50 Books like Mariner

Sober Mercies

by Heather Harpham Kopp • 2013

The faith that was supposed to save her from addiction couldn't. A 12-step meeting did.

4.31

636

🧊 Addiction Memoir ✝️ Christian Spirituality 📘 12-Step Recovery 🍷 Functional Addiction 🌱 Faith Deconstruction

Sober Mercies 94%

The faith that was supposed to save her from addiction couldn't. A 12-step meeting did.

by Heather Harpham Kopp 2013

4.31

636 ratings

🧊 Addiction Memoir ✝️ Christian Spirituality 📘 12-Step Recovery 🍷 Functional Addiction 🌱 Faith Deconstruction

Awake!

by Mark Vernon • 2025

What if imagination isn't fantasy but reality itself? Blake's vision makes the case.

4.35

🕯️ Mystical Philosophy 👤 Spiritual Biography 👁️ Imagination As Knowing 🔗 Enlightenment Critique ✨ Sacred Imagination

Awake! 93%

What if imagination isn't fantasy but reality itself? Blake's vision makes the case.

by Mark Vernon 2025

4.35

60 ratings

🕯️ Mystical Philosophy 👤 Spiritual Biography 👁️ Imagination As Knowing 🔗 Enlightenment Critique ✨ Sacred Imagination

Charles Spurgeon

by John Piper • 2015

Spurgeon's secret to preaching through depression, illness, and attack for 38 years.

4.40

157

📖 Christian Biography ⛪ Pastoral Ministry 🎤 Preaching ✝️ Soul-Winning 🕊️ Adversity And Suffering

Charles Spurgeon 92%

Spurgeon's secret to preaching through depression, illness, and attack for 38 years.

by John Piper 2015

4.40

157 ratings

📖 Christian Biography ⛪ Pastoral Ministry 🎤 Preaching ✝️ Soul-Winning 🕊️ Adversity And Suffering

William Blake vs the World

by John Higgs • 2021

Blake saw angels and mapped the mind. Modern neuroscience is just catching up.

4.15

1k+

🏛️ Romanticism 🔮 Mystical Philosophy 🧠 Consciousness Studies 💫 Ego Dissolution 👁️ Visionary Art

William Blake vs the World 92%

Blake saw angels and mapped the mind. Modern neuroscience is just catching up.

by John Higgs 2021

4.15

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Romanticism 🔮 Mystical Philosophy 🧠 Consciousness Studies 💫 Ego Dissolution 👁️ Visionary Art

Vintage Saints and Sinners

by Karen Wright Marsh • 2017

Saints were stubborn, anxious, doubting people. Their flaws are not a scandal; they are the point.

4.22

256

🕯️ Lives Of The Saints 📜 Spiritual Biography 💔 Flawed Believers ☀️ Everyday Spirituality 🌧️ Faith And Doubt

Vintage Saints and Sinners 92%

Saints were stubborn, anxious, doubting people. Their flaws are not a scandal; they are the point.

by Karen Wright Marsh 2017

4.22

256 ratings

🕯️ Lives Of The Saints 📜 Spiritual Biography 💔 Flawed Believers ☀️ Everyday Spirituality 🌧️ Faith And Doubt

Surprised by Joy

by C.S. Lewis • 1955

One desire no pleasure could satisfy broke C.S. Lewis's atheism.

4.06

70k+

🕯️ Spiritual Memoir ✝️ Conversion Narratives 📖 Literary Memoir 🏔️ Spiritual Longing 🌅 Aesthetic Awakening

Surprised by Joy 92%

One desire no pleasure could satisfy broke C.S. Lewis's atheism.

by C.S. Lewis 1955

4.06

70k+ ratings

🕯️ Spiritual Memoir ✝️ Conversion Narratives 📖 Literary Memoir 🏔️ Spiritual Longing 🌅 Aesthetic Awakening

Breathing Under Water

by Richard Rohr • 2011

The 12 steps aren't just for alcoholics: they map the spiritual disease every human shares.

4.32

5k+

🪜 Twelve-Step Spirituality 🕊️ Christian Mysticism 🌑 Shadow Work 👐 Spiritual Surrender ❤️‍🩹 Redemptive Suffering

Breathing Under Water 92%

The 12 steps aren't just for alcoholics: they map the spiritual disease every human shares.

by Richard Rohr 2011

4.32

5k+ ratings

🪜 Twelve-Step Spirituality 🕊️ Christian Mysticism 🌑 Shadow Work 👐 Spiritual Surrender ❤️‍🩹 Redemptive Suffering

Cash

by Johnny Cash • 1997

He crawled into a cave to die and came out ready to play Folsom Prison.

