50 Books like The God of the Garden

Soil and Sacrament

by Fred Bahnson • 2013

What if the holiest ground you'll ever touch is in a garden?

4.17

264

🛐 Faith And Farming 🌻 Community Gardens 🙏 Agrarian Spirituality 🤝 Interfaith Ecology 🌍 Creation Care

Soil and Sacrament 96%

What if the holiest ground you'll ever touch is in a garden?

by Fred Bahnson 2013

4.17

264 ratings

🛐 Faith And Farming 🌻 Community Gardens 🙏 Agrarian Spirituality 🤝 Interfaith Ecology 🌍 Creation Care

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 96%

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

The Wisdom of Wilderness

by Gerald G. May • 2006

Nature heals the self modern life fractures. The treatments: silence, storms, and fear itself.

4.18

344

🏔️ Nature Spirituality 🧘 Contemplative Spirituality 🌿 Ecopsychology 🏕️ Wilderness Memoir 💚 Healing Through Nature

The Wisdom of Wilderness 95%

Nature heals the self modern life fractures. The treatments: silence, storms, and fear itself.

by Gerald G. May 2006

4.18

344 ratings

🏔️ Nature Spirituality 🧘 Contemplative Spirituality 🌿 Ecopsychology 🏕️ Wilderness Memoir 💚 Healing Through Nature

Enchantment

by Katherine May • 2023

Wonder is not rare. It waits in ordinary things for anyone who remembers how to look.

3.59

13k+

🍃 Nature Writing ✨ Everyday Wonder 🙏 Sacred Ordinary 🌿 Nature Connection 😰 Modern Anxiety

Enchantment 94%

Wonder is not rare. It waits in ordinary things for anyone who remembers how to look.

by Katherine May 2023

3.59

13k+ ratings

🍃 Nature Writing ✨ Everyday Wonder 🙏 Sacred Ordinary 🌿 Nature Connection 😰 Modern Anxiety

Phosphorescence

by Julia Baird • 2020

What sustains you when optimism fails: nature, deep friendship, and the discipline of noticing.

3.77

12k+

✨ Everyday Awe 🌿 Nature Connection 🔍 Attention Practice 🤝 Deep Friendships 💗 Self-Compassion

Phosphorescence 94%

What sustains you when optimism fails: nature, deep friendship, and the discipline of noticing.

by Julia Baird 2020

3.77

12k+ ratings

✨ Everyday Awe 🌿 Nature Connection 🔍 Attention Practice 🤝 Deep Friendships 💗 Self-Compassion

The Deepest Place

by Curt Thompson • 2023

Durable hope is a neural pathway carved by suffering in the presence of attuned love.

4.41

762

🕊️ Spiritual Formation ✝️ Christian Psychology 🧠 Interpersonal Neurobiology 🔗 Attachment Theory 🌅 Suffering And Hope

The Deepest Place 94%

Durable hope is a neural pathway carved by suffering in the presence of attuned love.

by Curt Thompson 2023

4.41

762 ratings

🕊️ Spiritual Formation ✝️ Christian Psychology 🧠 Interpersonal Neurobiology 🔗 Attachment Theory 🌅 Suffering And Hope

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 94%

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

The Backyard Parables

by Margaret Roach • 2013

What dies in the garden teaches what survives in you. Three decades of digging both.

3.65

436

🪴 Garden Memoir 🌿 Nature Writing 🍂 Seasonal Living 🧘 Mindful Practice 🐝 Ecological Gardening

The Backyard Parables 94%

What dies in the garden teaches what survives in you. Three decades of digging both.

by Margaret Roach 2013

3.65

436 ratings

🪴 Garden Memoir 🌿 Nature Writing 🍂 Seasonal Living 🧘 Mindful Practice 🐝 Ecological Gardening

In the Hands of a Fiercely Tender God

by Colleen Elisabeth Chao • 2022

Suffering can dismantle faith. A 31-day path to holding on when the platitudes run out.

