Joshua's bookshelf: all en-US Thu, 02 Jan 2025 07:46:06 -0800 60 Joshua's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[And David Perceived He Was King: IDENTITY - the Key to Your DESTINY]]> 25284505 182 Dale L. Mast 1498430619 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.48 2015 And David Perceived He Was King: IDENTITY - the Key to Your DESTINY
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]]> <![CDATA[The Berenstain Bears and the Joy of Giving: The True Meaning of Christmas (Berenstain Bears/Living Lights: A Faith Story)]]> 41722612
The Berenstain Bears explore the value of generosity and gratitude inThe Berenstain Bears and the Joy of Giving. Children will discover ways to implement traditional values and share God’s goodness in ZonderkidzճBerenstain Bears Living Lights� series of books with over 13 million copies sold.

The Berenstain Bears and the Joy of

Sparks conversations about the joy of giving to others?Encourages age appropriate discussions about sharing and developing an attitude of gratitude?Perfect for back-to-school reading, summer reading, birthday gifts, and holiday?gift-givingPerfect for early reader ages 4-8, reading out loud at home or in a classroomThe Berenstain BearsLiving Lights�

Features the hand-drawn artwork of the Berenstain familyContinues in the much-loved footsteps of Stan and Jan BerenstainIs part of one of the bestselling children’s book series ever created, with more than 250 unique books published and nearly 300 million books sold to date?Look for additional inspirational children’s picture books inThe Berenstain Bears Living Lights� series.]]> 32 Jan Berenstain 0310755948 Joshua 5 4.52 2010 The Berenstain Bears and the Joy of Giving: The True Meaning of Christmas (Berenstain Bears/Living Lights: A Faith Story)
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average rating: 4.52
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]]> The Hobbit 16053513
J.R.R. Tolkien's own description for the original edition: "If you care for journeys there and back, out of the comfortable Western world, over the edge of the Wild, and home again, and can take an interest in a humble hero (blessed with a little wisdom and a little courage and considerable good luck), here is a record of such a journey and such a traveler. The period is the ancient time between the age of Faerie and the dominion of men, when the famous forest of Mirkwood was still standing, and the mountains were full of danger. In following the path of this humble adventurer, you will learn by the way (as he did) -- if you do not already know all about these things -- much about trolls, goblins, dwarves, and elves, and get some glimpses into the history and politics of a neglected but important period. For Mr. Bilbo Baggins visited various notable persons; conversed with the dragon, Smaug the Magnificent; and was present, rather unwillingly, at the Battle of the Five Armies. This is all the more remarkable, since he was a hobbit. Hobbits have hitherto been passed over in history and legend, perhaps because they as a rule preferred comfort to excitement. But this account, based on his personal memoirs, of the one exciting year in the otherwise quiet life of Mr. Baggins will give you a fair idea of the estimable people now (it is said) becoming rather rare. They do not like noise."


Kindle Edition with Audio/Video
Audio/Video content only available for iPads, iPhones, and iPod Touch devices.]]> 322 J.R.R. Tolkien 0547951965 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.48 1937 The Hobbit
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]]> <![CDATA[Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life]]> 56082939 * Financial Times Business Book of the Month * Next Big Idea Club Nominee * One of Bloomberg's "52 New Books That Top Business Leaders Are Recommending" * Aleo Review of Books 2022 Book of the Year *A groundbreaking exploration of why we want what we want, and a toolkit for freeing ourselves from chasing unfulfilling desires.Gravity affects every aspect of our physical being, but there’s a psychological force just as powerful—yet almost nobody has heard of it. It’s responsible for bringing groups of people together and pulling them apart, making certain goals attractive to some and not to others, and fueling cycles of anxiety and conflict. In Wanting, Luke Burgis draws on the work of French polymath René Girard to bring this hidden force to light and reveals how it shapes our lives and societies. According to Girard, humans don’t desire anything independently. Human desire is mimetic—we imitate what other people want. This affects the way we choose partners, friends, careers, clothes, and vacation destinations. Mimetic desire is responsible for the formation of our very identities. It explains the enduring relevancy of Shakespeare’s plays, why Peter Thiel decided to be the first investor in Facebook, and why our world is growing more divided as it becomes more connected.Wanting also shows that conflict does not arise because of our differences—it comes from our sameness. Because we learn to want what other people want, we often end up competing for the same things. Ignoring our large similarities, we cling to our perceived differences.Drawing on his experience as an entrepreneur, teacher, and student of classical philosophy and theology, Burgis shares tactics that help turn blind wanting into intentional wanting--not by trying to rid ourselves of desire, but by desiring differently. It’s possible to be more in control of the things we want, to achieve more independence from trends and bubbles, and to find more meaning in our work and lives.The future will be shaped by our desires. Wanting shows us how to desire a better one.]]> 282 Luke Burgis 1250262496 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.04 2021 Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life
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]]> <![CDATA[Reading the Bible with Rene Girard: Conversations with Steven E. Berry]]> 29522309 181 Michael Hardin Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.51 Reading the Bible with Rene Girard: Conversations with Steven E. Berry
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]]> <![CDATA[Becoming a Contagious Church: Increasing Your Church's Evangelistic Temperature]]> 20014767 225 Mark Mittelberg 0310852986 Joshua 0 currently-reading 3.76 2000 Becoming a Contagious Church: Increasing Your Church's Evangelistic Temperature
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]]> Athens and Jerusalem 33120427
Although the Russian-born Shestov is little known in the Anglophone world today, his writings influenced many twentieth-century European thinkers, such as Albert Camus, D. H. Lawrence, Thomas Mann, Czesław Miłosz, and Joseph Brodsky. Athens and Jerusalem is Shestov’s final, groundbreaking work on the philosophy of religion from an existential perspective. This new, annotated edition of Bernard Martin’s classic translation adds references to the cited works as well as glosses of passages from the original Greek, Latin, German, and French. Athens and Jerusalem is Shestov at his most profound and most eloquent and is the clearest expression of his thought that shaped the evolution of continental philosophy and European literature in the twentieth century.]]> 372 Lev Shestov 0821445618 Joshua 0 currently-reading 5.00 1938 Athens and Jerusalem
author: Lev Shestov
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]]> <![CDATA[Raising Passionate Jesus Followers: The Power of Intentional Parenting]]> 37793955
For Christian parents, there is no greater joy than seeing their children learn to walk with the Lord. And there is no greater fear than that their children will walk away from God.

After serving together in pastoral ministry and raising their now-grown children, Phil and Diane Comer know those hopes and fears well. Like all new parents, they were intimidated and unsure about how to take on the task of spiritually training their young children. But now, with all four of their children grown and establishing their own households of faith, Phil and Diane have embarked on a quest to help the next generation of parents raise passionate Jesus followers.

Drawing on years of pastoral counseling, teaching, leading, and decades of watching families from the perspective of pastors and leaders in ministry, Phil and Diane instruct, guide, encourage, and offer hope and practical help to Christian parents.

Raising Passionate Jesus Followersis a manual full of practical, biblically based, and time-tested guidelines that parents will be able to turn to again and again through every stage of their children's development, including . . .

Formulating a planLaying the foundation, ages 0-5Doing the framing, ages 6-12Installing the functional systems, ages 13-17Completing the finish work, ages 18-22And keeping the front door open for your grown children]]> 300 Phil Comer 0310347785 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.68 Raising Passionate Jesus Followers: The Power of Intentional Parenting
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]]> <![CDATA[The World Rushed In: The California Gold Rush Experience]]> 25353634
Through the diary and letters of William Swain--augmented by interpolations from more than five hundred other gold seekers and by letters sent to Swain from his wife and brother back home--the complete cycle of the gold rush is the overland migration of over thirty thousand men, the struggle to “strike it rich� in the mining camps of the Sierra Nevadas, and the return home through the jungles of the Isthmus of Panama.

In a new preface, the author reappraises our continuing fascination with the “gold rush experience� as a defining epoch in western--indeed, American--history.]]> 578 J.S. Holliday 0806183519 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.18 1981 The World Rushed In: The California Gold Rush Experience
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]]> <![CDATA[Living Forward: A Proven Plan to Stop Drifting and Get the Life You Want]]> 28150454 210 Michael Hyatt 1493403257 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.05 2016 Living Forward: A Proven Plan to Stop Drifting and Get the Life You Want
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]]> <![CDATA[Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder]]> 74022972 From renowned mental health expert and speaker Dr. Gabor Maté, Scattered Minds explodes the myth of attention deficit disorder (ADD/ADHD) as genetically based—and offers real hope and advice for children and adults who live with the condition.

In this breakthrough guide to understanding, treating, and healing Attention Deficit Disorder, Dr. Gabor Maté, bestselling author ofThe Myth of Normal, and himself diagnosed with

Demonstrates that the condition is not a genetic “illness� but a response to environmental stressExplains that in ADD, circuits in the brain whose job is emotional self-regulation and attention control fail to develop in infancy � and whyShows how ‘distractibility� is the psychological product of life experienceAllows parents to understand what makes their ADD children tick, and adults with ADD to gain insights into their emotions and behaviorsExpresses optimism about neurological development even in adulthoodPresents a program of how to promote this development in both children and adults
Whereas other books on the subject describe the condition as inherited, Dr. Maté believes that our social and emotional environments play a key role in both the cause of and cure for this condition. InScattered Minds, he describes the painful realities of ADD and its effect on children as well as on career and social paths in adults.