4.01

26k+

🎸 Music Memoirs 🕶️ Outlaw Country 💊 Addiction Recovery ✝️ Faith Journeys 🕊️ Redemption Stories

Cash 92%

He crawled into a cave to die and came out ready to play Folsom Prison.

by Johnny Cash 1997

4.01

26k+ ratings

🎸 Music Memoirs 🕶️ Outlaw Country 💊 Addiction Recovery ✝️ Faith Journeys 🕊️ Redemption Stories

Shattered

by Frank Pastore • 2010

One pitch shattered his elbow and his identity. Rebuilding took a faith he used to mock.

3.95

150

🏟️ Sports Memoirs ✝️ Conversion Narratives 🏛️ Faith And Politics 🛋️ Therapy And Faith 👧 Childhood Neglect

Shattered 92%

One pitch shattered his elbow and his identity. Rebuilding took a faith he used to mock.

by Frank Pastore 2010

3.95

150 ratings

🏟️ Sports Memoirs ✝️ Conversion Narratives 🏛️ Faith And Politics 🛋️ Therapy And Faith 👧 Childhood Neglect

Addiction and Grace

by Gerald G. May • 1988

Addiction is spiritual hunger, aimed wrong. Willpower was never going to be enough.

4.20

2k+

🧠 Addiction Psychology 🙏 Spiritual Psychology ✝️ Christian Mysticism 💔 Attachment And Desire 🔄 Habit And Compulsion

Addiction and Grace 92%

Addiction is spiritual hunger, aimed wrong. Willpower was never going to be enough.

by Gerald G. May 1988

4.20

2k+ ratings

🧠 Addiction Psychology 🙏 Spiritual Psychology ✝️ Christian Mysticism 💔 Attachment And Desire 🔄 Habit And Compulsion

The Cross and the Switchblade

by David Wilkerson • 1963

A Life photo pulls a rural pastor into Brooklyn's gangs, armed with prayer and an impossible love.

4.27

60k+

🏙️ Urban Ministry 🤝 Gang Intervention ✝️ Faith-Based Recovery 💊 Addiction Recovery 🔥 Pentecostal Testimony

The Cross and the Switchblade 92%

A Life photo pulls a rural pastor into Brooklyn's gangs, armed with prayer and an impossible love.

by David Wilkerson 1963

4.27

60k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Ministry 🤝 Gang Intervention ✝️ Faith-Based Recovery 💊 Addiction Recovery 🔥 Pentecostal Testimony

Your First Step to Celebrate Recovery

by John Baker • 2013

The Beatitudes, reworked into an eight-step recovery program for the things therapy couldn't touch.

4.38

160

⛪ Faith-Based Recovery ✝️ Christ-Centered Healing 📖 Biblical Counseling 👥 Small Group Ministry 🕊️ Addiction And Faith

Your First Step to Celebrate Recovery Summary

Your First Step to Celebrate Recovery 92%

The Beatitudes, reworked into an eight-step recovery program for the things therapy couldn't touch.

by John Baker 2013

4.38

160 ratings

⛪ Faith-Based Recovery ✝️ Christ-Centered Healing 📖 Biblical Counseling 👥 Small Group Ministry 🕊️ Addiction And Faith

Timothy Keller

by Collin Hansen • 2023

The mentors, authors, and skeptics that shaped the pastor who brought the Bible back to Manhattan.

4.53

3k+

🏙️ Urban Ministry 📜 Reformed Theology 🧠 Intellectual Biography 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🎭 Cultural Engagement

Timothy Keller 92%

The mentors, authors, and skeptics that shaped the pastor who brought the Bible back to Manhattan.

by Collin Hansen 2023

4.53

3k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Ministry 📜 Reformed Theology 🧠 Intellectual Biography 🌱 Spiritual Formation 🎭 Cultural Engagement

Painting With Ashes

by Michael Adam Beck • 2022

Your worst wounds heal others: a pastor who survived abandonment, addiction, and arrest explains.

