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10 best books like The Longing for Home: Reflections at Midlife (Frederick Buechner): Wisdom Distilled from the Daily: Living the Rule of St. Benedict Today, The Sacredness of Questioning Everything, Any Day a Beautiful Change: A Story of Faith and Family, Unprotected Texts: The Bible's Surprising Contradictions About Sex and Desire, The Witness of Preaching, Preaching, Speaking of Sin, Love and Salt: A Spiritual Friendship Shared in Letters, Gracias!: A Latin American Journal, The Red Sea Rules: The Same God Who Led You In Will Lead You Out

Wisdom Distilled from the Daily: Living the Rule of St. Benedict Today
AuthorJoan D. Chittister
ISBN0060613998
I need this type of books so badly. I am reading it slowly taking it all in. Today I am up to page 20 since English is my second language. I kept saying, yes, yes, to almost everything she said. Here are some things I liked in her book:

-The spirituality we develop affects the way we image God.

-The...
The Sacredness of Questioning Everything
AuthorDavid Dark
ISBN0310286182
Is Your God Big Enough to Be Questioned? The freedom to question is an indispensable and sacred practice that is absolutely vital to the health of our communities.According to author David Dark, when religion won’t tolerate questions, objections, or differences of opinion, and when it only brings...
Any Day a Beautiful Change: A Story of Faith and Family
AuthorKatherine Willis Pershey
ISBN0827200293
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,...
Unprotected Texts: The Bible's Surprising Contradictions About Sex and Desire
AuthorJennifer Wright Knust
ISBN0061725587
“An explosive, fascinating book that reveals how the Bible cannot be used as a rulebook when it comes to sex. A terrific read by a top scholar.” —Bart Ehrman, author of Misquoting Jesus