4.77

362

📖 Christian Devotionals 🙏 Suffering And Faith 😢 Lament ✨ Gratitude Practice ⚓ Hope In Trials

In the Hands of a Fiercely Tender God Summary

In the Hands of a Fiercely Tender God 94%

Suffering can dismantle faith. A 31-day path to holding on when the platitudes run out.

by Colleen Elisabeth Chao 2022

4.77

362 ratings

📖 Christian Devotionals 🙏 Suffering And Faith 😢 Lament ✨ Gratitude Practice ⚓ Hope In Trials

The In-Between

by Jeff Goins • 2013

Your life isn't delayed. The waiting itself is the beginning of everything that matters.

3.75

750

📖 Spiritual Memoir ⏳ Waiting As Growth 🧘 Contemplative Living 🐢 Slow Living 🧠 Mindfulness Practice

The In-Between 94%

Your life isn't delayed. The waiting itself is the beginning of everything that matters.

by Jeff Goins 2013

3.75

750 ratings

📖 Spiritual Memoir ⏳ Waiting As Growth 🧘 Contemplative Living 🐢 Slow Living 🧠 Mindfulness Practice

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 94%

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

Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening

by Carol Wall • 2014

Carol wanted a tidy yard. Giles, a Kenyan immigrant, gave her a way to face death.

3.67

3k+

🌱 Gardening Memoirs 🤝 Unlikely Friendships 🌿 Healing Through Nature 💀 Confronting Mortality ✝️ Christian Spirituality

Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening Summary

Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening 93%

Carol wanted a tidy yard. Giles, a Kenyan immigrant, gave her a way to face death.

by Carol Wall 2014

3.67

3k+ ratings

🌱 Gardening Memoirs 🤝 Unlikely Friendships 🌿 Healing Through Nature 💀 Confronting Mortality ✝️ Christian Spirituality

Praying for Strangers

by River Jordan • 2011

One year of praying for a stranger each day: how an introvert rewired her heart.

4.09

704

✝️ Christian Memoir 🧪 Spiritual Experiments 🤝 Stranger Connection 🙏 Prayer Practice 🕯️ Faith In Action

Praying for Strangers 93%

One year of praying for a stranger each day: how an introvert rewired her heart.

by River Jordan 2011

4.09

704 ratings

✝️ Christian Memoir 🧪 Spiritual Experiments 🤝 Stranger Connection 🙏 Prayer Practice 🕯️ Faith In Action

Spiritual Depression

by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones • 1965

Why so many Christians lack joy and assurance, and the forgotten remedies that restore both.

4.42

5k+

🕊️ Spiritual Depression 📖 Doctrine And Assurance 💭 Faith And Feelings 🌧️ Joy In Suffering 🙏 Pastoral Counseling

Spiritual Depression 93%

Why so many Christians lack joy and assurance, and the forgotten remedies that restore both.

by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones 1965

4.42

5k+ ratings

🕊️ Spiritual Depression 📖 Doctrine And Assurance 💭 Faith And Feelings 🌧️ Joy In Suffering 🙏 Pastoral Counseling

Cherished Belonging

by Gregory Boyle • 2024

Cruelty is a symptom, punishment deepens wounds, and discarded people carry trauma, not evil.

4.45

2k+

🕊️ Restorative Justice 💔 Trauma And Healing ✝️ Catholic Social Teaching 🙏 Contemplative Christianity 🌈 Radical Inclusion

Cherished Belonging 93%

Cruelty is a symptom, punishment deepens wounds, and discarded people carry trauma, not evil.

by Gregory Boyle 2024

4.45

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Restorative Justice 💔 Trauma And Healing ✝️ Catholic Social Teaching 🙏 Contemplative Christianity 🌈 Radical Inclusion

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 93%

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

Emotionally Healthy Spirituality

by Peter Scazzero • 2017

The unexamined family history quietly runs your spiritual life. Healing it is not optional.

