Sunday, January 1, 2012

My Book List!


Thank you, Colleen Chao, for encouraging me to post my own book list. I kept going back and trying to narrow the list down, but this is probably as brief as I can get!

Source: google.com via Jen on Pinterest



Books that whet my spiritual appetite:

- A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World by Paul E. Miller
- The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith by Timothy Keller
- The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence
- Brokenness, Surrender, Holiness: Revive Our Hearts Trilogy by DeMoss
- Respectable Sins by Jerry Bridges
- Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will by Kevin DeYoung
- The Cross-Centered Life by C.J. Mahaney
- Pleasing People: How Not to be an approval junkie by Lou Priolo
- Celebration of Discipline: the path to spiritual growth by Richard J. Foster
- The Dangerous Duty of Delight by John Piper
- How to Worship Jesus Christ by Joseph S. Carroll
- Gaining Favor with God & Man by Thayer
- My Utmost for His Highest
- Streams in the Desert
- Fearless: Imagine Your Life without Fear by Lucado
- Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
- 8 Choices That Will Change a Woman's Life by Jill Briscoe


Books with Titles That Irked Me, but were good or thought-provoking once I got over myself & my presuppositions:

- Marry Him: The Case for settling for Mr. Good Enough by Lori Gottlieb (Candice Watters recommended this one to me during our 1st phone conversation & I'll admit I'm glad I got past the title now)


Books on Singleness, Christ-Centered Courtship, Marriage & Family:

- Emotional Purity by Heather Arnel Paulsen
- And the Bride Wore White: 7 Secrets to Sexual Purity by Dannah Gresh
- Becoming Chao by Colleen Elisabeth Chao
- Get Married: What Women Can Do To Help It Happen by Candice Watters (one of the few books I recommend to singles - because it's actually encouraging!)
- Boy Meets Girl by Josh Harris
- Love & Respect by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs
- Home Comforts: The Art & Science of Keeping House by Cheryl Mendelson
- The Power of a Praying Wife by Stormie Omartian
- Raising Bully-Proof Kids

(pic below is a reading nook closet!)



Tough Stuff:

- Lies Women Believe & the Truth That Sets Them Free by DeMoss
- Happiness is a Choice: The symptoms, causes, and cures of Depression by Minirth, M.D. & Meier, M.D.
- How Could a Loving God. . .? by Ken Ham
- Choosing Forgiveness by DeMoss
- Lord, I Want to be Whole by Stormie Omartian
- Lord, Heal My Hurts by Kay Arthur
- Get Out of That Pit by Beth Moore
- Calm My Anxious Heart by Linda Dillow

Books I Come Back to Again & Again:
- Anne of Green Gables (the book character my sister Sarah says I remind her of the most)
- Pride & Prejudice (my absolute fave of Jane Austen's works)
- Little Women (Welcome to my childhood - my 4 sisters & I actually used to dress up and act out scenes from the book)
- Little House on the Prairie (my fam owns the entire movie and book collection - yep, we like it that much)
- You Are Special by Max Lucado (my mom bought me my copy when I was going through a rough time & wishing I could be less me and more like my other sisters)
- The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (I want a Narnia style wardrobe that opens to a play room like the one below!)




Health & Fitness:
- Green for Life by Victoria Boutenko
- Change Your Habits, Change Your Life by Danna Demetre
- How to Climb Mount Whitney in One Day by Sharon Baker-Salony
- You Are What You Eat by Dr. Gillian McKeith
- Younger Next Year for Women by Crowley & Lodge
- Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight by William Davis



Don't laugh at my nerdiness:
- NTS's Dictionary of Literary Terms by Morner & Rausch
- Literature for Lively Lessons by Sheila Edwards, Ed.D.
- Classroom Instruction That Works: research based strategies for increasing student achievement by Marzano, Pickering & Pollock



Inspiring Stories:
- Start Something That Matters by Blake Mycoskie
- Do Hard Things by Alex & Brett Harris
- Start Here: Doing Hard Things by Alex & Brett Harris
- One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp

Posted by Jen at 12:04 PM
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