tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27680275228127988362011-07-07T20:50:42.084-07:00resourcesJessinanoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2768027522812798836.post-19088269758266774422009-11-12T20:58:00.000-08:002009-12-29T21:59:07.306-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</span><br /><a href="http://s785.photobucket.com/albums/yy132/Jessina17/?action=view&current=20090730_3235.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i785.photobucket.com/albums/yy132/Jessina17/20090730_3235.jpg" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</span><br /></i><div style="text-align: left;"><i>The following is a list of books and resources that we have personally read and have found helpful and encouraging in the maturation of our spirit and intellect. Though all may not come from a Christian perspective, and although we certainly do not agree with every aspect of every book or website listed, we only mention resources that we think would be uplifting and thought-provoking. Please use your discretion as not all books are recommended for all ages. And if you have any questions about a specific book or website, or have a suggestion to add to the list, please feel free to comment or e-mail us.</i><br /><i><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</span></i><br /><i>Please also note that there is an innumerable amount of fiction books that we could recommend. As it is impossible to list them all, we have chosen to simply list our favorites.</i><br /><i><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</span></i><br /><i>We will be continually adding to this page, so check back again!</i><br /></div><i><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</span><br /></i><span style="font-size:180%;">- Books -</span><i><br /></i><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</span><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Non-Fiction:</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Why-Were-Not-Emergent-Should/dp/0802458343/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262028670&sr=1-1">Why We're Not Emergent (By Two Guys Who Should Be)</a> </span>by Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/New-Faithful-Embracing-Christian-Orthodoxy/dp/0829420428/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262028695&sr=1-1">The New Faithful: Why Young Adults Are Embracing Christian Orthodoxy</a> </span>by Colleen Carroll<span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-I-Never-Knew/dp/031021923X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262028722&sr=1-1">The Jesus I Never Knew</a> </span>by Philip Yancey<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Whats-So-Amazing-About-Grace/dp/0310245656/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262028756&sr=8-1">What's So Amazing About Grace?</a> </span>by Philip Yancey<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Original-Sin-Cultural-Alan-Jacobs/dp/B001Q3KM5S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262028781&sr=1-1">Original Sin: A Cultural History</a> </span>by Alan Jacobs<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Stop-Dating-Church-Family-Lifechange/dp/1590523652/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262028864&sr=1-1">Stop Dating the Church: Fall in Love With the Family of God</a> </span>by Joshua Harris<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Orthodoxy-Gilbert-K-Chesterton/dp/1595478728/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262028886&sr=1-1">Orthodoxy</a> </span>by G.K. Chesterton<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Do-Hard-Things-Rebellion-Expectations/dp/1601421125/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262028946&sr=1-1">Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations</a> </span>by Alex and Brett Harris<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Humility-Greatness-C-J-Mahaney/dp/1590523261/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262028995&sr=1-1">Humility: True Greatness</a> </span>by C.J. Mahaney<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Good-Girl-Revolution-Self-Esteem-Standards/dp/0812975367/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262029018&sr=1-1">The Good Girl Revolution: Young Rebels With Self-Esteem and High Standards</a> </span>by Wendy Shalit<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Living-Christian-Year-Introduction-Devotional/dp/0830835202/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262029044&sr=1-1">Living the Christian Year: Time to Inhabit the Story of God</a> </span>by Bobby Gross<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Culture-Making-Recovering-Creative-Calling/dp/0830833943/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262029066&sr=1-1">Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling</a> </span>by Andy Crouch<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mudhouse-Sabbath-Invitation-Spiritual-Disciplines/dp/1557255326/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262028401&sr=8-1">Mudhouse Sabbath: An Invitation to a Life of Spiritual Disciplines</a> </span>by Lauren Winner<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Call-Finding-Fulfilling-Central-Purpose/dp/0849944376/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262029088&sr=1-1">The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life</a> </span>by Os Guinness<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_0_19?