4.25

23k+

🕯️ Spiritual Formation 🌱 Emotional Maturity 🏠 Family Of Origin 💔 Grief And Loss 📖 Spiritual Disciplines

Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Summary

Emotionally Healthy Spirituality 93%

The unexamined family history quietly runs your spiritual life. Healing it is not optional.

by Peter Scazzero 2017

4.25

23k+ ratings

🕯️ Spiritual Formation 🌱 Emotional Maturity 🏠 Family Of Origin 💔 Grief And Loss 📖 Spiritual Disciplines

Rooted

by Lyanda Lynn Haupt • 2021

A field guide to living on a troubled earth, where science, wildness, and spirit converge.

4.00

5k+

🌿 Nature Writing 🌱 Ecological Spirituality 🌎 Environmental Philosophy 🌲 Forest Bathing 🐦 Animal Consciousness

Rooted 93%

A field guide to living on a troubled earth, where science, wildness, and spirit converge.

by Lyanda Lynn Haupt 2021

4.00

5k+ ratings

🌿 Nature Writing 🌱 Ecological Spirituality 🌎 Environmental Philosophy 🌲 Forest Bathing 🐦 Animal Consciousness

The Prophet's Way

by Thom Hartmann • 2001

Small mercies, everyday wonder, self-forgiveness: a mystic's lessons on living awake.

4.10

295

📖 Spiritual Memoir ✨ Everyday Spirituality 🤲 Compassion Practice 🌿 Nature Spirituality 🪶 Indigenous Wisdom

The Prophet's Way 93%

Small mercies, everyday wonder, self-forgiveness: a mystic's lessons on living awake.

by Thom Hartmann 2001

4.10

295 ratings

📖 Spiritual Memoir ✨ Everyday Spirituality 🤲 Compassion Practice 🌿 Nature Spirituality 🪶 Indigenous Wisdom

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 93%

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

Overwhelmed

by Perry Noble • 2014

Anxiety is not weak faith. A pastor's guide to trusting God when the bottom drops out.

4.03

694

🏠 Christian Living 😰 Overcoming Worry 🌧️ Depression And Faith 🔄 Repentance And Grace 🧠 Spiritual Mental Health

Overwhelmed 93%

Anxiety is not weak faith. A pastor's guide to trusting God when the bottom drops out.

by Perry Noble 2014

4.03

694 ratings

🏠 Christian Living 😰 Overcoming Worry 🌧️ Depression And Faith 🔄 Repentance And Grace 🧠 Spiritual Mental Health

The Year of Living like Jesus

by Edward G. Dobson • 2009

A pastor ate kosher, prayed the rosary, kept Sabbath. Following Jesus dismantled his certainties.

3.47

549

🖊️ Spiritual Memoir 🧪 Religious Experiment ✡️ Jesus' Jewish Roots 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 📿 Prayer Traditions

The Year of Living like Jesus 93%

A pastor ate kosher, prayed the rosary, kept Sabbath. Following Jesus dismantled his certainties.

by Edward G. Dobson 2009

3.47

549 ratings

🖊️ Spiritual Memoir 🧪 Religious Experiment ✡️ Jesus' Jewish Roots 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 📿 Prayer Traditions

Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day!

by Kate Bowler • 2024

Daily meditations for beautiful-terrible days, from someone who found faith through cancer.

4.34

2k+

🕯️ Daily Devotionals 💔 Embracing Suffering 🤗 Self-Compassion 🙏 Gratitude Practice 😴 Rest And Sabbath

Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day! 93%

Daily meditations for beautiful-terrible days, from someone who found faith through cancer.

by Kate Bowler 2024

4.34

2k+ ratings

🕯️ Daily Devotionals 💔 Embracing Suffering 🤗 Self-Compassion 🙏 Gratitude Practice 😴 Rest And Sabbath

Every Bitter Thing Is Sweet

by Sara Hagerty • 2014

God's goodness isn't waiting past the pain. It's inside the barren decade itself.