Boston University’s cutting-edge religion scholar Jennifer Wright Knust reveals the Bible’s...
The Witness of Preaching
AuthorThomas G. Long
ISBN0664229433
This thorough and detailed revision of The Witness of Preaching is even clearer and more helpful than the first edition. Long has updated the language, expanded the key chapter on biblical exegesis, and included more examples of sermon forms, illustrations, and conclusions. He continues to critically...
Preaching
AuthorFred B. Craddock
ISBN0687336481
Preaching was the kind of book that stands the test of time as a textbook on a subject. However, perhaps it would be better served if I first understood its goal rather than coming in with preconceived notions about what it would be and to find myself dissatisfied at the end. I believed it to be a textbook...
Speaking of Sin
AuthorBarbara Brown Taylor
ISBN1561011894
In Speaking of Sin, Barbara Brown Taylor brings her fresh perspective to a cluster of words that often cause us discomfort and have widely fallen into neglect: sin, damnation, repentance, penance, and salvation. She asks, "Why, then, should we speak of sin anymore? The only reason I can think of is because...
Love and Salt: A Spiritual Friendship Shared in Letters
AuthorAmy Andrews
ISBN0829438319
When Amy Andrews and Jessica Mesman Griffith met in a creative writing class in graduate school, they both confessed to writing about God. They bonded one night while reading the Book of Ruth and came to truly understand the unlikely friendship of Ruth and Naomi. In these two Old Testament women, they...
Gracias!: A Latin American Journal
AuthorHenri J.M. Nouwen
ISBN0883448513
In this journal of his travels in Bolivia and Peru, Nouwen ponders the presence of God in the poor, the challenge of a persecuted church, the relation between faith and justice, and his own struggle to discern the path along which God is calling him. "Nouwen puts his inexhaustible curiosity and hunger...
The Red Sea Rules: The Same God Who Led You In Will Lead You Out
AuthorRobert J. Morgan
ISBN0785266496
Just as Moses and the Israelites found themselves caught between "the devil and the deep Red Sea," so are we sometimes overwhelmed by life's problems. But God delivered the Israelites, and He will deliver us too.The Red Sea Rules reveals, even in the midst of seemingly impossible situations, God's...
Prototype: What Happens When You Discover You're More Like Jesus Than You Think?
AuthorJonathan Martin
ISBN1414373635
Jesus is God and we are not. Most of us get that. But what we don't always understand is that God loves us just as much as He does His son. Many times in the Old Testament, God refers to human beings as His "beloved." But when God called Jesus His beloved, Jesus did something truly remarkable: He believed Him....
Pascal's Wager: The Man Who Played Dice with God
AuthorJames A. Connor
ISBN0060766913
In a major biography of Blaise Pascal, James Connor explores both the intellectual giant whose theory of probability paved the way for modernity and the devout religious mystic who dared apply probability to faith. A child prodigy, Pascal made essential additions to Descartes's work at age sixteen....
Christianity Rediscovered
AuthorVincent J. Donovan
ISBN1570754624
Donovan’s book gives readers much to ponder regarding how the message of Jesus is presented. From his work with the Masai in Tanzania, he came to realize that often the gospel message carries much cultural accretion that is not present in the New Testament, such as Western hierarchical authority...
Good Grief: A Faith-Based Guide to Understanding and Healing
AuthorGranger E. Westberg
ISBN0806651504
Many people experience grief as the result of loss. This book describes what happens to us whenever we lose someone or something important. We all need a better understanding of the small griefs in life as well as those larger grief experiences that can overwhelm us. Here is a volume to be kept close at...
Leaves from the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic
AuthorReinhold Niebuhr
ISBN0664251641
Renowned theologian Reinhold Niebuhr began his career as pastor of Bethel Evangelical Church in Detroit, Michigan, where he served from 1915-1928. Leaves From the Notebook of a Tamed Cynic is Niebuhr's account of the frustrations and joys he experienced during his years at Bethel. Addressed to young...
Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations
AuthorRobert C. Schnase
ISBN0687645409
People are searching for a church shaped and sustained by Radical Hospitality, Passionate Worship, Intentional Faith Development, Risk-Taking Mission and Service, and Extravagant Generosity. These fundamental practices are critical to the success of congregations. Their presence and strength...
Final Words: From the Cross
AuthorAdam Hamilton
ISBN1610453735
In life and in death, Jesus’ words were powerful and meaningful. Despite the serious effort and increased pain required for Jesus to speak as he hung on the cross, Jesus spoke seven"final words"statements that have much to teach us about Jesus, his Father, and ourselves:

•Father Forgive...
The Jesus Creed: Loving God, Loving Others
AuthorScot McKnight
When an expert in the law of Moses asked Jesus for the greatest commandment, Jesus responded with the Shema, the ancient Jewish creed that commands Israel to love God with heart, soul, mind, and strength. But the next part of Jesus' answer would change the course of history. Jesus amended the Shema, giving...
Brother to a Dragonfly
AuthorWill D. Campbell
ISBN0826400329
"We're all bastards, but God loves us anyway." This was Will Campbell's response to an avowed atheist who asked him to define Christianity in 10 words.

This is a memoir of two brothers who grew up poor in rural Mississippi in the 30's. They idolized each other, but took different paths. Our author...
The Supper of the Lamb: A Culinary Reflection
AuthorRobert Farrar Capon
ISBN0375760563
From a passionate and talented chef who also happens to be an Episcopalian priest comes this surprising and thought-provoking treatise on everything from prayer to poetry to puff pastry. In The Supper of the Lamb, Capon talks about festal and ferial cooking, emerging as an inspirational voice extolling...
Gift of the Red Bird: The Story of a Divine Encounter
AuthorPaula D'Arcy
ISBN0824519566
Amazing, and deeply convicting.

In 1975 Paula D'Arcy, her husband husband and her daughter were involved in car accident with a drunk driver. Paula's husband and daughter were killed. Paula survived. 6 months later, Paula gave birth to her 2nd daughter.

Her process of grieving,...
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