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=discipline+of+grace+jerry+bridges&sprefix=discipline+of+grace">The Discipline of Grace: God's Role and Our Role in the Pursuit of Holiness</a> </span>by Jerry Bridges<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Trusting-God-Even-When-Hurts/dp/1600063055/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262028563&sr=1-1">Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts</a> </span>by Jerry Bridges<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mere-Christianity-C-S-Lewis/dp/0060652888/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262028617&sr=1-1">Mere Christianity</a> </span>by C.S. Lewis<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Weight-Glory-C-S-Lewis/dp/0060653205/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262050753&sr=1-1">The Weight of Glory</a> </span>by C.S. Lewis<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Reason-God-Belief-Age-Skepticism/dp/1594483493/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262059163&sr=8-1">The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism</a> </span>by Timothy Keller<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Diary-Private-Prayer-John-Baillie/dp/0684824981/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262059195&sr=1-1">A Diary of Private Prayer</a> </span>by John Baille<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Little-Primer-Humble-Apologetics/dp/083083382X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262059226&sr=1-1">A Little Primer on Humble Apologetics</a> </span>by James W. Sire<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Celebration-Discipline-Path-Spiritual-Growth/dp/0060628391/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262059257&sr=1-1">Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth</a> </span>by Richard J. Foster<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Prayer-Finding-Hearts-True-Home/dp/0060628464/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262029863&sr=1-1">Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home</a> </span>by Richard J. Foster<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Susannah-Spurgeon-Free-Grace-Dying/dp/0851519180/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262059283&sr=1-1">Free Grace and Dying Love</a> </span>by Susannah Spurgeon<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Discipline-Glad-Surrender-Elisabeth-Elliot/dp/080073131X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262059310&sr=1-1">Discipline: The Glad Surrender</a> </span>by Elisabeth Elliot<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Keep-Quiet-Heart-Elisabeth-Elliot/dp/0800759907/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262059344&sr=1-1">Keep a Quiet Heart</a> </span>by Elisabeth Elliot<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Invitation-Classics-Always-Wanted-Masterworks/dp/080106810X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262059371&sr=1-1">An Invitation to the Classics: A Guide to Books You've Always Wanted to Read</a> </span>ed. by Louise Cowan and Os Guinness<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Set-Apart-Femininity-Sacred-Intent-Every/dp/0736922865/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262059393&sr=1-1">Set Apart Femininity: God's Sacred Intent for Every Young Woman</a> </span>by Leslie Ludy<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pilgrim-Tinker-Harper-Perrennial-Classics/dp/0061233323/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262059425&sr=1-1">Pilgrim at Tinker Creek</a> </span>by Annie Dillard<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Because-He-Loves-Me-Transforms/dp/158134905X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262059454&sr=1-1">Because He Loves Me: How Christ Transforms Our Daily Life</a> </span>by Elise Fitzpatrick<span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Biography:</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Elizabeth-Prentiss-More-Love-Thee/dp/0851519261/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262029183&sr=1-1">Elizabeth Prentiss: 'More Love to Thee'</a> </span>by Sharon James<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Great-Women-Authors-Their-Literature/dp/1581340664/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262029208&sr=1-1">Great Women Authors: Their Lives and Their Literature</a> </span>by Jane Stuart Smith and Betty Carlson<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Coronation-Glory-Story-Lady-Jane/dp/0921100787/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262029231&sr=1-1">Coronation of Glory: The Story of Lady Jane Grey</a> </span>by Deborah Meroff<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Nine-Day-Queen-England-Lady/dp/0852346131/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262029265&sr=1-1">Lady Jane Grey: Nine Day Queen of England</a> </span>by Faith Cook<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Faithful-Women-Their-Extraordinary-God/dp/1581346735/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262029341&sr=1-1">Faithful Women and Their Extraordinary God</a> </span>by Noel Piper<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Chance-Die-Life-Legacy-Carmichael/dp/0800730895/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262029370&sr=1-1">A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael</a> </span>by Elisabeth Elliot<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Narnian-Life-Imagination-Lewis-Plus/dp/0061448729/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262028812&sr=1-3">The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C.S. Lewis</a> </span>by Alan Jacobs<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/ERIC-LIDDELL-PURE-DAVID-MCCASLAND/dp/1572931302/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262059492&sr=1-1">Eric Liddell: Pure Gold</a> </span>by David MacCasland<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Memoir:</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ocean-Star-Memoir-Christina-DiMari/dp/1414305419/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262029396&sr=1-1"><span