4.06

3k+

🌱 Spiritual Formation 🌊 Suffering And Faith 🙏 Contemplative Prayer ✨ Divine Goodness ⏳ Waiting On God

Every Bitter Thing Is Sweet 93%

God's goodness isn't waiting past the pain. It's inside the barren decade itself.

by Sara Hagerty 2014

4.06

3k+ ratings

🌱 Spiritual Formation 🌊 Suffering And Faith 🙏 Contemplative Prayer ✨ Divine Goodness ⏳ Waiting On God

If You Find This Letter

by Hannah Brencher • 2015

Drowning in loneliness, she left love letters on the subway. Strangers everywhere wrote back.

4.03

2k+

🙏 Spiritual Memoir 🧠 Mental Health Memoir 🧭 Quarter-Life Crisis 💌 Loneliness And Connection ✍️ Handwritten Letters

If You Find This Letter 93%

Drowning in loneliness, she left love letters on the subway. Strangers everywhere wrote back.

by Hannah Brencher 2015

4.03

2k+ ratings

🙏 Spiritual Memoir 🧠 Mental Health Memoir 🧭 Quarter-Life Crisis 💌 Loneliness And Connection ✍️ Handwritten Letters

English Lessons

by Andrea Lucado • 2017

Raised to have all the answers, she moved to Oxford and learned to love the questions.

4.01

469

🕊️ Christian Memoir 🔨 Faith Deconstruction 🌱 Post-Evangelical 📚 Faith And Reason 🏠 Inherited Faith

English Lessons 93%

Raised to have all the answers, she moved to Oxford and learned to love the questions.

by Andrea Lucado 2017

4.01

469 ratings

🕊️ Christian Memoir 🔨 Faith Deconstruction 🌱 Post-Evangelical 📚 Faith And Reason 🏠 Inherited Faith

Blue Like Jazz

by Donald Miller • 2003

I found God at the most godless college in America, and it looked nothing like church.

3.90

119k+

🧳 Spiritual Memoir 🔄 Post-Evangelical 🤔 Doubt And Faith 🙌 Grace Over Works 🔍 Self-Examination

Blue Like Jazz 93%

I found God at the most godless college in America, and it looked nothing like church.

by Donald Miller 2003

3.90

119k+ ratings

🧳 Spiritual Memoir 🔄 Post-Evangelical 🤔 Doubt And Faith 🙌 Grace Over Works 🔍 Self-Examination

My Name is Hope

by John Mark Comer • 2012

Why anxiety and depression persist despite prayer, and the practical changes that make a difference.

4.18

2k+

🧠 Christian Mental Health 📖 Biblical Counseling 🔄 Mind Renewal 🌧️ Overcoming Depression 😰 Anxiety And Faith

My Name is Hope 93%

Why anxiety and depression persist despite prayer, and the practical changes that make a difference.

by John Mark Comer 2012

4.18

2k+ ratings

🧠 Christian Mental Health 📖 Biblical Counseling 🔄 Mind Renewal 🌧️ Overcoming Depression 😰 Anxiety And Faith

The Spiral Staircase

by Karen Armstrong • 2004

A failed nun, an undiagnosed brain disorder, and the world religions that rebuilt her faith.

3.94

9k+

🌑 Faith Crisis 📚 Comparative Religion ✍️ Spiritual Memoir ❤️ Compassion Ethics 🛐 Monastic Life

The Spiral Staircase 93%

A failed nun, an undiagnosed brain disorder, and the world religions that rebuilt her faith.

by Karen Armstrong 2004

3.94

9k+ ratings

🌑 Faith Crisis 📚 Comparative Religion ✍️ Spiritual Memoir ❤️ Compassion Ethics 🛐 Monastic Life

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 93%

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

Blessed Are the Misfits

by Brant Hansen • 2017

Feelings dry, prayers wandering, doubts circling: exactly the kind of person Jesus recruited.

