Whether using Hoopla, the local library app, Audible, purchasing new or used books on Amazon and the local bookstore – reading inspires and soothes the soul. Here’s an ever-evolving list of my favorites with links to each:
LIVING INTENTIONALLY
- The Pursuit of Happiness: Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life by Chris Guillebeau
- Your Dream Life Starts Here: Your Essential First Steps to Creating the Life of Your Dreams by Kristina Karlsson
- Pursue the Intentional Life: “Teach Us to Number Our Days, that We May Gain a Heart of Wisdom.” (Psalm 90:12) by Jean Fleming
- The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions by Emily P. Freeman
CREATIVE INSPIRATION
- The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron.
- Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith & Art by Madeleine L’Engle.
- A Writer’s Book of Days: A Spirited Companion & Lively Muse for the Writing Life by Judy Reeves.
- 50 Ways to Draw Your Beautiful Ordinary Life: Practical Lessons in Pencil & Paper by Irene Smit & Astrid van der Hulst
- Called to Create: A Biblical Invitation to Create, Innovate & Risk by Jordan Raynor
FAMILY & MARRIAGE
- His Needs, Her Needs: Building a Marriage That Lasts by Willard F. Harley.
MY FAVORITE AUTHORS
- Roots & Sky: A Journey Home in Four Seasons by Christie Purifoy
- Placemaker: Cultivating Places of Comfort, Beauty & Peace by Christie Purifoy
- Cold Tangerines: Celebrating the Extraordinary Nature of Everyday Life by Shauna Niequist
- Bread & Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes by Shauna Niequist
- Bittersweet: Thoughts on Change, Grace & Learning the Hard Way by Shauna Niequist
- What Comes Next & How to Like It by Abigail Thomas
INCREASED EMPATHY & UNDERSTANDING
- The Color of Compromise: The Truth About the American Church’s Complicity in Racism by Jemar Tisby
- Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times by Soong-Chan Rah
- America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States by Erika Lee
- Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope by Esau McCaulley
- Alien Nation: Chinese Migration in the Americas from the Coolie Era through WWII by Elliott Young
GROWING IN FAITH
- The Liturgy of Politics: Spiritual Formation for the Sake of our Neighbor by Kaitlyn Schiess
- Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit: Growing in Christlikeness by Christopher J.H. Wright
- Jesus & John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith & Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes Du Mez
- The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbor: Seeing Others Through the Eyes of Jesus by Mark Labberton
- Eats with Sinners: Reaching Hungry People Like Jesus Did by Aaron Chambers
- Be the Bridge: Pursuing God’s Heart for Racial Reconciliation by Latasha Morrison
- The God Moment Principle: How You Remember Yesterday Determines How You Will Live Tomorrow by Alan D. Wright
BODY & MIND SELF-CARE
- Switch On Your Brain: The Key to Peak Happiness, Thinking & Health by Dr. Caroline Leaf
- The Secret Language of Eating Disorders: How You Can Understand & Work to Cure Anorexia & Bulimia by Peggy Claude-Pierre
- Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others & Start to Care for Yourself by Melodie Beattie
- The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr
