Jesus in Blue Jeans: A Practical Guide to Everyday Spirituality
10 best books like Jesus in Blue Jeans: A Practical Guide to Everyday Spirituality (Laurie Beth Jones): The Essential Mystics: Selections from the World's Great Wisdom Traditions, The Eyes of the Heart: A Memoir of the Lost and Found, Earth Prayers: From Around the World: 365 Prayers, Poems, and Invocations for Honoring the Earth, Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much, A Book of Hours, Intimacy with God: An Introduction to Centering Prayer, Things Unseen: Living in Light of Forever, Prodigals and Those Who Love Them, Mariel Hemingway's Healthy Living from the Inside Out: Every Woman's Guide to Real Beauty, Renewed Energy, and a Radiant Life, Mary Magdalene: A Woman Who Loved ( Trilogy, #1)
This is not an analysis of mysticism, it is a collection of primary sources grouped by the cultures that wrote them, with very brief introductions into each section. As such, it is an interesting first glimpse at the subject, but the author’s repeated references to the end of the world, “the human...
| Author | Frederick Buechner |
| ISBN | 0062516396 |
From critically acclaimed author and Pulitzer Prize runner-up Frederick Buechner comes another powerfully honest memoir, The Eyes of the Heart. Full of poinant insights into his most personal relationships, this moving account traces how the author was shaped as much by his family's secrets as...
In forest clearings, beneath star-filled skies, in cathedrals, and before the hearth... women and men have always given voice to the impulse to celebrate the world that surrounds and sustains them. Now, as we face a diminished present and an uncertain future, the need to honor the interconnection...
| Author | Anne Wilson Schaef |
| ISBN | 0062548662 |
I got 14 pages in and just decided this book isn't for me. There just seems to be a political bias in the book regarding feminism that I've just decided it's too distracting for me to continue to read anymore. Truly if this book were more about "meditation" as the title suggests it would be focusing on self...
| Author | Thomas Merton |
| ISBN | 1933495057 |
This book is set up in the daily liturgical cycle, but instead of prayers from a lectionary or scripture readings, it is entirely composed of Thomas Merton's thoughts on silence, contemplation, nature, and listening to God. It's a great way to silence your soul to listen to God, and a good balance to something...
| Author | Thomas Keating |
| ISBN | 0824515889 |
This book was recommended to me by a monk in his eighties in a meeting of spiritual direction with me. I had been feeling very attracted to the practice of Zen meditation for its focus on the present moment, breathing, and acceptance of change, pain, emotional ups and downs, etc. I had felt that my prayer...
| Author | Mark Buchanan |
| ISBN | 0739426370 |
Mark Buchanon is a beautiful wordsmith; his words are art and his stories are so wonderfully told.
I absolutely adored the overall message of this novel. There were some parts that will never leave me and I believe I was meant to read this at this exact time in my life. The ending was so peaceful and I...
For anyone waiting for a prodigal's return.
There is perhaps nothing that brings more angst to a parent's heart than waiting for a prodigal to return home. Beloved author Ruth Bell Graham knew about prodigals--two of her five children were spiritual wanderers. In this time-tested classic,...
| Author | Mariel Hemingway |
| ISBN | 0060890398 |
Question: Which of the following have you done this week?
A. Switched on the TV within minutes of waking up.
B. Eaten lunch while driving.
C. Taken your cell phone into the bathroom.
D. Used a cup of coffee as a pick-me-up.
E. Looked in the mirror and had a negative thought about your...
Mary Magdalene: A Woman Who Loved ( Trilogy, #1)
Mary Magdalene was a woman whose life circumstances led her from demonic possession and prostitution to being the first witness of the greatest event in world history. In an attempt to reconstruct her life, this book demonstrates her struggle as she confronts the patriarchal traditions embedded...
Heaven Is Now: Awakening Your Five Spiritual Senses to the Wonders of Grace
| Author | Andrew Farley |
| ISBN | 0801014387 |
I enjoy all of Andrew Farley's books whether they will one day when we are all dead, be proven to be right or not ( sorry for the bluntness ! ). He is a massive believer that constant and never ending striving 'to be good', repetance, never feeling good enough, right enough or Christian enough is all wrong...