4.56

3k+

🧘 Introvert Spirituality ⛪ Church Culture 🌵 Spiritual Dryness ❓ Spiritual Doubt 🗣️ Honest Prayer

Blessed Are the Misfits 93%

Feelings dry, prayers wandering, doubts circling: exactly the kind of person Jesus recruited.

by Brant Hansen 2017

4.56

3k+ ratings

🧘 Introvert Spirituality ⛪ Church Culture 🌵 Spiritual Dryness ❓ Spiritual Doubt 🗣️ Honest Prayer

Blessed Are the Crazy

by Sarah Griffith Lund • 2014

Her father had bipolar, her brother wanted to die, her cousin was executed. She still believes.

4.24

202

🏷️ Mental Health Stigma 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Mental Illness 🙏 Faith And Mental Health 🧘 Spiritual Practices 💪 Caregiver Support

Blessed Are the Crazy 93%

Her father had bipolar, her brother wanted to die, her cousin was executed. She still believes.

by Sarah Griffith Lund 2014

4.24

202 ratings

🏷️ Mental Health Stigma 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Mental Illness 🙏 Faith And Mental Health 🧘 Spiritual Practices 💪 Caregiver Support

From Fear to Freedom

by Rose Marie Miller • 2000

Her faith collapsed under guilt and control; repair came through identity as God's child.

4.24

353

📖 Christian Memoir 🔥 Spiritual Transformation ✝️ Grace And Forgiveness 🆔 Identity In Christ 💔 Family Wounds

From Fear to Freedom 93%

Her faith collapsed under guilt and control; repair came through identity as God's child.

by Rose Marie Miller 2000

4.24

353 ratings

📖 Christian Memoir 🔥 Spiritual Transformation ✝️ Grace And Forgiveness 🆔 Identity In Christ 💔 Family Wounds

Shame Interrupted

by Edward T. Welch • 2012

Shame tells you to hide. God's answer offers cleansing and a new identity you didn't earn.

4.26

1k+

📜 Biblical Counseling ❤️‍🩹 Healing Shame ✝️ Identity In Christ 🌊 Grace And Redemption 🐑 Pastoral Care

Shame Interrupted 93%

Shame tells you to hide. God's answer offers cleansing and a new identity you didn't earn.

by Edward T. Welch 2012

4.26

1k+ ratings

📜 Biblical Counseling ❤️‍🩹 Healing Shame ✝️ Identity In Christ 🌊 Grace And Redemption 🐑 Pastoral Care

The Cry of the Soul

by Dan B. Allender • 1994

Dark emotions aren't obstacles to God; they are doorways. The Psalms teach us to enter.

4.27

2k+

📖 Biblical Counseling 🧠 Christian Psychology ❤️ Emotions And Faith 🎵 Psalms And Lament 🩹 Emotional Healing

The Cry of the Soul 93%

Dark emotions aren't obstacles to God; they are doorways. The Psalms teach us to enter.

by Dan B. Allender 1994

4.27

2k+ ratings

📖 Biblical Counseling 🧠 Christian Psychology ❤️ Emotions And Faith 🎵 Psalms And Lament 🩹 Emotional Healing

Resilient

by John Eldredge • 2022

Depleted by global trauma, you need a strength you cannot muster. The source dwells within.

4.32

3k+

🕊️ Spiritual Formation 💔 Trauma Recovery 🩹 Inner Healing 👶 Attachment To God 🧠 Emotional Resilience

Resilient 93%

Depleted by global trauma, you need a strength you cannot muster. The source dwells within.

by John Eldredge 2022

4.32

3k+ ratings

🕊️ Spiritual Formation 💔 Trauma Recovery 🩹 Inner Healing 👶 Attachment To God 🧠 Emotional Resilience

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

Rhythms of Renewal

by Rebekah Lyons • 2019

The four rhythms that undo anxiety at the source. Most people skip the first one entirely.