While acknowledging that genetics may indeed play a part in predisposing a person toward ADD, Dr. Maté moves beyond that to focus on the things we can changes in environment, family dynamics, and parenting choices. He draws heavily on his own experience with the disorder, as both an ADD sufferer and the parent of diagnosed children. Providing a thorough overview of ADD and its treatments,without blaming anyone,Scattered Minds is essential and life-changing reading for the millions of ADD sufferers in North America today.]]> 367 Gabor Maté 0593714989 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.27 1999 Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen]]> 112974860 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER � A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper connections at home, at work, and throughout our lives—from the author of The Road to Character and The Second Mountain

As David Brooks observes, “There is one skill that lies at the heart of any healthy person, family, school, community organization, or society: the ability to see someone else deeply and make them feel seen—to accurately know another person, to let them feel valued, heard, and understood.�

And yet we humans don’t do this well. All around us are people who feel invisible, unseen, misunderstood. In How to Know a Person, Brooks sets out to help us do better, posing questions that are essential for all of us: If you want to know a person, what kind of attention should you cast on them? What kind of conversations should you have? What parts of a person’s story should you pay attention to?

Driven by his trademark sense of curiosity and his determination to grow as a person, Brooks draws from the fields of psychology and neuroscience and from the worlds of theater, philosophy, history, and education to present a welcoming, hopeful, integrated approach to human connection. How to Know a Person helps readers become more understanding and considerate toward others, and to find the joy that comes from being seen. Along the way it offers a possible remedy for a society that is riven by fragmentation, hostility, and misperception.

The act of seeing another person, Brooks argues, is profoundly creative: How can we look somebody in the eye and see something large in them, and in turn, see something larger in ourselves? How to Know a Person is for anyone searching for connection, and yearning to be understood.]]> 304 David Brooks 059323006X Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.09 2023 How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
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]]> <![CDATA[A Church Called Tov: Forming a Goodness Culture That Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing]]> 54994482 “Scot and Laura do an amazing job of teaching us what a good church looks like.� —Beth MooreWhat is the way forward for the church?Tragically, in recent years, Christians have gotten used to revelations of abuses of many kinds in our most respected churches—from Willow Creek to Harvest, from Southern Baptist pastors to Sovereign Grace churches. Respected author and theologian Scot McKnight and former Willow Creek member Laura Barringer wrote this book to paint a pathway forward for the church.We need a better way. The sad truth is that churches of all shapes and sizes are susceptible to abuses of power, sexual abuse, and spiritual abuse. Abuses occur most frequently when Christians neglect to create a culture that resists abuse and promotes healing, safety, and spiritual growth.How do we keep these devastating events from repeating themselves? We need a map to get us from where we are today to where we ought to be as the body of Christ. That map is in a mysterious and beautiful little Hebrew word in Scripture that we translate “good,� the word tov.In this book, McKnight and Barringer explore the concept of tov—unpacking its richness and how it can help Christians and churches rise up to fulfill their true calling as imitators of Jesus.]]> 243 Laura McKnight Barringer 1496446011 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.51 A Church Called Tov: Forming a Goodness Culture That Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing
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]]> <![CDATA[The Creative Act: A Way of Being]]> 62090812 From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years in the making that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us.

"A gorgeous and inspiring work of art on creation, creativity, the work of the artist. It will gladden the hearts of writers and artists everywhere, and get them working again with a new sense of meaning and direction. A stunning accomplishment." --Anne Lamott

"I set out to write a book about what to do to make a great work of art. Instead, it revealed itself to be a book on how to be." --Rick Rubin

Many famed music producers are known for a particular sound that has its day. Rick Rubin is known for something else: creating a space where artists of all different genres and traditions can home in on who they really are and what they really offer. He has made a practice of helping people transcend their self-imposed expectations in order to reconnect with a state of innocence from which the surprising becomes inevitable. Over the years, as he has thought deeply about where creativity comes from and where it doesn't, he has learned that being an artist isn't about your specific output, it's about your relationship to the world. Creativity has a place in everyone's life, and everyone can make that place larger. In fact, there are few more important responsibilities.

The Creative Act is a beautiful and generous course of study that illuminates the path of the artist as a road we all can follow. It distills the wisdom gleaned from a lifetime's work into a luminous reading experience that puts the power to create moments--and lifetimes--of exhilaration and transcendence within closer reach for all of us.]]> 418 Rick Rubin 0593653424 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.27 2023 The Creative Act: A Way of Being
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]]> <![CDATA[Life Without Lack: Living in the Fullness of Psalm 23]]> 36472146
InLife Without Lack, Dallas Willard revolutionizes our understanding of Psalm 23 by taking this comfortably familiar passage and revealing its extraordinary "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want...Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil."

Written with Willard's characteristic gentle wisdom,Life Without Lackhelps you

God's comforting presenceGod's abundant generosityPeace and freedom from worryBased on a series of talks by the late author and edited by his friend Larry Burtoft and by his daughter, Rebecca Willard Heatley,Life Without Lackwill forever change the way you experience the most well-known passage in all of Scripture.

Praise forLife Without

"Dallas Willard helps us to understand that the Twenty-Third Psalm is not meant as a nice sentiment or for kitschy decor, it is for the very thick of our lives, the very moment of crisis. Imagine what our personal lives, families, communities, and politics would look like if we rejected the frantic striving of our day, and instead embraced the life without lack offered to us in Jesus Christ. No one has helped me to imagine and enter into that life more than Dallas Willard. I recommend this book with great joy and hopeful expectation."

--Michael Wear, bestselling author ofReclaiming Hope]]> 254 Dallas Willard Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.45 Life Without Lack: Living in the Fullness of Psalm 23
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]]> <![CDATA[Stumbling Toward Eternity: Losing & Finding Ourselves in the Cross of Jesus]]> 74584519 Live with freedom and abundance as you freshly discover the cross of Jesus through the powerful stories and biblical insights of influential preacher and musician Josh White.“[A] vision of gospel hope.”—John Mark ComerDesperation reverberates at the very center of our anxious age. Despite our fiercest efforts, we never seem to find the meaning, depth, and beauty we long for. Where do we turn? There are so many voices promising happiness and endless ladders for us to climb toward a wholeness we can’t seem to reach.Yet what if what we are looking for has already come down to us?In Stumbling Toward Eternity, writer, pastor, and recording artist Josh White offers confessional stories and theological insights as he interprets the pain of his own past, the complicated “mixture� of the present, and the beautiful uncertainty of the future through the lens of grace. Using crisp and honest prose, he reveals why the most familiar symbol of Christianity—the cross of Jesus—is also the most misunderstood. He shows us why the goal of our desperate existence is not arriving at perfection or success but knowing the crucified Christ.The cross is not something to climb toward status. It is something to die on. It is where illusions die and wounds are healed. The cross is where the crucified God speaks over us words that bring freedom. Freedom from futility. Freedom to live with hope. Freedom to truly love.When we lose and find ourselves in the cross of Jesus, we discover that even the most dissonant notes of life can be redeemed in His song, even as we stumble toward eternity.]]> 242 Josh White 0593193946 Joshua 5 4.73 Stumbling Toward Eternity: Losing & Finding Ourselves in the Cross of Jesus
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]]> <![CDATA[Violence Unveiled: Humanity at the Crossroads]]> 58807069 311 Gil Bailie 0824505972 Joshua 0 5.00 1995 Violence Unveiled: Humanity at the Crossroads
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]]> <![CDATA[The Passenger (The Passenger #1)]]> 60581087
Traversing the American South, from the garrulous barrooms of New Orleans to an abandoned oil rig off the Florida coast, The Passenger is a breathtaking novel of morality and science, the legacy of sin, and the madness that is human consciousness.]]> 385 Cormac McCarthy 0593535227 Joshua 0 currently-reading 3.58 2022 The Passenger (The Passenger #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: It's Impossible to Be Spiritually Mature, While Remaining Emotionally Immature]]> 34788122
A road map for discipleship with Jesus that is powerfully transformative.

Peter Scazzero learned the hard you can't be spiritually mature while remaining emotionally immature. Even though he was the pastor of a growing church, he did what most people do--avoid conflict in the name of Christianity; ignore his anger, sadness, and fear; use God to run from God; and live without boundaries.

Eventually God awakened him to a biblical integration of emotional health and the spiritual practice of slowing down and quieting your life for to experience a firsthand relationship with Jesus. It created nothing short of a spiritual revolution in Scazzero, in his church, and now in thousands of other churches.

In this updated edition, Scazzero shares new stories and principles as he outlines his journey and the signs of emotionally unhealthy spirituality. Then he provides seven biblical, reality-tested steps to become emotionally

Become your authentic selfBreak the power of the pastLet go of power and controlSurrender to your limitsStop to breathe by practicing rest and SabbathLearn new skills to love wellLove Christ above all else

Plus, check out the full line ofEmotionally Healthy Spiritualitybooks dedicated to many different key areas of life. Workbooks, study guides, curriculum, and Spanish editions are also available.]]> 240 Peter Scazzero Joshua 0 4.43 Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: It's Impossible to Be Spiritually Mature, While Remaining Emotionally Immature
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]]> <![CDATA[Speed Reading: Learn to Read a 200+ Page Book in 1 Hour (Mental Performance)]]> 42428073 The #1 Speed Reading Book on Amazon for 4 Straight Years


This has become the go to book for students, teachers, educators, professionals, and home-school parents & children to quickly improve their reading speed.

It present simple tips to not only accelerate your reading, but also understanding and memory.

Unlike other books that only teach how to skim & scan, this one taps into your brain and eyes' amazing ability to naturally read more words in a shorter time.

In truth, this isn't your average speed reading book.

Contrary to some reviews, the book offers a mix of new and time-tested techniques, supported by research, and with detailed instructions and explanations.

With a few simple shifts, you can double to triple your reading speed in minutes. No skimming, no scanning, but reading every word with higher speed.

