what books have you read recently that have inspired you in your walk?

[Browncoat]

As a Driven Leaf by Milton Steinberg. About the Talmudic rabbi Elisha ben Abuyah (aka Acher "the other") and his struggle with reason and faith.

Ooh, that sounds tasty =D I'm gonna have to go looking for that one...

As for me, I'm reading Jesus In America by Richard Wightman Fox. Very interesting

 

[aspen]

The Human Condition
Open Heart, Open Mind,
Invitation to Love.................Thomas Keating

Seven Storey Mountain
No Man is an Island
New Seed of Contemplation......Thomas Merton

Following the Mystics
The Gift of Contemplative Prayer
How Do We Breathe Under Water....Richard Rohr

Interior Castle
The Life of St. Teresa of Avila
The Way of Perfection.................Theresa of Avila

The Story of a Soul.......Therese of Lisieux

The City of God
Confessions...............St. Augustine


St. Catherine of Genoa.......Treatise on Purgatory

Celebration of Disciple
Prayer
Simplicity.................Richard Foster

The Dialogue....St. Catherine of Siena

The Flowing of the Godhead.......Mechthild of Magdeburg

Lectio Divina.......Basil Pennington

The Divine Office......The Vatican

 

[loveschild]

Prepair for war
Jabez prayer

 

[Browncoat]

Choosing A Jewish Life by Anita Diamant
To Be A Jew by Rabbi Hayim Halevy Donin

 

[imoss]

hee hee browncoat so how did the first book work out for ya? Did you choose?

 

[Browncoat]

Oh, I chose a long time ago. I just never really went through the official conversion process, which is what the book helps with

 

[imoss]

Good grief... I just realized it is choosing a jewish life... I thought it was a jewish WIFE. sorry, I'm laughiin here.

 

[Browncoat]

Good grief... I just realized it is choosing a jewish life... I thought it was a jewish WIFE. sorry, I'm laughiin here.

Oh, haha! No, I actually chose a Catholic girl for my wife Jewish life, Catholic wife, no more strife

 

[imoss]

good one!!! sorry for laughing at your book, i thought it was odd for a guy to read a book on choosing a jewish wife... but hey there are books about everything. Goes to show ya, the eyes can be deceptive~!

 

[Browncoat]

good one!!! sorry for laughing at your book, i thought it was odd for a guy to read a book on choosing a jewish wife... but hey there are books about everything. Goes to show ya, the eyes can be deceptive~!

Nah, it's no problem. I would never be upset with a person for laughing, for laughter is the best medicine and is a pleasing sound to G-d

 

[charisenexcelcis]

Prepair for war
Jabez prayer

If you enjoyed the Prayer of Jabez, the same author wrote a book called Lessons from the Vine. It's very good.

 

[sunshine_debbie]

The life of Corrie Ten Boom was very very interesting as was the story of Lottie Moon.

My most recent books have been

The four circle books by Ted Dekker (really good)

I just started The Purpose Driven Life

Read The Shack and reread Fireproof, loved them both as fiction books but Christian books. The Shack had some problems

I really love Terri Blackstocks Light series. Its four books about what happens when ALL the electricity is gone. Its a wonderful set of books and there are four. So you can prolong it!!!!

I am a big reader so I should have more soon

Debbie

 

[kiwi_OT]

Five love languages of God,
Purpose Driven Life,
Boundaries,
Gods Smuggler,
Wild at Heart/Captivating,
Redeeming Love,
Bad Girls of the Bible,

Also brouse biographies as well, the latest one I enjoyed was about William Wilberforce and a book on Benedictine hospitality - was brilliant