4.08

7k+

🕊️ Christian Living 🌱 Spiritual Formation 📿 Spiritual Disciplines 🛐 Sabbath Practice 📵 Digital Detox

Rhythms of Renewal 93%

The four rhythms that undo anxiety at the source. Most people skip the first one entirely.

by Rebekah Lyons 2019

4.08

7k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Living 🌱 Spiritual Formation 📿 Spiritual Disciplines 🛐 Sabbath Practice 📵 Digital Detox

Packing Light

by Allison Vesterfelt • 2013

How a cross-country trip with just a suitcase taught her to trade worry for wonder.

3.68

1k+

🙏 Faith Memoir ✈️ Travel Narrative 🕯️ Simplicity 🍃 Letting Go 🫂 Vulnerability

Packing Light 93%

How a cross-country trip with just a suitcase taught her to trade worry for wonder.

by Allison Vesterfelt 2013

3.68

1k+ ratings

🙏 Faith Memoir ✈️ Travel Narrative 🕯️ Simplicity 🍃 Letting Go 🫂 Vulnerability

Relational Spirituality

by Todd W. Hall • 2021

Attachment, not discipline, drives spiritual growth. The Trinity has been the model all along.

4.49

148

🧱 Trinitarian Theology 🧠 Attachment Theory 🌱 Spiritual Formation 💔 Trauma Healing 🧘 Contemplative Practice

Relational Spirituality 93%

Attachment, not discipline, drives spiritual growth. The Trinity has been the model all along.

by Todd W. Hall 2021

4.49

148 ratings

🧱 Trinitarian Theology 🧠 Attachment Theory 🌱 Spiritual Formation 💔 Trauma Healing 🧘 Contemplative Practice

Think Again

by Jared Mellinger • 2017

You think about yourself too much. The cure is self-forgetfulness, learned at the cross.

4.49

287

👐 Pastoral Counseling 😔 Spiritual Depression 🔓 Overcoming Self-Focus ⚖️ False Guilt 🔍 Self-Examination

Think Again 93%

You think about yourself too much. The cure is self-forgetfulness, learned at the cross.

by Jared Mellinger 2017

4.49

287 ratings

👐 Pastoral Counseling 😔 Spiritual Depression 🔓 Overcoming Self-Focus ⚖️ False Guilt 🔍 Self-Examination

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 93%

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

Emotionally Healthy Discipleship

by Peter Scazzero • 2021

Grief, limits, and brokenness are not obstacles to spiritual growth. They are the curriculum.

4.42

2k+

🕊️ Spiritual Formation ⛪ Church Leadership 💚 Emotional Health 🧬 Family Systems 🕯️ Grief Processing

Emotionally Healthy Discipleship Summary

Emotionally Healthy Discipleship 93%

Grief, limits, and brokenness are not obstacles to spiritual growth. They are the curriculum.

by Peter Scazzero 2021

4.42

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Spiritual Formation ⛪ Church Leadership 💚 Emotional Health 🧬 Family Systems 🕯️ Grief Processing

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 93%

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

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 93%

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

Biblical and Theological Visions of Resilience

by Christopher C.H. Cook • 2019

Psychology measures resilience. Theology names what suffering means. For the wounded, both count.

5.00

🕊️ Pastoral Care ✝️ Trauma Theology 🌱 Posttraumatic Growth 🧠 Psychology Of Religion 🔬 Resilience Research

Biblical and Theological Visions of Resilience Summary

Biblical and Theological Visions of Resilience 93%

Psychology measures resilience. Theology names what suffering means. For the wounded, both count.

by Christopher C.H. Cook 2019

5.00

2 ratings

🕊️ Pastoral Care ✝️ Trauma Theology 🌱 Posttraumatic Growth 🧠 Psychology Of Religion 🔬 Resilience Research

No Cure for Being Human

by Kate Bowler • 2021

She studied the prosperity gospel. Then she got incurable cancer. Everything she knew broke.

4.12

24k+

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