You’ll Learn to:

- Double to triple your reading speed in a matter of minutes.

- Understand and process more information, in a shorter time.

- Remember more of that information to ace tests, exams, papers, or presentations.

- Enhance vocabulary to blaze through difficult and complicated text.

- Stop your mind from wandering to stay focused on every word.

- Strengthen your eyes and sight to continue reading for years to come.

Best of all, the tips are simple and easy, requiring only a few shifts in habits.

How will the ability to learn more skills, ace more exams, and be more informed, while having more time for your friends, spouse, kids, and the things you love enhance your life?

Don't wait any longer, kick start your reading today!

]]> 131 Kam Knight 0988332868 Joshua 5 4.21 2018 Speed Reading: Learn to Read a 200+ Page Book in 1 Hour (Mental Performance)
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]]> <![CDATA[Celebrities for Jesus: How Personas, Platforms, and Profits Are Hurting the Church]]> 61160063 � Publishers Weekly starred review

"A must-read for anyone invested in the fate of evangelicalism."-- Publishers Weekly
Many Christian leaders use their fame and influence to great effect. Whether that popularity resides at the local church level or represents national or international influence, many leaders have effectively said to their followers, "Follow me as I follow Christ." But fame that is cultivated for its own sake, without attendant spiritual maturity and accountability, has a shadow side that runs counter to the heart of the gospel. Celebrity--defined as social power without proximity--has led to abuses of power, the cultivation of persona, and a fixation on profits.

In light of the fall of famous Christian leaders in recent years, the time has come for the church to reexamine its relationship to celebrity. Award-winning journalist Katelyn Beaty explores the ways fame has reshaped the American church, explains how and why celebrity is woven into the fabric of the evangelical movement, and identifies many ways fame has gone awry in recent years. She shows us how evangelical culture is uniquely attracted to celebrity gurus over and against institutions, and she offers a renewed vision of ordinary faithfulness, helping us all keep fame in its proper place.]]> 195 Katelyn Beaty 1493437038 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.49 Celebrities for Jesus: How Personas, Platforms, and Profits Are Hurting the Church
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]]> The Odyssey 38900919 The Odysseyis vividly captured and beautifully paced in this swift and lucid new translation by acclaimed scholar and translator Peter Green. Accompanied by an illuminating introduction, maps, chapter summaries, a glossary, and explanatory notes, this is the ideal translation for both general readers and students to experienceThe Odysseyin all its glory. Green’s version, with its lyrical mastery and superb command of Greek, offers readers the opportunity to enjoy Homer’s epic tale of survival, temptation, betrayal, and vengeance with all of the verve and pathos of the original oral tradition.]]> 537 Homer 0520966872 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.00 -700 The Odyssey
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]]> <![CDATA[The Network State: How To Start a New Country]]> 60643059
This book introduces the concept of the network state: a country you can start from your computer, a state that recruits like a startup, a nation built from the internet rather than disrupted by it.

The fundamental concept behind the network state is to assemble a digital community and organize it to crowdfund physical territory. But that territory is not in one place � it’s spread around the world, fully decentralized, hooked together by the internet for a common cause, much like Google’s offices or Bitcoin’s miners. And because every citizen has opted in, it’s a model for 100% democracy rather than the minimum threshold of consent modeled by 51% democracies.

Of course, there are countless questions that need to be answered to build something of this scope. How does a network state work socially, technically, logistically, legally, physically, financially? How could such a thing even be viable?

This book attempts to answer these questions.]]> 262 Balaji S. Srinivasan Joshua 0 currently-reading 3.97 The Network State: How To Start a New Country
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]]> <![CDATA[Curious George Goes to the Zoo]]> 19937287 32 Margret Rey 0547768273 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.16 1985 Curious George Goes to the Zoo
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]]> <![CDATA[There’s No Free Lunch: 250 Economic Truths]]> 59475710 The best way to defend the cause of human flourishing against this current onslaught of dangerous economic thinking is to relearn time-tested economic truths.

The verdict is in: Free enterprise has lifted billions of people out of abject poverty all over the world and provided a higher quality of life than has ever been thought possible. But a growing case is forming in public opinion against free markets, and for a significantly larger command & control management of the economy. Whether you call it socialism or progressive leftism, more and more people are turning away from the forces of freedom and social cooperation that made the last two hundred years of prosperity possible, and embracing a system that deprives human beings of their dignity, impoverishing whole societies both financially and spiritually.

What David Bahnsen does here is pull from the masters—the great economic voices of the past and the present—to remind readers of the basic economic truths that must serve as our foundation in understanding the challenges of today. In 250 vital points, he combines pearls of wisdom from economic legends with his own careful commentary to provide readers the perspective, information, and reaffirmation they need in order to see economics for what it is. It will empower you and equip you with the truth�250 truths—that are crucially needed to keep the lights on in civilization and advance the cause of human flourishing.]]> 322 David L. Bahnsen 1637580150 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.44 There’s No Free Lunch: 250 Economic Truths
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]]> <![CDATA[When We Cease to Understand the World]]> 57141034
Galerie d'anecdotes extraordinaires � parfois trop belles pour être vraies, souvent trop vraies pour être belles � et de portraits saisissants des plus grands esprits du siècle passé, Lumières aveugles avance sur la ligne trouble qui sépare le génie de la folie, nous entraînant avec verve, passion et suspense dans les coulisses de la science.]]> 192 Benjamín Labatut Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.19 2020 When We Cease to Understand the World
author: Benjamín Labatut
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]]> <![CDATA[How We Love, Expanded Edition: Discover Your Love Style, Enhance Your Marriage]]> 18883582
The key to creating a deeper bond in your marriage
may lie buried in your childhood.

Your early life experiences create an “intimacy imprint”–an underlying blueprint that shapes your behavior, beliefs, and expectations of all future relationships, especially your marriage. In How We Love, relationship experts Milan and Kay Yerkovich help you pinpoint the reason your marriage is struggling–and they reveal exactly what you can do about it.

Drawing on the powerful tool of attachment theory, the Yerkoviches identify four types of injured imprints that combine in marriage to trap couples in a repetitive dance of pain. As you discover how your relationship has been guided by these imprints, you’ll gain the insights you need to stop stepping on each other’s toes and instead allow yourselves to be swept along by the music of a richer, deeper relationship.


From the Hardcover edition.]]> 350 Milan Yerkovich 0307457338 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.29 2006 How We Love, Expanded Edition: Discover Your Love Style, Enhance Your Marriage
author: Milan Yerkovich
name: Joshua
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]]> <![CDATA[Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less]]> 19776547 � found yourself stretched too thin?
� simultaneously felt overworked and underutilized?
� felt busy but not productive?
� felt like your time is constantly being hijacked by other people’s agendas?

If you answered yes to any of these, the way out is the Way of the Essentialist.

Essentialism is more than a time-management strategy or a productivity technique. It is a systematic discipline for discerning what is absolutely essential, then eliminating everything that is not, so we can make the highest possible contribution toward the things that really matter.

By forcing us to apply more selective criteria for what is Essential, the disciplined pursuit of less empowers us to reclaim control of our own choices about where to spend our precious time and energy—instead of giving others the implicit permission to choose for us.

Essentialism is not one more thing—it’s a whole new way of doing everything. It’s about doing less, but better, in every area of our lives. Essentialism is a movement whose time has come.]]> 290 Greg McKeown 0804137390 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.20 2011 Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
author: Greg McKeown
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]]> ESV Reader's Bible (Ebook) 30176864 ճESV Reader’s Biblewas created for those who want to read Scripture precisely as it was originally written–namely, as an unbroken narrative. Verse numbers, chapter and section headings, and translation footnotes are helpful navigational and interpretive tools, but they are also relatively recent conventions. In theESV Reader’s Biblethey have been removed from the Bible text. The result is a new kind of Bible-reading experience in a volume that presents Scripture as one extended story line.


ճReader’s Bibleis a simple but elegant edition, and is perfect for devotional reading, for extended Bible reading, or for focusing on the overarching narrative of the Bible.

]]> 2496 Anonymous 1433549417 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.94 ESV Reader's Bible (Ebook)
author: Anonymous
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]]> <![CDATA[The Holy Longing: The Search for a Christian Spirituality]]> 21496846 267 Ronald Rolheiser Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.44 1999 The Holy Longing: The Search for a Christian Spirituality
author: Ronald Rolheiser
name: Joshua
average rating: 4.44
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]]> <![CDATA[On the Prayer of Jesus: The Classic Guide to the Practice of Unceasing Prayer Found in The Way of a Pilgrim]]> 19092647 Inspired by the teachings found inThe Way of a Pilgrim, this guide teaches readers how to unleash the full power of the Jesus PrayerThousands have fallen in love with the anonymously authored bookThe Way of a Pilgrim—the account of an ordinary man's encounter with the Eastern Orthodox Christian practice of the Jesus Prayer, which consists of the constant repetition of the short phrase, "Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy upon me." Here is the perfect introduction to this life-changing practice, as it was taught by one of the great spiritual lights of Russia.InOn the Prayer of Jesus, Bishop Ignatius Brianchaniov (1807�1867) provides wise instruction and advice covering all aspects of the practice. You will learn how · Get started with the practice· Approach common difficulties that arise· Deal with friends and family who do not understand what you are doing· Make the Jesus Prayer the foundation of your life]]> 207 Ignatius Brianchaninov 0834828278 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.51 1965 On the Prayer of Jesus: The Classic Guide to the Practice of Unceasing Prayer Found in The Way of a Pilgrim
author: Ignatius Brianchaninov
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]]> Lord of the World: A Novel 33613535 "I advise you to read it."--Pope Francis on Lord of the World

In an airplane news conference on his return from the Philippines in January 2015, Pope Francis mentioned Robert Hugh Benson's Lord of the World. It wasn't the first time the Holy Father praised the book. This 1907 futuristic narrative has been hailed as the finest work of this unsung, but influential author and son of the Archbishop of Canterbury whose conversion to Catholicism rocked the Church of England in 1903. The compelling book includes a new introduction, a biography of Benson, and a theological reflection.