style="font-style: italic;">Ocean Star: The True Story of a Heart Lost and Found</span></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span>by Christina DiMari<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /></span></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Surprised-Joy-Shape-Early-Life/dp/0151001855/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262029420&sr=1-1"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life</span></span></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span>by C.S. Lewis<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></span><br /></span></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Girl-Meets-God-Path-Spiritual/dp/0877881073/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262029453&sr=1-1"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Girl Meets God: On the Path to a Spiritual Life</span></span></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span>by Lauren Winner<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /></span></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Circle-Quiet-Madeleine-Lengle/dp/0062545035/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262059538&sr=1-1"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">A Circle of Quiet</span></span></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span>by Madeline L'Engle<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></span><br /></span></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Severe-Mercy-Sheldon-Vanauken/dp/0060688246/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262059562&sr=1-1"><span style="font-style: italic;">A Severe Mercy</span></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></span></span>by Sheldon Vanauken<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Fiction:</span><br /></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Till-We-Have-Faces-Retold/dp/0156904365/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262059625&sr=1-1"><span style="font-style: italic;">Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold</span></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></span>by C.S. Lewis<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><br /></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Screwtape-Letters-Proposes-Toast/dp/0060652896/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262059649&sr=1-1"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Screwtape Letters</span></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span>by C.S. Lewis<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Stories-Flannery-OConnor/dp/0374515360/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262059678&sr=1-2"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Complete Short Stories</span></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span>by Flannery O'Connor<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Crime-Punishment-Fyodor-Dostoevsky/dp/0679734503/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262059702&sr=1-2"><span style="font-style: italic;">Crime and Punishment</span></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span>by Fyodor Dostoevsky<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tale-Two-Cities-Charles-Dickens/dp/1448625025/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262059733&sr=1-2"><span style="font-style: italic;">A Tale of Two Cities</span></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span>by Charles Dickens<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Tree-Grows-Brooklyn-P-S/dp/0061120073/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262059768&sr=1-1">A Tree Grows in Brooklyn</a> </span>by Betty Smith<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</span><br />Poetry:</span><br /></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Why-Wake-Early-New-Poems/dp/0807068799/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262059599&sr=1-1"><span style="font-style: italic;">Why I Wake Early</span></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span>by Mary Oliver<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</span><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">- </span></i><span style="font-size:180%;">Online Resources -<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</span><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Websites:</span><br /></span><a href="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/women/">Her.meneutics</a><br /><a href="http://www.culture-making.com/">Culture Making</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span><a href="http://www.therebelution.com/">The Rebelution</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span><a href="http://evangelicaloutpost.com/">Evangelical Outpost</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span><a href="http://www.girltalkhome.com/">Girl Talk</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Podcasts & Audio Sermons:</span><br /></span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.good-samaritan.org/sermons/index.htm">The Church of the Good Samaritan</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span></span><a href="http://sermons2.redeemer.com/">Timothy Keller</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.gordon.edu/article.cfm?iArticleID=633&iReferrerPageID=5&iPrevCatID=30&bLive=1">Talk of the Muse</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></span></span>(search on Itunes to download the podcast)<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-</span><br /></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2768027522812798836-1908826975826677442?l=bloomthemagazine-resources.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jessinanoreply@blogger.com0