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Summer 2007 Reading List

A personal challenge to myself to stick to a list of books for the summer. This is exclusive of any fiction titles I pick up along the way:

Soul Feast: An Invitation to the Christian Spiritual Life (Majorie Thompson) non-fiction, Christian life
Sacred Companions: The Gift of Spiritual Friendship and Direction (David Benner) non-fiction, Christian life
Changes That Heal (Henry Cloud) non-fiction
Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation (Cokie Roberts) historical non-fiction
Listen: Finding God in the Story of Your Life (Keri Kent) non-fiction, Christian living
If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got To Get Out of the Boat (John Ortberg)
The Journey of Desire (John Eldridge)

2007 Book List

Currently Reading:
Glimpses of Grace (Madeleine L'Engle) (blurb) non-fiction, devotional (ongoing)
Writers on Writing (essays on writing by James Scott Bell, Liz Curtis Higgs and others)
Under the Overpass: A Journey of Faith on the Streets of America (Mike Yankowski) non-fiction

Up Next

Justice in the Burbs (Will & Lisa Samson) non-fiction
Resting Place (Jane Rubietta) non-fiction, Christian life
Boundaries (Cloud & Townsend) nonfiction, Christian life
How One of You Can Bring the Two of You Together (Susan Page) non-fiction, relationships
The Life You Always Wanted (John Ortberg) non-fiction, Christian life
The Thirteenth Tale (Diane Setterfield) fiction
Pride & Prejudice (Jane Austen) fiction
Abba's Child (Brennan Manning) non-fiction

It's History! (books I've finished in 2007 - last no. is my rating based on a scale of 1-10, 10 being the best)
Experiencing God (Blackaby & King) non-fiction, Christian life (1/8/07) 7
Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind: A Novel (Ann B. Ross) fiction (1/8/07) 10+
Tiger Lillie (Lisa Samson) fiction (1/14/07) 9
Another Chance to Love You (Robin Lee Hatcher) fiction (1/20/07) 8
Vanishing Acts (Jodi Picoult) fiction (1/21/07) 8
Aunt Dimity Digs In (Nancy Atherton) mystery (2/3/07) 9
The Year of Pleasures” (Elizabeth Berg) fiction (2/10/07) 9
The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger) fiction (2/24/07) 6
Surrender to Love: Discovering the Heart of Christian Spirituality (David G. Benner) non-fiction, Christian life (3/18/07) 10+ (Review)
Wilderness Time (Emilie Griffin) (3/3/07) 10
Miss Julia Takes Over (Ann B. Ross) fiction (3/20/07) 8
Bridge to Terabithia (Katherine Patterson) fiction (3/21/07) 9
Emotionally Healthy Spirituality (Peter Scazzero) non-fiction, Christian life (4/9/07 10+
Watching the Tree Limbs (Mary DeMuth) fiction (4/12/07) 10
Renovating Becky Miller (Sharon Hinck) fiction (4/13/07) 7+
Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference? (Philip Yancey) (blurb) non-fiction, Christian life (4/18/07) 9+
Quaker Summer (Lisa Samson) fiction (4/25/07) 10
The Garden of the Soul:Cultivating Your Spiritual Life (Keri Wyatt Kent)Christian living (5/12/07) 9+
Boundaries in Marriage (Cloud & Townsend) non-fiction, relationships (5/17/07) 10+
Nurturing Silence in a Noisy Heart (Wayne Oates) non-fiction, Christian life (6/4/07) 8
The Ragamuffin Gospel (Brennan Manning) non-fiction, Christian life (5/26/07) 10+
Return to Me (Robin Lee Hatcher) fiction (6/7/07) 7
Desiring God's Will: Aligning Our Hearts With The Heart Of God (David G. Benner) non-fiction, Christian life (6/22/07) 8
The Shaping of Things to Come: Innovation & Mission for the 21st Century Church (Michael Frost & Alan Hirsch) (6/26/07) 10
Changes That Heal (Henry Cloud) (6/29/07) 8
Listen: Finding God in the Story of Your Life (Keri Kent) non-fiction, Christian living (8/07) 9
If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got To Get Out of the Boat (John Ortberg) (8/07) 10
The Journey of Desire (John Eldridge) (8/07) 8
Boundaries Face to Face (Cloud & Townsend) non-fiction, relationships (9/12/07) 8+
Soul Feast: An Invitation to the Christian Spiritual Life (Majorie Thompson) non-fiction, Christian life (9/11/07) 9
Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation (Cokie Roberts) historical non-fiction (9/21/07) 8+
The Life of the Beloved (Henri Nouwen) Christian Living (9/19/07) 9+

2006 Book List

I'm sure I read at least 10-15 more books than I mentioned here but these are the ones I remembered to write down.

1. Aunt Dimity's Good Deed (Nancy Atherton)
2. Patterns of Love (Robin Lee Hatcher) fiction
3. Boundaries in Marriage (Cloud/Townsend) non-fiction
4. Telling Yourself the Truth (Backus & Chapian) non-fiction
5. Sacred Companions (David G. Benner) non-fiction
6. Every Woman's Marriage (Shannon Etheridge) non-fiction
7. 84 Charing Cross Road (Helene Hanff) non-fiction
8. Light from Heaven (Jan Karon) fiction
9. The Gift of Being Yourself (David G. Benner) non-fiction
10. God Will Make a Way (Cloud & Townsend) non-fiction
11. The Inner Voice of Love (Henri Nouwen)
12. The Well-fed Writer (Peter Bowerman) non-fiction
13. A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens) short story
14. Aunt Dimity & the Deep Blue Sea (Nancy Atherton) mystery
15. Cure for the Common Life (Max Lucado) non-fiction (review)
16. Straight Up (Lisa Samson) fiction (review)
17. The Truth Teller (Angela Hunt) fiction
18. The Novelist (Angel Hunt) fiction
19. The Note (Angela Hunt) fiction
20. A Carol for Christmas (Robin Lee Hatcher) fiction
21. The Victory Club (Robin Lee Hatcher) fiction
22. All Together in One Place (Jane Kirkpatrick) fiction
    
23. No Eye Can See (Jane Kirkpatrick) fiction
24. What Once We Loved (Jane Kirkpatrick) fiction
25. A Sweetness to the Soul (Jane Kirkpatrick) fiction
26. Love to Water My Soul (Jane Kirkpatrick) fiction
27. Mystic Sweet Communion (Jane Kirkpatrick) fiction

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Devotional Thoughts

Yes, from time to time, I have a non-frivolous, serious moment in the Word!

Don't Go There
What's the Worst That Can Happen?
Stay in the Soil
Tone Deaf
This Miracle Thing
It's All in the Approach
Don't Rush the Washing Machine
Getting Back to Me
Where Have All the Grasshoppers Gone?
Give Me That Map!
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