Popular young adult books such as The Hunger Games and Divergent, as well as literary classics such as Walker Percy's Love in the Ruins and Cormac McCarthy's The Road, have created a growing interest in dystopian novels. In one of the first such novels of the twentieth century, Robert Hugh Benson imagines a world where belief in God has been replaced by secular humanism. Lord of the World describes a world where Catholics are falling away and priests and bishops are defecting. Only a small remnant of the faithful remains. Julian Felsenburgh, a mysterious and compelling figure arises, promising peace in exchange for blind obedience. Those who resist are subjected to torture and execution. Soon the masses are in Felsenburgh's thrall and he becomes leader of the world. Into this melee steps the novel's protagonist, Fr. Percy Franklin. Dauntless and clear-sighted, Franklin is a bastion of stability as the Catholic Church in England disintegrates around him. Benson's harrowing plot soon brings these two charismatic men into a final apocalyptic conflict.

With an imagination to rival H. G. Wells and theological insight akin to G. K. Chesterton, Benson's astute novel has captured the attention of many today, including Popes Benedict and Francis. This new edition makes it easily available and features an insightful introduction by Rev. Mark Bosco, S.J., a brief biography of Benson by Martyn Sampson, and a theological reflection by Rev. Michael Murphy, S.J.]]> 353 Robert Hugh Benson Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.23 1907 Lord of the World: A Novel
author: Robert Hugh Benson
name: Joshua
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]]> <![CDATA[Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High]]> 13041257
Prepare for high-stakes situations Transform anger and hurt feelings into powerful dialogue Make it safe to talk about almost anything Be persuasive, not abrasive]]> 273 Kerry Patterson 0071772200 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.27 2002 Crucial Conversations Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
author: Kerry Patterson
name: Joshua
average rating: 4.27
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]]> <![CDATA[Professional Copywriters� Effective Formula for Writing Magnetic Headlines (With 23 Examples You Can Copy): The Complete Guide for Writing Catchy Headlines ... (How to Start Your Business Book 2)]]> 51020864 135 Jesse Anderson Joshua 0 currently-reading 3.60 Professional Copywriters’ Effective Formula for Writing Magnetic Headlines (With 23 Examples You Can Copy): The Complete Guide for Writing Catchy Headlines ... (How to Start Your Business Book 2)
author: Jesse Anderson
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]]> <![CDATA[The Reset: Returning to the Heart of Worship and a Life of Undivided Devotion]]> 56330211 135 Jeremy Riddle Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.54 The Reset: Returning to the Heart of Worship and a Life of Undivided Devotion
author: Jeremy Riddle
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]]> <![CDATA[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia, #2) (Publication Order, #1)]]> 7806720 Narnia . . . a land frozen in eternal winter . . . a country waiting to be set free

Four adventurers step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia, a land enslaved by the power of the White Witch. But when almost all hope is lost, the return of the Great Lion, Aslan, signals a great change . . . and a great sacrifice.]]> 146 C.S. Lewis 0061974153 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.36 1950 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Chronicles of Narnia, #2) (Publication Order, #1)
author: C.S. Lewis
name: Joshua
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]]> <![CDATA[The Magician's Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #1) (Publication Order, #6)]]> 7806728 218 C.S. Lewis Joshua 5 4.28 1955 The Magician's Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia, #1) (Publication Order, #6)
author: C.S. Lewis
name: Joshua
average rating: 4.28
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]]> <![CDATA[Good News, Great Joy, for All People: An Advent Devotional]]> 43079668 102 Laura Cave Joshua 0 4.33 Good News, Great Joy, for All People: An Advent Devotional
author: Laura Cave
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]]> Balanced Christianity 6802956 48 John R.W. Stott 0340201053 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.14 1975 Balanced Christianity
author: John R.W. Stott
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]]> <![CDATA[Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit: Growing in Christlikeness]]> 34040044 How should Christians live?

On the one hand, some very legalistic Christians stress the importance of keeping all the rules―that you must do this and never do that if you want to prove you are really a Christian. On the other hand, there are those who reject the whole idea of rules or traditions in the church and see the point of the Christian faith as setting us free from the institutionalized religious burden.

But Paul addresses these two competing views by showing us a far better way―a truly Christian way to live our lives. It is the way of the Spirit of God given to us through Christ: "Walk by the Spirit . . . led by the Spirit . . . live by the Spirit . . . keep in step with the Spirit." That is the heart and soul of Christian living. It is the center and secret of what it means to be a person who belongs to Christ.

Pastor and scholar Christopher Wright invites us to live a life in step with the Spirit by cultivating the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

These nine chapters, each addressing a different fruit, each conclude with questions for contemplation or discussion.

Feed on the Word of God, grow in Christlikeness, and live a fruitful life.]]> 191 Christopher J.H. Wright 0830891331 Joshua 4 4.38 2017 Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit: Growing in Christlikeness
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name: Joshua
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]]> <![CDATA[The Writer's Practice: Building Confidence in Your Nonfiction Writing]]> 40382412 “Unique and thorough, Warner’s handbook could turn any determined reader into a regular Malcolm Gladwell.� —Booklist For anyone aiming to improve their skill as a writer, a revolutionary new approach to establishing robust writing practices inside and outside the classroom, from the author of Why They Can’t WriteAfter a decade of teaching writing using the same methods he’d experienced as a student many years before, writer, editor, and educator John Warner realized he could do better. Drawing on his classroom experience and the most persuasive research in contemporary composition studies, he devised an innovative new a step-by-step method that moves the student through a series of writing problems, an organic, bottom-up writing process that exposes and acculturates them to the ways writers work in the world. The time is right for this new and groundbreaking approach. The most popular books on composition take a formalistic view, utilizing “templates� in order to mimic the sorts of rhetorical moves academics make. While this is a valuable element of a writing education, there is room for something that speaks more broadly. The Writer’s Practice invites students and novice writers into an intellectually engaging, active learning process that prepares them for a wider range of academic and real-world writing and allows them to become invested and engaged in their own work.]]> 255 John Warner 0525504931 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.12 The Writer's Practice: Building Confidence in Your Nonfiction Writing
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]]> <![CDATA[Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World's Largest Religion]]> 42800654 293 Rebecca McLaughlin Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.51 2019 Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World's Largest Religion
author: Rebecca McLaughlin
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]]> <![CDATA[The Unsaved Christian: Reaching Cultural Christianity with the Gospel]]> 43288210
Whether it’s the Christmas and Easter Christians or the faithful church attenders whose hearts are cold toward the Lord, we’ve all encountered cultural Christians. They’d check the Christian box on a survey, they’re fine with church, but the truth is, they’re far from God. So how do we bring Jesus to this overlooked mission field?

The Unsaved Christian equips you to confront cultural Christianity with honesty, compassion, and grace, whether you’re doing it from the pulpit or the pews. This practical guide

show you how to recognize cultural Christianityteach you how to overcome the barriers that get in the waygive you easy-to-understand advice about VBS, holiday services, reaching “good people,� and more!If you’ve ever felt stuck or unsure how to minister to someone who identifies as Christian but still needs Jesus, this book is for you.]]> 207 Dean Inserra 0802497527 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.54 The Unsaved Christian: Reaching Cultural Christianity with the Gospel
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]]> <![CDATA[Younique: Designing the Life that God Dreamed for You]]> 50341828 340 Will Mancini 1462766684 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.30 Younique: Designing the Life that God Dreamed for You
author: Will Mancini
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]]> <![CDATA[A Pastoral Rule for Today: Reviving an Ancient Practice]]> 45754156 The pastoral office has always been a difficult calling. Today, the pastor is often asked to fulfill multiple preacher, teacher, therapist, administrator, CEO. How can pastors thrive amid such demands? What is needed is a contemporary pastoral a pattern for ministry that both encourages pastors and enables them to focus on what is most important in their pastoral task. This book, coauthored by three experts with decades of practical experience, explains how relying on a pastoral rule has benefited communities throughout the church's history and how such rules have functioned in the lives and work of figures such as Augustine, Calvin, Wesley, and Bonhoeffer. It also provides concrete advice on how pastors can develop and keep a rule that will help both them and their congregations to flourish.]]> 194 John P. Burgess 0830873023 Joshua 0 currently-reading 3.67 A Pastoral Rule for Today: Reviving an Ancient Practice
author: John P. Burgess
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]]> <![CDATA[Training Hearts, Teaching Minds: Family Devotions Based on the Shorter Catechism]]> 38118435 354 Starr Meade 159638364X Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.00 2000 Training Hearts, Teaching Minds: Family Devotions Based on the Shorter Catechism
author: Starr Meade
name: Joshua
average rating: 4.00
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]]> <![CDATA[The Multiplication Effect: Building a Leadership Pipeline that Solves Your Leadership Shortage]]> 48705055
Most pastors say that the need to identify and develop leaders is critical to the health and growth of their church, yet most churches do not have an intentional plan for doing this. In The Multiplication Effect, Mac Lake reveals his practical, biblical, and proven strategy for addressing this leadership shortage and equipping future leaders to fulfill their kingdom mission.

In this book, Mac Lake will help

Identify potential leaders using unique training modulesEquip and disciple leaders at every level of their leadership journeyEmpower leaders to multiply themselves by developing other leadersInspired by the greatest leadership example of all, Lake writes, “Jesus was a master of leadership development who saw something in people and then patiently walked with them to transform their spirit and their skills.�

Learn how to lead like Jesus and create a culture of multiplying leaders to expand God’s work in your community and beyond.]]> 215 Mac Lake Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.27 2020 The Multiplication Effect: Building a Leadership Pipeline that Solves Your Leadership Shortage
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]]> <![CDATA[The Pursuing God: A Reckless, Irrational, Obsessed Love That's Dying to Bring Us Home]]> 29464416 Is God lost?

Many of us feel that way. It’s as if God’s gone missing, out in the universe somewhere—and we must pick up the hunt, following any trail of breadcrumbs he may have left to go out and find him. We speak of “searching for God,� “exploring spirituality,� and “finding faith.�

But what if we have it backward? What if God is the one pursuing us? What if our job is not to go out and find God, but simply to stop running and hiding? Not to earn God’s love, but to receive it? Not to turn on the light, but to step out of the shadows?

Jesus reveals a God on the prowl, pursuing us, hunting down his world for reconciliation. And the question we’re left with is not whether we’ve pursued hard enough, searched long enough, or jumped high enough . . .

The question is, “Do we want to be found?”]]> 309 Joshua Ryan Butler Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.39 2016 The Pursuing God: A Reckless, Irrational, Obsessed Love That's Dying to Bring Us Home
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]]> <![CDATA[Leading Leaders: Developing the Character and Competency to Lead Leaders (Discipling Leaders)]]> 51896328 241 Mac Lake 1733372709 Joshua 0 currently-reading 3.90 Leading Leaders: Developing the Character and Competency to Lead Leaders (Discipling Leaders)
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]]> <![CDATA[Isaac Watts: Reason, Passion and the Revival of Religion (T&T Clark Studies in English Theology)]]> 50828039
Graham Beynon examines the motivation for Watts' work in writing hymns, and the way in which he wrote them; and discusses his preaching and prayer. In each of these practical topics Watts's position is compared to earlier Puritans to show the difference his thinking on reason and passion makes in practice. Isaac Watts is shown to have a coherent position on the foundational issues of reason and passion which drove his view of revival of religion.]]> 229 Graham Beynon Joshua 0 currently-reading 0.0 2013 Isaac Watts: Reason, Passion and the Revival of Religion (T&T Clark Studies in English Theology)
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]]> <![CDATA[Theologies of the 21st Century: Trends in Contemporary Theology]]> 24234743 416 David L. Smith 1630875058 Joshua 0 currently-reading 3.86 2014 Theologies of the 21st Century: Trends in Contemporary Theology
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]]> <![CDATA[Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones]]> 40121378 Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving—every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.

If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you'll get a proven system that can take you to new heights.

Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. Along the way, readers will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field.

Learn how to:
-Make time for new habits (even when life gets crazy);
-Overcome a lack of motivation and willpower;
- Design your environment to make success easier;
- Get back on track when you fall off course;
...and much more.

Atomic Habits will reshape the way you think about progress and success, and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits--whether you are a team looking to win a championship, an organization hoping to redefine an industry, or simply an individual who wishes to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, or achieve any other goal.]]> 319 James Clear Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.34 2018 Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
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]]> <![CDATA[How to Pray: A Simple Guide for Normal People]]> 44447363 2021 ECPA Award Finalist in the Christian Living Category“An instant spiritual classic.� —Christianity TodayIs prayer the most challenging area of your Christian journey? It doesn’t have to be. Pete Greig, one of the founders of 24-7 Prayer International, is passionate about introducing people to simple, honest, relevant conversations with God.How to Pray is a raw, real, and relevant look at prayer for everyone—from the committed follower of Jesus to the skeptic and the scared. Full of biblically sound wisdom, How to Pray will offer honest encouragement and real-life methods to refresh your spirit and help you practice life-giving and lifechanging prayer.Revolutionize your prayer life by to start prayingHow to keep prayer simpleHow to ask God for thingsHow to cope with unanswered prayerHow to pray without wordsHow to hear GodYou will also be inspired by the power of prayer through the stories of Corrie Ten Boom, Joni Eareckson Tada, Saint Patrick, and many more.How to Pray is designed to be used with The Prayer Course (a free video curriculum), making it useful for personal, small group, or church-wide reading.“Pete Greig is a respected authority on exactly this kind of simple, honest, straightforward, from the heart. How to Pray will get you started on a lifelong, and life-giving, practice.� �Mark Batterson, New York Times bestselling author of Circle Maker“I’m so grateful for this book. Pete’s passion and fervor for intercession is contagious. Get this book. Read this book. Live this book.� �Brady Boyd, author and senior pastor at New Life Church“For everyone who’s wondered how to move the experience of prayer from distant to personal and powerful, How to Pray provides a starting point for new and seasoned believers alike.� �Nicole Unice, author of Help! My Bible is Alive!“Pete Grieg has written the prayer masterpiece for today. It is an easy-to-follow, easy-to-practice manifesto of prayer for everyday life.� �Craig Springer, author and executive director of Alpha USA]]> 240 Pete Greig 1641581913 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.73 2019 How to Pray: A Simple Guide for Normal People
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]]> <![CDATA[Embracing Contemplation: Reclaiming a Christian Spiritual Practice]]> 43815334 What does a Christian life lived "by the Spirit" look like? For many Christians throughout history, fulfilling Paul's command in Galatians 5:25 included a form of contemplation and prayer that leads to spiritual formation. But in large part, contemporary Christians—perhaps especially evangelicals—seem to have lost or forgotten about this treasure from their own tradition. Bringing together scholars and practitioners of spiritual formation from across the Protestant spectrum, this volume offers a distinctly evangelical consideration of the benefits of contemplation. The contributors draw on historical examples from the church—including John Calvin, Richard Baxter, Jonathan Edwards, and John Wesley—to consider how contemplative prayer can shape Christian living today. The result is a robust guide to embracing contemplation that will help Christians as they seek to keep in step with the Spirit.]]> 291 John H. Coe 0830873686 Joshua 0 currently-reading 3.50 Embracing Contemplation: Reclaiming a Christian Spiritual Practice
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]]> <![CDATA[On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts]]> 45324973 � Publishers Weekly starred reviewOne of the Top 100 Books and One of the 5 Best Books in Religion for 2019, Publishers WeeklyChristianity Today 2020 Book Award Winner (Spiritual Formation)Outreach 2020 Resource of the Year (Spiritual Growth)Foreword INDIES 2019 Honorable Mention for ReligionThis is not a book about Saint Augustine. In a way, it's a book Augustine has written about each of us. Popular speaker and award-winning author James K.A. Smith has spent time on the road with Augustine, and he invites us to take this journey too, for this ancient African thinker knows far more about us than we might expect.Following Smith's successful You Are What You Love, this book shows how Augustine can be a pilgrim guide to a spirituality that meets the complicated world we live in. Augustine, says Smith, is the patron saint of restless hearts--a guide who has been there, asked our questions, and knows our frustrations and failed pursuits. Augustine spent a lifetime searching for his heart's true home and he can help us find our way. "What makes Augustine a guide worth considering," says Smith, "is that he knows where home is, where rest can be found, what peace feels like, even if it is sometimes ephemeral and elusive along the way." Addressing believers and skeptics alike, this book shows how Augustine's timeless wisdom speaks to the worries and struggles of contemporary life, covering topics such as ambition, sex, friendship, freedom, parenthood, and death. As Smith vividly and colorfully brings Augustine to life for 21st-century readers, he also offers a fresh articulation of Christianity that speaks to our deepest hungers, fears, and hopes.]]> 251 James K.A. Smith 149341996X Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.36 2019 On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts
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]]> <![CDATA[Thirty Years That Changed the World: The Book Acts for Today]]> 19441158 292 Michael Green 1467424501 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.42 2002 Thirty Years That Changed the World: The Book Acts for Today
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average rating: 4.42
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]]> <![CDATA[The 5 Voices: How to Communicate Effectively with Everyone You Lead]]> 29386113 Discover your leadership voice and unlock your potential to influence others 5 Voices is the code for unlocking your capacity to have honest conversations and build deeper, more authentic relationships with your teams, your families and your friends. In order to lead others effectively, we need a true understanding of ourselves, our natural tendencies and patterns of behavior. In learning what your leadership voice sounds like to others, you will discover what it feels like to be on the other side of your personality, as well as how to hear and value others' voices, namely the Pioneer, the Connector, the Creative, the Guardian, and the Nurturer. Once you understand your own leadership voice, you'll discover how best to communicate with each of the other voices, which will transform your communication at every level of relationship, both personal and professional. In mastering the 5 Voices of leadership, you will increase your emotional intelligence, allowing you to gain a competitive advantage as a leader. You will also be equipped with a simple, easy to remember vocabulary that, when shared, has a track record for decreasing the drama, misunderstanding and miscommunication in all spheres of influence.

Are you focused on relationships, values, and people? Or are you oriented more toward tradition, money, and resources? Do you know how others hear your voice? Do you appreciate the contributions of others on your team? This book will help you identify your natural leadership style, and give you a framework for leveraging your strengths.

