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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorStill: Notes on a Mid-Faith Crisis
Lauren F. Winner · 272 pages
The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible
A.J. Jacobs · 492 pages
Raised in a secular family but interested in the relevance of faith in our modern world, A.J. Jacobs decides to attempt to obey the Bible as literally as possible for one full year. He vows to follow the Ten Commandments. To be fruitful and multiply. To love his neighbor. But also to obey the hundreds of less publicized rules: to avoid wearing clothes made of mixed fibers; to stone adulterers. The
Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
Anne Lamott · 281 pages
"Anne Lamott takes us on a journey through her often troubled past to illuminate her devout but quirky walk of faith. In a narrative spiced with stories and scripture, with diatribes, laughter, and tears, Lamott tells how, against all odds, she came to believe in God and then, even more miraculously, in herself. She shows us the myriad ways in which this sustains and guides her, shining the light
Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality
Donald Miller · 256 pages
Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People
Nadia Bolz-Weber
What if that person you've been trying to avoid is your best shot at grace today? And what if that's the point? In Accidental Saints, New York Times best-selling author Nadia Bolz-Weber invites readers into a surprising encounter with what she calls “a religious but not-so-spiritual life.” Tattooed, angry and profane, this former standup comic turned pastor stubbornly, sometimes hilariously
Acedia & Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer's Life
Kathleen Norris · 343 pages
Kathleen Norris's masterpiece: a personal and moving memoir that resurrects the ancient term acedia, or soul-weariness, and brilliantly explores its relevancy to the modern individual and culture.
This Odd and Wondrous Calling: The Public and Private Lives of Two Ministers
Lillian Daniel, Martin B. Copenhaver · 235 pages
This Odd and Wondrous Calling offers something different from most books available on ministry. Two people still pastoring reflect honestly here on both the joys and the challenges of their vocation. Anecdotal and extremely readable, the book covers a diversity of subjects revealing the incredible variety of a pastor's day. The chapters move from comedy to pathos, story to theology, Scripture to c
Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life
Karen Maezen Miller · 180 pages
Miller uses daily household chores, laundry, kitchen, yard, to demonstrate timeless Buddhist principles. The skillful weaving of personal anecdotes, a few Zen terms, and acute insights sometimes addressing the reader directly, distinguish this book from others in the genre. Miller, a Zen priest and student of the late Maezumi Roshi, argues for the faultless wisdom of following instructions when go
An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith
Barbara Brown Taylor · 216 pages
In her critically acclaimed Leaving Church ("a beautiful, absorbing memoir." — Dallas Morning News), Barbara Brown Taylor wrote about leaving full-time ministry to become a professor, a decision that stretched the boundaries of her faith. Now, in her stunning follow-up, An Altar in the World, she shares how she learned to encounter God beyond the walls of any church. From simple practices such as
Cold Tangerines: Celebrating the Extraordinary Nature of Everyday Life
Shauna Niequist · 256 pages
The Irrational Season
Madeleine L'Engle · 224 pages
An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World
Pankaj Mishra
Speaking of Faith: Why Religion Matters--and How to Talk About It
Krista Tippett · 256 pages
An intimate, thought-provoking, and original appraisal of the meaning of religion in our time—from the creator and host of public radio's Speaking of FaithKrista Tippett, widely becoming known as the Bill Moyers of radio, is one of the country's mostintelligent and insightful commentators on religion, ethics, and the human spirit. With this book,she draws on her own life story and her intimate con
Hudson Taylor
James Hudson Taylor · 160 pages
Living with the Himalayan Masters
Swami Rama · 486 pages
Unveiling Grace: The Story of How We Found Our Way out of the Mormon Church
Lynn K. Wilder · 368 pages
Narrates the story of how a Mormon family left the religion after questioning many of its teachings and describes what it was like to grow up as a Mormon, comparing many Mormon beliefs and practices with those of more traditional Christian religions.
On Living
Kerry Egan · 208 pages
"A hospice chaplain shares the meaning the dying make of their lives, to help us understand what is ultimately important and to make the most of our own still-being-lived lives"--
Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists
Dan Barker
After 19 years as an evangelical preacher, missionary, and Christian songwriter, Dan Barker 'threw out the bathwater and discovered there is no baby there.' Barker, who is now co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation (America's largest organization of atheists and agnostics), describes the intellectual and psychological path he followed in moving from fundamentalism to freethought. The
A Confession
Leo Tolstoy · 95 pages
Leo Tolstoy wrote this short meditation on sadness and the meaning of life when he was middle aged. He had already completed his masterworks, Anna Karenina and War and Peace , reared fourteen children, and gained fame and acclaim in Russia as a man of letters. But despite having attained that success, he still found himself unhappy and always returning to the disturbing idea that all achievement i
I Dared to Call Him Father: The Miraculous Story of a Muslim Woman's Encounter with God
Bilquis Sheikh · 173 pages
"How do I give myself to God completely? What happens when I do? I Dared to Call Him Father is a book for everyone who has ever asked these questions. It is the fascinating true story of Bilquis Sheikh, a prominent Muslim woman in South Asia who faced these questions at the crossroads of her life-and found the astonishing answers. Her entire life turned upside down as a series of strange dreams la