readers to a vibrant life, an expectant life, a life of joy in each new morning.
Pastor Ed Dobson has spent his life preaching sermons, but this book is not a sermon. He has spent more than ten years with a debilitating illness,...
| Author | Rob Lacey |
| ISBN | 0310922682 |
'Rob helped me discover angry and sad voices in passages of the Bible that had left me indifferent, and he made me laugh at other passages so familiar that I had never seen the healthy irreverence, humor and irony they expressed.' --Dr. David Trobisch, Professor of New Testament Language and Literature,...
| Author | Lindsey O'Connor |
| ISBN | 0800718763 |
On a crisp October day in 2002, Lindsey O'Connor woke from a 47-day medically induced coma. She heard her ecstatic husband's voice and saw his face as she emerged from the depths of unconsciousness. She was bewildered by the people around her who looked so overjoyed and were so thoroughly attentive and...
In this moving spiritual memoir—Thin Places—Mary DeMuth traces the winding path of thin places in her life, places where she experienced longing and healing more intensely than before. From surviving abuse as a latchkey kid to discovering a heavenly Father who never leaves, Mary’s story invites...
| Author | Emily Colson |
| ISBN | 0310293685 |
Meet a remarkable young man. Max doesn’t communicate like we do. But he communicates better than we do about the most important things. Max doesn’t think like we do. But his actions reflect deep spiritual truths. With candor and wit, Emily Colson shares about her personal battles and heartbreak...
The celebrated Fox News star and #1 New York Times bestselling author offers a powerful, uplifting look at her life and her spiritual journey, reflecting on her family, her faith, and her successful career.
In her bestselling children’s book Take Heart, My Child, Ainsley Earhardt drew...
| Author | Christi Paul |
| ISBN | 1613751230 |
“I felt like I was being shredded... one painful, hateful word at a time.” Like millions of other women, CNN’s HLN and truTV’s In Session anchor Christi Paul blamed herself for the emotional abuse heaped on her by her first husband, whose violent, profanity-laced tirades left her feeling as...
| Author | Erin Davis |
| ISBN | 0802405622 |
Where are you in the motherhood journey?
Are you a new mom struggling to redefine the boundaries of your life among a sea of diapers, feedings, and sleepless nights? Have you been a mom so long that you’ve lost yourself along the way? Are you trying to decide if you want to have children?
Erin...
The Red Suit Diaries: A Real-Life Santa on Hopes, Dreams, and Childlike Faith
| Author | Ed Butchart |
| ISBN | 0800718143 |
Tom Brokaw said it best about the author: This Santa "can only be described as the real thing." With warmth, humor, and wonder, Ed Butchart shares his stories as a professional Santa Claus in The Red Suit Diaries. Deftly combining his Santa persona with his passion for God, Butchart reveals himself as...
| Author | Mike Kersjes |
| ISBN | 0312303149 |
Besides being a football coach at his Michigan High School, Mike Kersjes taught special education classes, dealing with children whose disabilities included Tourette syndrome, Downs Syndrome, dyslexia, eating disorders and a variety of emotional problems.
One autumn Kersjes got the...