Find your foundational leadership voice Learn to hear and value the voices of others Know yourself before leading others Connect and communicate well with team, family and friends All five leadership voices come with their own particular set of strengths, and all have areas for growth. Understanding both sides of the equation is the key to taking your leadership to the next level and is the secret to increasing your ability to influence your team, family and friends. 5 Voices is a simple key which unlocks complicated relational dynamics and improves the health and alignment of all your relationships.]]> 235 Jeremie Kubicek Joshua 0 currently-reading 3.89 2016 The 5 Voices: How to Communicate Effectively with Everyone You Lead
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]]> <![CDATA[Meister Eckhart's Book of the Heart: Meditations for the Restless Soul]]> 36334913
However, what makes him of particular interest is the fact that he has influenced a wide range of spiritual teachers and mystics both inside and outside the Christian tradition. Erich Fromm, Eckhart Tolle, Richard Rohr, D. T. Suzuki, and Rudolf Steiner have all credited Eckhart as being an important influence on their thought. In addition, his work has influenced the development of 20th century American Buddhism and the Theosophical tradition.

Eckhart wrote at a time—much like our own—when society appeared to be coming apart at the seams. In the midst of all that chaos and uncertainty, he captured the many forms and stages of the love of God, the mystic path, and the journey of transformation—in language so startling that he, too, was often accused of heresy.

Now, seven centuries later, this fresh, stunning rendering of his work translates the essence of one of Christianity’s greatest poetic and spiritual voices. Here is a book that conveys the heart of Eckhart’s teaching on what it means to love God and embark on an authentic spiritual journey—a journey that is characterized by mystery, paradox, and an embrace of the unknown.]]> 244 Jon M. Sweeney 1612833764 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.55 Meister Eckhart's Book of the Heart: Meditations for the Restless Soul
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]]> <![CDATA[Facing Leviathan: Leadership, Influence, and Creating in a Cultural Storm]]> 19853594 There are two styles of leadership at war in the world.

On one side the mechanical leader casts a vision of heroic action aided by pragmatism, reason, technology, and power.

On the other side the organic leader strives to bring forth creativity, defying convention, and relishing life in culture’s margins.

This leadership battle is at the heart of our contemporary culture, but it is also an ancient battle. It is the reinvocation of two great heresies, one rooted in an attempt to reach for godlikeness, the other bowing before the sea monster of the chaotic deep.

Today’s leader must answer many challenging questions

What does it mean to lead in a cultural storm?How do I battle the darkness in my own heart?Is there such a thing as a perfect leader?Weaving a history of leadership through the Enlightenment, Romanticism, tumultuous 19th-century Paris, and eventually World War II, cultural commentator Mark Sayers brings history and theology together to warn of the dangers yet to come, calling us to choose a better way.]]> 240 Mark Sayers Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.38 2014 Facing Leviathan: Leadership, Influence, and Creating in a Cultural Storm
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]]> <![CDATA[The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce: A 25 Year Landmark Study]]> 19075904 396 Julia M. Lewis Joshua 0 to-read 4.51 2000 The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce: A 25 Year Landmark Study
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]]> <![CDATA[Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What to Do about It]]> 42960740 238 David Zahl 1506449441 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.23 Seculosity: How Career, Parenting, Technology, Food, Politics, and Romance Became Our New Religion and What to Do about It
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]]> <![CDATA[360-Degree Preaching: Hearing, Speaking, and Living the Word]]> 19418847 234 Michael J. Quicke 1585585238 Joshua 0 currently-reading 3.90 2003 360-Degree Preaching: Hearing, Speaking, and Living the Word
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]]> <![CDATA[Coming Clean: A Story of Faith]]> 25913821
Seth Haines was in the hospital with his wife, planning funeral songs for their not-yet two-year-old, when he made a very conscious decision: this was the last day he wanted to feel. That evening, he asked his sister to smuggle in a bottle of gin, and gave in to addiction.

But whether or not you've ever had a drop to drink in your life, we're all looking for ways to stop the pain. Like Seth, we're all seeking balms for the anxiety of what sometimes seems to be an absent, unresponsive God—whether it's through people-pleasing, shopping, the internet, food, career highs, or even good works and elite theology. We attempt to anesthetize our anxiety through addiction—any old addiction. But it often leaves us feeling even more empty than before.

In Coming Clean, Seth Haines writes a raw account of his first 90 days of sobriety, illuminating how to face the pain we'd rather avoid, and even more importantly, how an abiding God meets us in that pain. Seth shows us that true wholeness is found in facing our pain and anxieties with the tenacity and tenderness of Jesus, and only through Christ's passion can we truly come clean]]> 224 Seth Haines 0310343658 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.21 2015 Coming Clean: A Story of Faith
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]]> <![CDATA[Faithful Presence: Seven Disciplines That Shape the Church for Mission]]> 33002558 350 David E. Fitch 0830899413 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.25 2016 Faithful Presence: Seven Disciplines That Shape the Church for Mission
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]]> <![CDATA[Self Discipline Mastery: 7 Effective Strategies to Overcome Negativity, Conquer Temptations, Build Willpower Muscles, and Finish What You Start]]> 44245427
If you often ponder upon questions like above and sincerely looking for effective ways to discipline yourself so you can achieve your goals sooner, then you have already taken the first right step towards that.

Keep going and once you have read till the end of this page, you’ll be convinced that the answers you are looking for are hidden in this short guide called SELF DISCIPLINE MASTERY

Self Discipline Masteryis a step by step guide and your self-discipline blueprintto help you become a highly disciplined performer and achiever. This book is a no-fluff tool box that will serve you with the easy to implement and right strategies to resist temptation, boost self control and develop Navy SEAL mental toughness so you stay focused and determined toward what matters most to you.

Here is a quick snapshot of what you’ll find in this short but effective guide

You’ll learn the power of delaying instant gratification and how succeeding in marshmallow test became the strong determinant of the success of kids in future.You’ll understand why self discipline doesn’t need to be boring; why it doesn’t have to be drained off emotions, you’ll finally tap the power of neuropsychology of self disciplineYou will learn12 solid reasons why most people fail in learning self disciplinethat other self control books won’t tell you and how to FINALLY overcome them.7 Effective Techniqueson how to self discipline and start getting your things done.Learn how you canminimize distractions and overcome temptationsYou'll discover why and how you should have aplan of action, decide and then commit fullyto building self discipline.Master effective ways toflex your willpower muscles through mental toughness training exercises and develop Navy Seals mental toughness.Understand how the power of belief can improve your self disciplineYou’ll not merely understand at surface level, rather you’ll experience at the sub-conscious level how discipline equals freedom (REALLY)And much much more.Whether you want to discipline your children, or achieve your goals through disciplined entrepreneurship, become a focussed student or high-performer employee,you’ll be learning self discipline to the core in this blueprint.

If you have been in search of best self discipline books in your quest to become self disciplined, Self Discipline Mastery is for you.

You’ll find this book to be different from other books on self discipline as it goes to the root of problem, but without bombarding the reader with complicated science or theory elaborates step by step and easy to follow exercises to boost discipline.]]> 99 Nicholas Mayor Joshua 3 3.43 Self Discipline Mastery: 7 Effective Strategies to Overcome Negativity, Conquer Temptations, Build Willpower Muscles, and Finish What You Start
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]]> <![CDATA[Reimagining the Ignatian Examen: Fresh Ways to Pray from Your Day]]> 25226592 123 Mark E. Thibodeaux 0829442456 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.45 2014 Reimagining the Ignatian Examen: Fresh Ways to Pray from Your Day
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]]> <![CDATA[Potty Training in 3 Days: The Step-by-Step Plan for a Clean Break from Dirty Diapers]]> 32952326
Ditch the diapers in no time with this step-by-step plan. Filled with expert advice accrued over thousands of cases, this potty training book makes it easy to get your child to start using the toilet. This guide covers everything you need to know, from prepping for your potty training weekend to supporting and encouraging your child once they’ve made it through the three days.

Go beyond other potty training books

A proven plan―Potty train your child fast with a 5-step plan that includes useful tips and tricks for succeeding every step of the way.Insight into your child―Understand what’s going on in your child’s head, how to recognize when they’re ready for potty training, and more. Ways to stay cool―Keep calm through every accident thanks to a kind and conversational approach that takes the stress out of potty training.

Say bye-bye to diapers with Potty Training in 3 Days.]]> 112 Brandi Brucks 1623157919 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.25 Potty Training in 3 Days: The Step-by-Step Plan for a Clean Break from Dirty Diapers
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]]> <![CDATA[Preaching That Moves People: How To Get Down the Mountain of Your Messages with Maximum Impact]]> 37971645 172 Yancey Arrington 0997946903 Joshua 4
I really liked it, because it was different.]]> 4.30 Preaching That Moves People: How To Get Down the Mountain of Your Messages with Maximum Impact
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It’s a different type of book on preaching. It is more about philosophy, style, and delivery on preaching.

I really liked it, because it was different.
]]> <![CDATA[The Meaning is in the Waiting: The Spirit of Advent]]> 19201918 109 Paula Gooder 184825220X Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.48 2008 The Meaning is in the Waiting: The Spirit of Advent
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]]> <![CDATA[The Disciple Maker's Handbook: Seven Elements of a Discipleship Lifestyle]]> 27840617 192 Bobby William Harrington 0310525276 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.21 The Disciple Maker's Handbook: Seven Elements of a Discipleship Lifestyle
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]]> <![CDATA[Louder than Words: Harness the Power of Your Authentic Voice]]> 24453067 The next step in personal effectiveness, by the acclaimed author of The Accidental Creative and Die Empty.

There has never been a better time to build an audience around your idea or product. But with so many people and companies clamoring for attention, it’s also more challenging than ever to do work that deeply resonates with the marketplace and creates true and lasting impact.

