Connecting: Healing Ourselves and Our Relationships17 reviews
Larry Crabb

Thomas Nelson, 2005

Review of Crabb's "Connecting"

+ Excellent book but where are the models?
+ excellent overview of counseling philosophy
+ This is the book i've been looking for
  
  











  



  
Heart to Heart About Men: Words of Encouragement For Women of Integrity6 reviews
Nancy Groom

Navpress Publishing Group, 1995

Will help improve any relationship, but especially with men

+ Wonderful Book
+ Excellent
+ Heart to Heart about Men
+ An Entreaty to Humility!
  
  











  



  
The River Within
Jeff Imbach

Fresh Wind Press, 2006

Have you ever wondered why your experience doesn't measure up to the radical life of joy and adventure described time and again in the Bible? Are you so busy doin that life has become a soul-wearying blur of activity? Do you ever feel like something deep and profoundly liberating is missing and wonder if this all there is to life? Jesus said, Anyone who drinks the water I give him will never ...
  
  











  



  
Spiritual Disciplines Handbook: Practices That Transform Us10 reviews
Adele Ahlberg Calhoun

InterVarsity Press, 2005

excellent book on spiritual disciplines

+ Moves You Beyond the Superficial
+ Great resource
+ An excellent, practical entrypoint into spiritual disciplines
  
  











  



  
Spiritual Direction: Wisdom for the Long Walk of Faith11 reviews
Henri J. M. Nouwen

HarperOne, 2006

Awesome book

+ I have read several books by Henri Nouwen and I first picked this one by chance.
+ Amazing Walk
+ Spiritual Direction: Wisdom for the Long Walk of Faith
+ Wisdom for the Long Walk of Faith
  
  











  



  
Age of Opportunity: A Biblical Guide to Parenting Teens, Second Edition (Resources for Changing Lives)25 reviews
Paul David Tripp

P & R Publishing, 2001

Welcome Guide for Parents

+ Best Book on Raising Teens
+ Very insightful and God honoring...
+ Highly Recommend this Book!
+ excellent
  
  











  



  
Soul Virgins: Redefining Single Sexuality4 reviews
Doug Rosenau, Michael Todd Wilson

Baker Books, 2006

Not just for singles - an excellent alternative framework for relationship building

+ Balanced and not legalistic - a very good book
+ Awesome Book!!!!!

While the title of this book suggests that it is designed primarily for singles, I know that after talking with my mother about it she wanted to read it right away. Within our contemporary climate of interpersonal boundary confusion we lack a significant structure that we can thrive in. For many ...
  
  











  



  
Black/Red/White (The Circle Trilogy 1-3)17 reviews
Ted Dekker

Thomas Nelson, 2008

More

+ love beyond measure
+ The Circle Trilogy
+ Amazon impresses again!
  
  











  



  
Ten Life Choices: Recovering the Life You Were Always Meant to Live
Bob Perdue

Diakonia Publishing, 2008

Ten Life Choices is an invitation to LIFE. Life was God's first gift to mankind when, in the Garden of Eden, He "breathed into man's nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul." Right after man received this wonderful gift, he was given the gift of choice. He could choose life everyday. Sin brought death and the inability to choose life, but Jesus came to give life again life ...
  
  











  



  
When the Heart Waits: Spiritual Direction for Life's Sacred Questions (Plus)21 reviews
Sue Monk Kidd

HarperOne, 2006

Waiting in the Dark

+ When the Heart Waits
+ When the Heart Waits
+ When the Heart Waits
  
  











  



  
We Would See Jesus10 reviews
Roy Hession, Revel Hession

CLC Publications, 2005

To know Jesus...

+ Read this once a year
+ Awesome & so thought provoking
+ My wife and i LOVE it!
+ Continue on the Calvary Road!!
  
  











  



  
The Dream Giver105 reviews
Bruce Wilkinson

Multnomah Books, 2003

Eye opening

+ You Must Read!
+ An Insightful, Delightful, and Quick Read
+ The Dream Giver
+ The Dream Give is a must read
  
  











  



  
Sacred Companions: The Gift of Spiritual Friendship & Direction4 reviews
David G. Benner

InterVarsity Press, 2004

Essential

+ Practical and thought provoking
+ Excellent Introduction to Spiritual Accompaniment
+ Great book-highly recommend!
  
  











  



  
The Silence of Adam: Becoming Men of Courage in a World of Chaos12 reviews
Larry Crabb, Don Michael Hudson, ...

Zondervan, 1998

Profound---At Times Overwhelmingly Thought Provoking

+ A Good Read on Men's Issues
+ Life Changing Book
+ Speak into the darkness
+ Becoming a balanced Christian man - is it all on me?
  
  











  



  
The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People (Expanded and Adapted for Small ...38 reviews
John Ortberg

Zondervan, 2002

Third Ortberg book I've used for Sunday School

+ Fresh View on an Ancient Subject
+ Great book on disciplines of Christian living
+ Laugh Out Loud Learning
+ Great for Small Groups!
  
  











  



  
The Ragamuffin Gospel Visual Edition: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out139 reviews
Brennan Manning

Multnomah Books, 2005

Negative reviewers make Manning's point.

+ A kiss of grace
+ A Must Read for Every True Christian
+ A Word of Grace for Church Folks
+ An Excellent Read
  
  











  



  
Redeeming Love557 reviews
Francine Rivers

Multnomah Books, 1997

Life changing

+ Loved the plot
+ Redeeming Love
+ BEST BOOK EVER!!!
  
  











  



  
The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (P.S.)1418 reviews
Barbara Kingsolver

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005

A Gem of Postcolonial Literature

+ A book for the Colonialists, not the colonised: for Westerners, not Africans
+ The Poisonwood bible
+ A Retrospective
+ I loved it.
  
  











  



  
Dark Night of the Soul36 reviews
St. John of the Cross

Dover Publications, 2003

excellent

+ Dark Night of the Soul
+ Classic theological literature

I became familiar with this when I was in college and I had difficulty with mental illness. I am very different from other people in the way I think. I have something like severe autism caused by brain injury combined with a high tendency to think about and want to please other people. ...
  
  











  



  
Secrets of the Secret Place: Keys to Igniting Your Personal Time With God30 reviews
Bob Sorge

Oasis House, 2001

Secret Place Secrets Revealed!

+ Secret of the Secret Place
+ You CAN Apply the SECRETS in your own LIFE! Absolutely LIFE CHANGING!
+ Go Deeper
+ Great for a small group