4.55

🕊️ Progressive Christianity 🩹 Wounded Healer 🧊 Addiction Recovery 💔 Childhood Trauma ⛪ Radical Ministry

Painting With Ashes 92%

Your worst wounds heal others: a pastor who survived abandonment, addiction, and arrest explains.

by Michael Adam Beck 2022

4.55

47 ratings

🕊️ Progressive Christianity 🩹 Wounded Healer 🧊 Addiction Recovery 💔 Childhood Trauma ⛪ Radical Ministry

Walt Whitman

by Justin Kaplan • 1980

A failed journalist shattered poetry's rules, then spent the Civil War comforting dying soldiers.

3.94

326

📚 Literary Biography 📜 American Poetry 🎩 19th Century America ⚔️ Civil War America 🌿 Transcendentalism

Walt Whitman 92%

A failed journalist shattered poetry's rules, then spent the Civil War comforting dying soldiers.

by Justin Kaplan 1980

3.94

326 ratings

📚 Literary Biography 📜 American Poetry 🎩 19th Century America ⚔️ Civil War America 🌿 Transcendentalism

Girl at the End of the World

by Elizabeth Esther • 2014

Her grandfather's cult taught her the world was ending. Motherhood taught her otherwise.

4.02

2k+

🧱 Cult Memoirs 🕊️ Religious Trauma ⛪ Spiritual Abuse 🔄 Breaking Cycles 🚪 Ex-Fundamentalist

Girl at the End of the World 92%

Her grandfather's cult taught her the world was ending. Motherhood taught her otherwise.

by Elizabeth Esther 2014

4.02

2k+ ratings

🧱 Cult Memoirs 🕊️ Religious Trauma ⛪ Spiritual Abuse 🔄 Breaking Cycles 🚪 Ex-Fundamentalist

R. C. Sproul

by Stephen J. Nichols • 2021

A midnight encounter with God's holiness turned a Pittsburgh kid into a warrior for biblical truth.

4.56

1k+

✝️ Reformed Theology 📜 Biblical Inerrancy 🛡️ Classical Apologetics 📖 Spiritual Biography 🎙️ Expository Preaching

R. C. Sproul 92%

A midnight encounter with God's holiness turned a Pittsburgh kid into a warrior for biblical truth.

by Stephen J. Nichols 2021

4.56

1k+ ratings

✝️ Reformed Theology 📜 Biblical Inerrancy 🛡️ Classical Apologetics 📖 Spiritual Biography 🎙️ Expository Preaching

Carry On, Warrior

by Glennon Doyle • 2013

Addiction, infidelity, parenting fails: one woman's refusal to pretend, and the life that followed.

4.10

30k+

🔮 Spiritual Memoir 🧊 Addiction Recovery 🌿 Everyday Spirituality 💬 Radical Honesty 👶 Modern Motherhood

Carry On, Warrior 92%

Addiction, infidelity, parenting fails: one woman's refusal to pretend, and the life that followed.

by Glennon Doyle 2013

4.10

30k+ ratings

🔮 Spiritual Memoir 🧊 Addiction Recovery 🌿 Everyday Spirituality 💬 Radical Honesty 👶 Modern Motherhood

Scouting the Divine

by Margaret Feinberg • 2009

Sheep, vines, honey, wool: one writer's search for the God the Bible's first readers knew.

4.22

912

🐑 Spiritual Memoir 🌾 Faith And Farming 🤲 Experiential Faith 👁️ Sensory Spirituality ✨ Everyday Sacred

Scouting the Divine 92%

Sheep, vines, honey, wool: one writer's search for the God the Bible's first readers knew.

by Margaret Feinberg 2009

4.22

912 ratings

🐑 Spiritual Memoir 🌾 Faith And Farming 🤲 Experiential Faith 👁️ Sensory Spirituality ✨ Everyday Sacred

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years

by Donald Miller • 2009

You're the protagonist of a story you're not writing. The screenwriter's rules for changing that.

4.13

32k+

📖 Narrative Identity ✝️ Christian Memoir 🔄 Life Transitions 🧭 Vocation And Calling 🦁 Everyday Courage

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years Summary

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years 92%

You're the protagonist of a story you're not writing. The screenwriter's rules for changing that.

by Donald Miller 2009

4.13

32k+ ratings

📖 Narrative Identity ✝️ Christian Memoir 🔄 Life Transitions 🧭 Vocation And Calling 🦁 Everyday Courage

The Seven Storey Mountain

by Thomas Merton • 1948

Pleasure, communism, literary fame: all failed him. A silent monastery in Kentucky did not.