According to Todd Henry, the key to standing apart from the noise is to find your unique voice. Those who identify and develop their voices will gain more attention and wield more influence. But first they have to identify what they truly stand for, develop a compelling vision, and become masters of expressing their ideas in whatever media they choose. Henry offers strategies, exercises, and true stories that illustrate the five attributes of resonant work:

� Authenticity: Uncover the narratives that are at the core of your personal and professional identity.
� Uniqueness: Identify what makes your work distinct from that of others, and learn to creatively package and present your message.
� Consonance: Cultivate internal consistency and harmony in your work.
� Empathy: Listen to your audience’s aspirations and struggles to make your message more compelling.
� Timing: Learn how to coordinate your work with ideas that already have cultural momentum.

Making your work speak is a life-long process of trial, error, and realignment. Henry’s audiobook will help listeners build a body of work that resonates deeply and achieves lasting impact.]]> 224 Todd Henry 1591847524 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.11 2015 Louder than Words: Harness the Power of Your Authentic Voice
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]]> <![CDATA[The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right]]> 6667514 The New York Times bestselling author of Better and Complications reveals the surprising power of the ordinary checklist

We live in a world of great and increasing complexity, where even the most expert professionals struggle to master the tasks they face. Longer training, ever more advanced technologies—neither seems to prevent grievous errors. But in a hopeful turn, acclaimed surgeon and writer Atul Gawande finds a remedy in the humblest and simplest of techniques: the checklist. First introduced decades ago by the U.S. Air Force, checklists have enabled pilots to fly aircraft of mind-boggling sophistication. Now innovative checklists are being adopted in hospitals around the world, helping doctors and nurses respond to everything from flu epidemics to avalanches. Even in the immensely complex world of surgery, a simple ninety-second variant has cut the rate of fatalities by more than a third.

In riveting stories, Gawande takes us from Austria, where an emergency checklist saved a drowning victim who had spent half an hour underwater, to Michigan, where a cleanliness checklist in intensive care units virtually eliminated a type of deadly hospital infection. He explains how checklists actually work to prompt striking and immediate improvements. And he follows the checklist revolution into fields well beyond medicine, from disaster response to investment banking, skyscraper construction, and businesses of all kinds.

An intellectual adventure in which lives are lost and saved and one simple idea makes a tremendous difference, The Checklist Manifesto is essential reading for anyone working to get things right.]]> 208 Atul Gawande 0805091742 Joshua 0 4.00 2009 The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
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]]> <![CDATA[Preaching to a Post-Everything World: Crafting Biblical Sermons That Connect with Our Culture]]> 19010657 290 Zack Eswine Joshua 0 4.03 2008 Preaching to a Post-Everything World: Crafting Biblical Sermons That Connect with Our Culture
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]]> <![CDATA[Tap: Defeating The Sins That Defeat You]]> 8730218
In TAP, author and teacher Yancey Arrington looks to some of history's best sin-fighters, John Owen and the Puritans, to find out why the "Just Do More" approach to the spiritual disciplines may be the wrong strategy to defeating sin. TAP exposes some of the more popular, but ultimately inept approaches and beliefs about sin, repentance and spiritual growth while coaching how to get "into the cage" with our sins and not only survive...but win!

Discussion questions included with each chapter.]]> 126 Yancey Arrington Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.60 2010 Tap: Defeating The Sins That Defeat You
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]]> <![CDATA[The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember]]> 6593581 Experience a timeless collection of wisdom on love, friendship, respect, individuality, and honesty from the beloved PBS series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.

There are few personalities who evoke such universal feelings of warmth as Fred Rogers. An enduring presence in American homes for more than thirty years, his plainspoken wisdom continues to guide and comfort many. The World According to Mister Rogers distills the legacy and singular worldview of this beloved American figure. An inspiring collection of stories, anecdotes, and insights—with sections devoted to love, friendship, respect, individuality, and honesty—The World According to Mister Rogers reminds us that there is much more in life that unites us than divides us.

Culled from Fred Rogers' speeches, program transcripts, books, letters, and interviews, along with some of his never-before-published writings, The World According to Mister Rogers is a testament to a man who served as a role model to millions—and continues to inspire us all with his legacy.]]> 208 Fred Rogers Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.51 2003 The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember
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]]> <![CDATA[The Neighboring Church: Getting Better at What Jesus Says Matters Most]]> 31315464 202 Brian Mavis Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.04 2016 The Neighboring Church: Getting Better at What Jesus Says Matters Most
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]]> <![CDATA[Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism]]> 32311993
Fumio Sasaki is not an enlightened minimalism expert or organizing guru like Marie Kondo—he’s just a regular guy who was stressed out and constantly comparing himself to others, until one day he decided to change his life by saying goodbye to everything he didn’t absolutely need. The effects were Sasaki gained true freedom, new focus, and a real sense of gratitude for everything around him. In Goodbye, Things Sasaki modestly shares his personal minimalist experience, offering specific tips on the minimizing process and revealing how the new minimalist movement can not only transform your space but truly enrich your life. The benefits of a minimalist life can be realized by anyone, and Sasaki’s humble vision of true happiness will open your eyes to minimalism’s potential.

RE-READ 2024
This is one of those books you need to re-read over and over. Still 5*]]> 260 Fumio Sasaki 0393609049 Joshua 0 currently-reading 3.94 2015 Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism
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]]> <![CDATA[Under the Unpredictable Plant an Exploration in Vocational Holiness (The Pastoral series, #3)]]> 271689
Peterson tells about the "abyss," the "gaping crevasse," the "chasm" that he experienced, early in his ministry, between his Christian faith and his pastoral vocation. He was astonished and dismayed to find that his personal spirituality, his piety, was inadequate for his vocation -- and he argues that the same is true of pastors in general.

In the book of Jonah -- a parable with a prayer at its center -- Peterson finds a subversive, captivating story that can help pastors recover their "vocational holiness." Using the Jonah story as a narrative structure, Peterson probes the spiritual dimensions of the pastoral calling and seeks to reclaim the ground taken over by those who are trying to enlist pastors in religious careers.]]> 207 Eugene H. Peterson 0802808484 Joshua 0 4.41 1992 Under the Unpredictable Plant an Exploration in Vocational Holiness (The Pastoral series, #3)
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]]> Reflections on the Psalms 121706 151 C.S. Lewis Joshua 0 to-read, physical-books 3.91 1958 Reflections on the Psalms
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average rating: 3.91
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]]> <![CDATA[The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman]]> 7148931 571 Timothy Ferriss 030746363X Joshua 0 3.69 2000 The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman
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]]> <![CDATA[A Glimpse of Jesus: The Stranger to Self-Hatred]]> 173495 145 Brennan Manning 0060724471 Joshua 0 to-read, physical-books 4.28 1981 A Glimpse of Jesus: The Stranger to Self-Hatred
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]]> Truth Unchanged, Unchanging 1923088
"It is a poor physician who treats the symptoms and complications only and ignores the disease" says the author. In this volume we see a doctor, as skillful spiritually as he was medically, make a penetrating diagnosis of the human condition and show decisively that the true remedy for our ills is in Jesus Christ--and Him alone.]]> 128 D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones 0891077065 Joshua 0 to-read, physical-books 4.32 1951 Truth Unchanged, Unchanging
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]]> <![CDATA[Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories]]> 242144 168 C.S. Lewis 0156027674 Joshua 0 to-read, physical-books 4.18 1966 Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories
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]]> The Screwtape Letters 17383917 The Screwtape Letters is the most engaging and humorous account of temptation—and triumph over it—ever written.

Now, for the first time, The Screwtape Letters is presented with its full text alongside helpful annotations provided by Lewis enthusiast and dramatist Paul McCusker. The notes include literary, theological, and biographical information to enhance Lewis's core themes and demystify complex ideas. McCusker also guides readers to concepts and references from the beloved author's other treasured volumes to deepen and enrich this timeless classic. The annotated edition is the ultimate guide for understanding the heavenly truths buried in these epistles from below.]]> 223 C.S. Lewis 0062023179 Joshua 5 physical-books 4.25 1942 The Screwtape Letters
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]]> <![CDATA[Practice Resurrection: A Conversation on Growing Up in Christ (Spiritual Theology #5)]]> 7641897 Winner of Christianity Today's 2011 award for best book in spirituality

Though bringing people to new birth in Christ through evangelism is essential, says Eugene Peterson, isn't growth in Christ equally essential? Yet the American church by and large does not treat Christian maturity and character formation with much urgency.

In Practice Resurrection Peterson brings the voice of Scripture -- especially Paul's letter to the Ephesians -- and the voice of the contemporary Christian congregation together to unpack the crucial truth of what it means to fully grow up to the "stature of Christ."]]> 272 Eugene H. Peterson 0802829554 Joshua 0 to-read, physical-books 4.32 Practice Resurrection: A Conversation on Growing Up in Christ (Spiritual Theology #5)
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]]> Saint Thomas Aquinas 25708
Chesterton's Aquinas is a man of mystery. Born into a noble Neapolitan family, Thomas chose the life of a mendicant friar. Lumbering and shy -- his classmates dubbed him "the Dumb Ox" -- he led a revolution in Christian thought. Possessed of the rarest brilliance, he found the highest truth in the humblest object. Having spent his life amid the vast intricacies of reason, he asked on his deathbed to have read aloud the Song of Songs, the most passionate book in the Bible.

As Albert the Great, Thomas's teacher, predicted, the Dumb Ox has bellowed down the ages to our own day. Chesterton's book will enlighten those who would consign Thomas to the obscurity of medieval times. It will confound those who would use Thomas to bolster arid schemes of Christian rationalism. Rather, it will introduce the wondrous mystery of the man who, after a life of unparalleled genius, was seized by a vision of the Unknown and said, "I can write no more. I have seen things which make all my writings like straw."]]> 167 G.K. Chesterton 0385090021 Joshua 0 to-read, physical-books 4.12 1933 Saint Thomas Aquinas
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]]> <![CDATA[Seeking God Together: An Introduction to Group Spiritual Direction]]> 6329326 152 Alice Fryling 0830835245 Joshua 0 to-read, physical-books 4.19 2008 Seeking God Together: An Introduction to Group Spiritual Direction
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]]> <![CDATA[Jesus, Continued...: Why the Spirit Inside You Is Better than Jesus Beside You]]> 21806708 240 J.D. Greear 0310337763 Joshua 0 to-read, physical-books 4.37 2014 Jesus, Continued...: Why the Spirit Inside You Is Better than Jesus Beside You
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]]> <![CDATA[Ways of Reading: An Anthology for Writers]]> 3699355 903 David Bartholomae 031217893X Joshua 5 physical-books 3.80 1998 Ways of Reading: An Anthology for Writers
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]]> <![CDATA[The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives]]> 97792 How to Live as Jesus Lived

Dallas Willard, one of today's most brilliant Christian thinkers and author of The Divine Conspiracy (Christianity Today's 1999 Book of the Year), presents a way of living that enables ordinary men and women to enjoy the fruit of the Christian life. He reveals how the key to self-transformation resides in the practice of the spiritual disciplines, and how their practice affirms human life to the fullest. The Spirit of the Disciplines is for everyone who strives to be a disciple of Jesus in thought and action as well as intention.

]]> 288 Dallas Willard 0060694424 Joshua 5 physical-books 4.13 1988 The Spirit of the Disciplines: Understanding How God Changes Lives
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]]> <![CDATA[Telling the Truth: The Gospel as Tragedy, Comedy, and Fairy Tale]]> 76808 112 Frederick Buechner 0060611561 Joshua 0 to-read, physical-books 4.33 1977 Telling the Truth: The Gospel as Tragedy, Comedy, and Fairy Tale
author: Frederick Buechner
name: Joshua
average rating: 4.33
book published: 1977
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]]> The Selected Poetry 448944 758 Robinson Jeffers 0804741085 Joshua 0 to-read, physical-books 4.29 1938 The Selected Poetry
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]]> <![CDATA[All Is Grace: A Ragamuffin Memoir]]> 37642811 It has been over twenty years since the publication of The Ragamuffin Gospel, a book many claim as the shattering of God’s grace into their lives. Since that time, Brennan Manning has been dazzingly faithful in preaching and writing variations on that singular theme � “Yes, Abba is very fond of you!”But today the crowds are gone and the lights are dim, the patches on his knees have faded. If he ever was a ragamuffin, truly it is now. In this his final book, Brennan roves back his past, honoring the lives of the people closest to him, family and friends who’ve known the saint and the sinner, the boy and the man. Far from some chronological timeline, these memories are witness to the truth of life by one who has lived it � All Is Grace.

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]]> Twisted Tree: A Novel 9475449 This “beautifully written� novel about a murder in small-town South Dakota explores “a haunted territory of regret, longing and guilt� (Jess Walter). Hayley Jo Zimmerman is gone. Taken. And the citizens of the windswept prairie town of Twisted Tree must come to terms with this tragedy—the loss, the repercussions, and the secrets they carry—as one girl’s short life unfolds through the stories of those who knew her. Among them are a supermarket clerk hiding the terrors of her past; an ex-priest who remembers a lost love; an abused caretaker exacting a long-awaited revenge; Hayley Jo’s best friend, who fed her addiction; and her father, channeling his grief in desperate and unexpected ways. As Hayley Jo’s murder recasts and reconnects these left-behind lives, her absence roots itself in the community in astonishingly violent and tender ways. One of the best contemporary writers on the American West, Kent Meyers takes us into the complexity of community regardless of landscape, and offers a tribute to the powerful effect one person’s life can have on everyone she knew. “Meyers’s small masterpiece deserves comparison to the work of Raymond Carver, Joy Williams, and Peter Matthiessen.� —Publishers Weekly, starred review “Like Russell Banks in The Sweet Hereafter, Kent Meyers spins out his intimate life stories from the hub of a small town tragedy and takes us into places we never thought we’d go.� —Stewart O’Nan, author of Songs for the Missing]]> 305 Kent Meyers Joshua 0 to-read 3.15 2009 Twisted Tree: A Novel
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]]> <![CDATA[Breaking the Rules: Trading Performance for Intimacy with God]]> 8203253 241 Fil Anderson 0830879250 Joshua 0 to-read 4.22 2010 Breaking the Rules: Trading Performance for Intimacy with God
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]]> <![CDATA[Balancing Heaven and Earth: A Memoir of Visions, Dreams, and Realizations]]> 10788352
Balancing Heaven and Earth reveals, for the first time, Johnson's own fascinating and mystical life-from his near-death experience at the age of eleven to the lifelong soul journey that has informed his writing and taught him how to live a spiritual life in the endlessly challenging modern world. Full of compelling, humorous, and surprising stories of encounters with an assortment of "sages, saints, and sinners," it lays bare Johnson's own inner world and its dazzeling landscape of powerful dreams, mystical visions, and synchronistic events.

Beginnning with a vivid retelling of the childhood accident that claimed the lower part of his right leg, Johnson describes the life-defining moment when he was transported by a mystical vision to a realm that exists just beyond ordinary consciousness-a realm he calls the "Golden World." With this experience, described as "both my curse and my blessing," Johnson is launched on a spiritual quest that leads him in search of Eastern wisdom, to encounters with such wise men as J. Krishnamurti and D.T. Suzuki, and finally to Carl Jung, who shows him his destiny revealed in a dream. Johnson's experiences lead him to a unique understanding and acceptance of the slender connecting threads at work in all our lives, guiding us and shaping who we are-"call it fate, destiny, or the hand of God."

As much a personal guide as a memoir, Balancing Heaven and Earth teaches us to follow , as Johnson has, the subtle influences of dreams, visions, and even our deepest sufferings in order to live attuned to our spiritual selves. A pure delight for Johnson's many fans and a splendid example of his trademark blend of illustrative myth and psychological insight, this is a work of incomparable beauty and inspiration showcasing the wisdom of a lifetime.]]> 330 Robert A. Johnson Joshua 0 to-read 4.55 1998 Balancing Heaven and Earth: A Memoir of Visions, Dreams, and Realizations
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]]> <![CDATA[Discovering the Mind of a Woman: The Key to Becoming a Strong and Irresistable Husband is...]]> 23764865 As the founder and president of Life Partners, a renowned discipleship ministry, bestselling author Ken Nair has discipled more than five hundred men in how to become more Christlike husbands--all of whom have experienced renewal and restoration in their relationships. Now, he's here to help you do the same.

Drawing from stories from his own marriage, as well as the journeys of countless husbands whose marriages were dissolving, Nair reveals major roadblocks in life and in marriage.

As you learn more about your spouse inDiscovering the Mind of a Woman, you'll gain the tools you need

Experience God in your marriageTruly meet the needs of your spouseBecome a spiritual leader within your marriageWhat follows within the pages ofDiscovering the Mind of a Womanare life-changing concepts that won't just revive a marriage, they'll change your perspective forever.

Praise forDiscovering the Mind of a

"I am glad for this book. After fifty-five years of Christian marriage, I find thoughts here that will help me be more thoughtful of my wife's needs. It has helped me understand why and how she thinks differently than I do about so many things. A husband, as this book points out, is to live with and love his wife with understanding. This change in a husband and the consequent response by a wife result in life-changing home life, and together radiate to many others, for the glory of Christ."

--Kenneth N. Taylor, translator ofThe Living Bible]]> 255 Ken Nair Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.62 1995 Discovering the Mind of a Woman: The Key to Becoming a Strong and Irresistable Husband is...
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]]> <![CDATA[The Soul: How We Know It's Real and Why It Matters]]> 19551812 208 J.P. Moreland Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.32 2014 The Soul: How We Know It's Real and Why It Matters
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]]> <![CDATA[No Other Gospel: 31 Reasons from Galatians Why Justification by Faith Alone Is the Only Gospel]]> 20922472
Moody finds in Galatians particular relevance and parallels to many churches today. Stemming from a series of sermons delivered to his church, he examines thirty-one reasons Paul gives for this gospel. Moody writes this book with a pastor’s heart, addressing important topics such as “The Gospel Not Moralism� and “The Use of Gospel Freedom.� Paul’s message is foundational to the Christian faith, and thoughtful readers will benefit from Moody’s exposition.]]> 290 Josh Moody Joshua 0 currently-reading 3.75 2011 No Other Gospel: 31 Reasons from Galatians Why Justification by Faith Alone Is the Only Gospel
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]]> The Discipline of Grace 37841498 Over 200,000 copies soldYou are never beyond the reach of God’s grace—or the need for it.Being a Christian is about more than just accepting salvation—it’s about regularly becoming more like Jesus. This is hard work. As we struggle to become more like Christ, we can easily lose sight of grace in favor of the discipline we put ourselves through.It’s time to take another look at the role we play—and God plays—in our growth as a Christian. Renowned author Jerry Bridges offers a clear and thorough explanation of the gospel and what it means to the believer. A must-read for Christians wanting to grow in their faith, this book will comfort and challenge you as you learn about the disciplines moreEqually challenging and comforting, Bridges uses his relaxed, everyday style alongside hard-hitting truths. Now with an added study guide for personal use or group discussion so you can dive deeper into this staple of Jerry Bridges’s classic collection.“The writings of Jerry Bridges are a gift to the church. He addresses a relevant topic with the wisdom of a scholar and the heart of a servant.� —Max Lucado, pastor and bestselling author]]> 331 Jerry Bridges 1631468758 Joshua 0 currently-reading 4.52 1994 The Discipline of Grace
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