Updated in a riveting, modern paraphrase, let this practical wisdom transform your lifeat home, at work, at play..
Buck-Naked Faith: A Brutally Honest Look at Stunted Christianity
| Author | Eric Sandras |
| ISBN | 1576835251 |
Be real with God. Take off your designer, postmodern phoniness. Strip off your pretty-sounding words. Get your faith naked. Honest and gritty, Eric Sandras encourages a generation of believers to drop the layers of make-believe nonsense that stunts our spiritual growth. What emerges is a positive...
Life to the Max - A Max Lucado Digital Sampler
Love this 5 star sampler. It's very inspirational and comforting to read the pages within. The book passages will help you to grow in your faith and understanding of the scriptures. The writings will give you insights towards the many books written by Max Lucado that you may want to purchase in the future....
Invitation to the Jesus Life: Experiments in Christlikeness
"God called you to endure suffering because Christ suffered for you. He left you an example so that you could follow in his footsteps." (1 Peter 2:21 GW)
It was the sensation that sparked the little wristbands, the bumper stickers, and even conversations around the water cooler…..WWJD or...
Did the Resurrection Happen . . . Really?
With over 40 million books sold, bestselling author Josh McDowell is no stranger to creatively presenting biblical truth. Now, partnering with fellow apologist Dave Sterrett, Josh introduces a new series targeted at the intersection of story and truth.The Coffee House Chronicles are short, easily...
Do What Jesus Did: A Real-Life Field Guide to Healing the Sick, Routing Demons and Changing Lives Forever
| Author | Robby Dawkins |
| ISBN | 0800795571 |
A Real-Life Field Guide to Doing What Jesus Did
The things Jesus did are not just for Bible times. They are for today. For everyone. Chicagoland pastor Robby Dawkins sees this again and again in his ministry to hurting people and even to gang members. Everyday people are seeing God's power unleashed...
A Better Way to Pray: If Your Prayer Life Is Not Working, Consider Changing Directions
| Author | Andrew Wommack |
| ISBN | 1577948343 |
After nearly four decades of ministry, Andrew Wommack has discovered some important truths about prayer. His prayer life is much different than it was thirty years ago and the results have dramatically improved!
You may be asking many of the same questions Andrew once did. Is prayer my Christian...
Coffee Shop Conversations: Making the Most of Spiritual Small Talk
| Author | Dale Fincher |
| ISBN | 0310318874 |
A 2008 study released by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life notes that the number of people creating their own interpretations of faith and culture is growing. Seems like there are as many different styles of faith as ways to order your latte. How does a Christian have normal conversations about...
The host of The Bob Edwards Show and Bob Edwards Weekend on Sirius XM Radio, Bob Edwards became the first radio personality with a large national audience to take his chances in the new field of satellite radio. The programs'' mix of long-form interviews and news documentaries has won many prestigious...
The 10 Most Common Objections to Christianity
| Author | Alex McFarland |
| ISBN | 0830742980 |
Society today has a growing number of objections and concerns regarding Christianity. Why does a loving God let bad things happen? Would God really send someone to hell? And why is Christianity right and other religions are in error? Many Christians hear objections to Christianity and have a crisis...
I Surrender All: Rebuilding a Marriage Broken by Pornography
| Author | Clay Crosse |
| ISBN | 1576837327 |
This book, although dated (first published in 1999) has some relevant and important lessons for Christians as individuals and for the church as a whole.
Clay Crosse shot to musical fame in the 1990's with singles including I Surrender All. His life was surrendered, but not to God, despite being...
Spiral Jetta: A Road Trip through the Land Art of the American West
| Author | Erin Hogan |
| ISBN | 0226348458 |
Erin Hogan hit the road in her Volkswagen Jetta and headed west from Chicago in search of the monuments of American land art: a salty coil of rocks, four hundred stainless steel poles, a gash in a mesa, four concrete tubes, and military sheds filled with cubes. Her journey took her through the states of...