4.08

21k+

🕯️ Catholic Conversion 📖 Spiritual Autobiography 🧠 Intellectual Conversion 🙏 Contemplative Life ⛪ Monastic Vocation

The Seven Storey Mountain 92%

Pleasure, communism, literary fame: all failed him. A silent monastery in Kentucky did not.

by Thomas Merton 1948

4.08

21k+ ratings

🕯️ Catholic Conversion 📖 Spiritual Autobiography 🧠 Intellectual Conversion 🙏 Contemplative Life ⛪ Monastic Vocation

How Dante Can Save Your Life

by Rod Dreher • 2015

One man used Dante as a soul mirror. Every vice he saw became a path out.

3.98

1k+

📚 Literary Self-Help 🙏 Spiritual Memoir ⚖️ Vice And Virtue 🌅 Midlife Awakening ✝️ Catholic Spirituality

How Dante Can Save Your Life 91%

One man used Dante as a soul mirror. Every vice he saw became a path out.

by Rod Dreher 2015

3.98

1k+ ratings

📚 Literary Self-Help 🙏 Spiritual Memoir ⚖️ Vice And Virtue 🌅 Midlife Awakening ✝️ Catholic Spirituality

Unwasted

by Sacha Z. Scoblic • 2011

A hard-partying writer gets sober and discovers finding her real self is harder than quitting.

3.79

2k+

📖 Recovery Memoir 🌱 Secular Recovery 🚺 Women And Addiction 🦋 Life Transformation 🍸 Social Drinking Culture

Unwasted 91%

A hard-partying writer gets sober and discovers finding her real self is harder than quitting.

by Sacha Z. Scoblic 2011

3.79

2k+ ratings

📖 Recovery Memoir 🌱 Secular Recovery 🚺 Women And Addiction 🦋 Life Transformation 🍸 Social Drinking Culture

Desire and Mental Health in Christianity and the Arts

by David Torevell • 2023

The West's mental health crisis has roots that psychology overlooks: a forgotten theology of desire.

🔥 Theology Of Desire 🎨 Art And Faith 🧠 Mental Health And Faith 🏙️ Secular Modernity 🌱 Spiritual Formation

Desire and Mental Health in Christianity and the Arts Summary

Desire and Mental Health in Christianity and the Arts 91%

The West's mental health crisis has roots that psychology overlooks: a forgotten theology of desire.

by David Torevell 2023

🔥 Theology Of Desire 🎨 Art And Faith 🧠 Mental Health And Faith 🏙️ Secular Modernity 🌱 Spiritual Formation

Love Warrior

by Glennon Doyle Melton • 2016

After her husband's infidelity, staying married meant ending a lifelong habit of hiding from pain.

4.07

75k+

💔 Marriage Crisis 🦋 Addiction And Recovery 💗 Emotional Vulnerability 🌸 Women's Self-Discovery ⛪ Faith Reconstruction

Love Warrior 91%

After her husband's infidelity, staying married meant ending a lifelong habit of hiding from pain.

by Glennon Doyle Melton 2016

4.07

75k+ ratings

💔 Marriage Crisis 🦋 Addiction And Recovery 💗 Emotional Vulnerability 🌸 Women's Self-Discovery ⛪ Faith Reconstruction

J.R.R. Tolkien

by Humphrey Carpenter • 1977

Orphaned, Catholic, and obsessed with dragons: the life that forged The Lord of the Rings.

4.06

17k+

📖 Literary Biography 🌍 World-Building 🧙 Fantasy Literature 🗣️ Philology 🎓 Oxford Writers

J.R.R. Tolkien 91%

Orphaned, Catholic, and obsessed with dragons: the life that forged The Lord of the Rings.

by Humphrey Carpenter 1977

4.06

17k+ ratings

📖 Literary Biography 🌍 World-Building 🧙 Fantasy Literature 🗣️ Philology 🎓 Oxford Writers

The Quest for God

by Paul Johnson • 1996

The 20th century was supposed to bury God. Instead, it made the case for him.

3.56

124

🛡️ Christian Apologetics 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🧠 Faith And Reason 🌒 Problem Of Evil 🏛️ Critique Of Secularism

The Quest for God 91%

The 20th century was supposed to bury God. Instead, it made the case for him.

by Paul Johnson 1996

3.56

124 ratings

🛡️ Christian Apologetics 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🧠 Faith And Reason 🌒 Problem Of Evil 🏛️ Critique Of Secularism

Let Your Life Speak

by Parker J. Palmer • 1999

Vocation is not about willfulness. It grows from listening to your life, even its darkest seasons.

4.15

14k+

🌿 Contemplative Spirituality 🧭 Vocation And Calling 🖤 Shadow Work 🌧️ Depression Recovery 👤 Self-Aware Leadership

Let Your Life Speak 91%

Vocation is not about willfulness. It grows from listening to your life, even its darkest seasons.

by Parker J. Palmer 1999

4.15

14k+ ratings

🌿 Contemplative Spirituality 🧭 Vocation And Calling 🖤 Shadow Work 🌧️ Depression Recovery 👤 Self-Aware Leadership

Faith, Hope and Carnage

by Nick Cave • 2022

Nick Cave's son died. The art that followed was improvised, spiritually hungry, built from wreckage.

4.41

8k+

🎵 Songwriting Craft 🤝 Artistic Collaboration 💔 Grief And Art 🙏 Art And Spirituality 🎹 Improvisation

Faith, Hope and Carnage 91%

Nick Cave's son died. The art that followed was improvised, spiritually hungry, built from wreckage.

by Nick Cave 2022

4.41

8k+ ratings

🎵 Songwriting Craft 🤝 Artistic Collaboration 💔 Grief And Art 🙏 Art And Spirituality 🎹 Improvisation

52 Little Lessons from Les Miserables

by Bob Welch • 2014

Fifty-two devotionals mining Les Misérables for grace, forgiveness, and everyday kindness.

4.29

115

📖 Literary Devotionals ✝️ Grace And Redemption 🕊️ Forgiveness ❤️ Compassion 🛡️ Integrity

52 Little Lessons from Les Miserables Summary

52 Little Lessons from Les Miserables 91%

Fifty-two devotionals mining Les Misérables for grace, forgiveness, and everyday kindness.

by Bob Welch 2014

4.29

115 ratings

📖 Literary Devotionals ✝️ Grace And Redemption 🕊️ Forgiveness ❤️ Compassion 🛡️ Integrity

7 Men

by Eric Metaxas • 2013

A Nixon enforcer went to prison and found his calling. Six other lives, one surrender.

4.23

7k+

📖 Christian Biography 🙏 Faith-Based Leadership 🔄 Redemption Stories 🛠️ Servant Leadership 🔁 Second Acts

7 Men 91%

A Nixon enforcer went to prison and found his calling. Six other lives, one surrender.

by Eric Metaxas 2013

4.23

7k+ ratings

📖 Christian Biography 🙏 Faith-Based Leadership 🔄 Redemption Stories 🛠️ Servant Leadership 🔁 Second Acts

50 People Every Christian Should Know

by Warren W. Wiersbe • 2009

Fifty spiritual giants, fifty lessons: the preaching and leadership wisdom no degree confers.

4.05

1k+

🧱 Spiritual Biography 🕊️ Pastoral Ministry 📋 Ministry Principles 🗣️ Preaching Wisdom 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines

50 People Every Christian Should Know Summary

50 People Every Christian Should Know 91%

Fifty spiritual giants, fifty lessons: the preaching and leadership wisdom no degree confers.

by Warren W. Wiersbe 2009

4.05

1k+ ratings

🧱 Spiritual Biography 🕊️ Pastoral Ministry 📋 Ministry Principles 🗣️ Preaching Wisdom 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines

The Reason

by Lacey Sturm • 2014

Suicidal and atheist, she walked into a church and left as the future voice of Flyleaf.

4.36

2k+

🕊️ Christian Testimony 🎸 Rock Memoir 💙 Suicide Survival 👩‍🎤 Women In Rock 🎨 Faith And Artistry

The Reason 91%

Suicidal and atheist, she walked into a church and left as the future voice of Flyleaf.

by Lacey Sturm 2014

4.36

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Testimony 🎸 Rock Memoir 💙 Suicide Survival 👩‍🎤 Women In Rock 🎨 Faith And Artistry

The Addiction Manifesto

by Jerry Weaver • 2021

From addiction to sobriety in 365 days: a daily rebuild that succeeds when willpower collapses.

4.72

1k+

🛑 Addiction Recovery 🤝 12-Step Recovery ⚠️ Relapse Prevention ✍️ Recovery Memoir ✝️ Christian Recovery

The Addiction Manifesto 91%

From addiction to sobriety in 365 days: a daily rebuild that succeeds when willpower collapses.

by Jerry Weaver 2021

4.72

1k+ ratings

🛑 Addiction Recovery 🤝 12-Step Recovery ⚠️ Relapse Prevention ✍️ Recovery Memoir ✝️ Christian Recovery

The Question of God

by Armand M. Nicholi Jr. • 1988

Freud and Lewis took opposite sides on God. Their lives became evidence their arguments could not.

4.02

5k+

👥 Dual Biography ❓ Faith And Doubt ⚖️ Atheism Vs Theism 🧠 Psychology Of Belief 🛐 Conversion Stories

The Question of God 91%

Freud and Lewis took opposite sides on God. Their lives became evidence their arguments could not.

by Armand M. Nicholi Jr. 1988

4.02

5k+ ratings

👥 Dual Biography ❓ Faith And Doubt ⚖️ Atheism Vs Theism 🧠 Psychology Of Belief 🛐 Conversion Stories

Mentors

by Russell Brand • 2019

Russell Brand's mentors included a murderer and a monk. His recovery depended on both.

3.67

2k+

🧠 Addiction Recovery 🤝 Mentorship And Guidance 🎤 Celebrity Memoir 🕉️ Spiritual Seeking 🔄 Twelve Step Recovery

Mentors 91%

Russell Brand's mentors included a murderer and a monk. His recovery depended on both.

by Russell Brand 2019

3.67

2k+ ratings

🧠 Addiction Recovery 🤝 Mentorship And Guidance 🎤 Celebrity Memoir 🕉️ Spiritual Seeking 🔄 Twelve Step Recovery

Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret

by F. Howard Taylor • 1932

When Hudson Taylor stopped striving, he unlocked a force that opened all 18 provinces of China.

4.28

9k+

🕊️ Missionary Biography 📜 19th Century Missions 😌 Spiritual Rest 🌍 Incarnational Mission 🙏 Radical Dependence

Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret Summary

Hudson Taylor's Spiritual Secret 91%

When Hudson Taylor stopped striving, he unlocked a force that opened all 18 provinces of China.

by F. Howard Taylor 1932

4.28

9k+ ratings

🕊️ Missionary Biography 📜 19th Century Missions 😌 Spiritual Rest 🌍 Incarnational Mission 🙏 Radical Dependence

Smith Wigglesworth

by Albert Hibbert • 1982

How a Yorkshire plumber developed a faith that healed thousands, and what it takes.

4.46

391

🙌 Faith Healing 🔥 Pentecostalism 📖 Spiritual Biography 🕊️ Spirit-Filled Living ⚔️ Spiritual Authority

Smith Wigglesworth 91%

How a Yorkshire plumber developed a faith that healed thousands, and what it takes.

by Albert Hibbert 1982

4.46

391 ratings

🙌 Faith Healing 🔥 Pentecostalism 📖 Spiritual Biography 🕊️ Spirit-Filled Living ⚔️ Spiritual Authority

Called Out

by Paula Faris • 2020

Two dream jobs, four crises in a single year, and a faith she'd sidelined for success.

4.12

768

🧭 Vocational Discernment ⛪ Faith And Work 🏆 Achievement Addiction 🩹 Burnout Recovery 🪪 Identity And Work

Called Out 91%

Two dream jobs, four crises in a single year, and a faith she'd sidelined for success.

by Paula Faris 2020

4.12

768 ratings

🧭 Vocational Discernment ⛪ Faith And Work 🏆 Achievement Addiction 🩹 Burnout Recovery 🪪 Identity And Work

A Chance to Die

by Elisabeth Elliot • 1987

An Irishwoman in a sari rescues hundreds of temple children and builds a family on prayer.

4.09

10k+

🛐 Missionary Biographies 🇮🇳 Incarnational Ministry 🧒 Orphan Care 🙏 Intercessory Prayer 🕊️ Faith And Suffering

A Chance to Die 91%

An Irishwoman in a sari rescues hundreds of temple children and builds a family on prayer.

by Elisabeth Elliot 1987

4.09

10k+ ratings

🛐 Missionary Biographies 🇮🇳 Incarnational Ministry 🧒 Orphan Care 🙏 Intercessory Prayer 🕊️ Faith And Suffering

Help Thanks Wow

by Anne Lamott • 2012

A simple framework for prayer, tested in the messiest moments of one writer's life.

4.01

22k+

🛐 Everyday Prayer 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🙏 Gratitude Practice 📥 Surrender Rituals ✨ Finding Wonder

Help Thanks Wow 91%

A simple framework for prayer, tested in the messiest moments of one writer's life.

by Anne Lamott 2012

4.01

22k+ ratings

🛐 Everyday Prayer 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🙏 Gratitude Practice 📥 Surrender Rituals ✨ Finding Wonder

Traveling Mercies

by Anne Lamott • 1999

Faith for people who swear, drink too much, and can't stomach Sunday school answers.

4.14

49k+

✝️ Spiritual Memoir 💔 Messy Spirituality 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 😂 Comic Memoir 🌧️ Grief And Loss

Traveling Mercies 91%

Faith for people who swear, drink too much, and can't stomach Sunday school answers.

by Anne Lamott 1999

4.14

49k+ ratings

✝️ Spiritual Memoir 💔 Messy Spirituality 🪜 Twelve Step Recovery 😂 Comic Memoir 🌧️ Grief And Loss

Twelve Extraordinary Women

by John F. MacArthur Jr. • 2005

Twelve biblical women, one pattern: how God uses flawed lives for his purposes, and yours.

4.13

8k+

🕊️ Biblical Women 📖 Bible Biography 🙏 Devotional Studies 📜 Expository Teaching 🔥 Reformed Theology

Twelve Extraordinary Women 91%

Twelve biblical women, one pattern: how God uses flawed lives for his purposes, and yours.

by John F. MacArthur Jr. 2005

4.13

8k+ ratings

🕊️ Biblical Women 📖 Bible Biography 🙏 Devotional Studies 📜 Expository Teaching 🔥 Reformed Theology

Freeing Jesus

by Diana Butler Bass • 2021

Six Jesuses across a lifetime. Clinging to one is why faith goes stale.

4.24

1k+

🕊️ Progressive Christianity 🧩 Faith Deconstruction 🌱 Spiritual Evolution ✝️ Christology 📖 Christian Memoir

Freeing Jesus 91%

Six Jesuses across a lifetime. Clinging to one is why faith goes stale.

by Diana Butler Bass 2021

4.24

1k+ ratings

🕊️ Progressive Christianity 🧩 Faith Deconstruction 🌱 Spiritual Evolution ✝️ Christology 📖 Christian Memoir

The Anatomy of Influence

by Harold Bloom • 2011

Literary influence is love with its guard up, and Shakespeare is still winning.

3.93

477

📝 Literary Criticism 📜 Poetry Studies 🏛️ The Western Canon 🧬 Literary Influence 🌹 Romantic Criticism

The Anatomy of Influence 91%

Literary influence is love with its guard up, and Shakespeare is still winning.

by Harold Bloom 2011

3.93

477 ratings

📝 Literary Criticism 📜 Poetry Studies 🏛️ The Western Canon 🧬 Literary Influence 🌹 Romantic Criticism

Anam Cara

by John O'Donohue • 1996

Friendship as soul-recognition, body as sanctuary, death as lifelong companion: Celtic wisdom.

4.32

11k+

🍀 Celtic Spirituality ✝️ Christian Mysticism 💞 Soul Friendship 🧘 Contemplative Life 📜 Poetic Philosophy

Anam Cara 91%

Friendship as soul-recognition, body as sanctuary, death as lifelong companion: Celtic wisdom.

by John O'Donohue 1996

4.32

11k+ ratings

🍀 Celtic Spirituality ✝️ Christian Mysticism 💞 Soul Friendship 🧘 Contemplative Life 📜 Poetic Philosophy

Smith Wigglesworth

by Stanley H. Frodsham • 1984

A Yorkshire plumber stepped up and the deaf heard. What he knew that critics couldn't explain.

4.52

303

🩹 Faith Healing 🔥 Early Pentecostalism 🙌 Bold Faith 📖 Healing Testimonies ⛪ Pentecostal Pioneers

Smith Wigglesworth 91%

A Yorkshire plumber stepped up and the deaf heard. What he knew that critics couldn't explain.

by Stanley H. Frodsham 1984

4.52

303 ratings

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