🎁 Sacrificial Living

Books that explore lives defined by radical self-giving, where characters or real people choose daily surrender of comfort and ambition for a higher calling.

Radical

by David Platt • 2010

The American dream promised comfort. The gospel promises something better: a life worth losing.

4.17

70k+

🇺🇸 Americanized Christianity ✝️ Costly Discipleship 🌍 Global Missions 🎁 Sacrificial Giving 🏘️ Missional Church

Radical 90%

The American dream promised comfort. The gospel promises something better: a life worth losing.

by David Platt 2010

4.17

70k+ ratings

🇺🇸 Americanized Christianity ✝️ Costly Discipleship 🌍 Global Missions 🎁 Sacrificial Giving 🏘️ Missional Church

Love Walked Among Us

by Paul E. Miller • 2001

Jesus' compassion was active, honest, and free from self-righteousness. Here's how to learn it.

4.26

1k+

✝️ Christian Living 👣 Example Of Christ ❤️ Christian Compassion 🚫 Self-Denial 💔 Suffering Love

Love Walked Among Us 90%

Jesus' compassion was active, honest, and free from self-righteousness. Here's how to learn it.

by Paul E. Miller 2001

4.26

1k+ ratings

✝️ Christian Living 👣 Example Of Christ ❤️ Christian Compassion 🚫 Self-Denial 💔 Suffering Love

Crazy Love

by Francis Chan • 2008

God demands everything, not just Sunday mornings. A pastor's unsettling call to real faith.

4.16

204k+

✝️ Christian Living 🛋️ Comfortable Faith 🔥 Wholehearted Devotion ⏳ Eternal Perspective 🔄 Countercultural Faith

Crazy Love 90%

God demands everything, not just Sunday mornings. A pastor's unsettling call to real faith.

by Francis Chan 2008

4.16

204k+ ratings

✝️ Christian Living 🛋️ Comfortable Faith 🔥 Wholehearted Devotion ⏳ Eternal Perspective 🔄 Countercultural Faith

Freedom of Simplicity

by Richard J. Foster • 1981

A Christian path to simple living that starts with the heart, not the shopping cart.

4.21

3k+

🏡 Simple Living 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 😌 Contentment 💰 Stewardship 🛒 Anticonsumerism

Freedom of Simplicity 89%

A Christian path to simple living that starts with the heart, not the shopping cart.

by Richard J. Foster 1981

4.21

3k+ ratings

🏡 Simple Living 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 😌 Contentment 💰 Stewardship 🛒 Anticonsumerism

Hollywood Heroes

by Frank Turek • 2022

Why every superhero movie keeps retelling a single story from two thousand years ago.

4.37

338

🛡️ Christian Apologetics 🎬 Film And Faith 🦸 Superhero Archetypes 🗺️ Hero's Journey ✝️ Christ Figures

Hollywood Heroes 89%

Why every superhero movie keeps retelling a single story from two thousand years ago.

by Frank Turek 2022

4.37

338 ratings

🛡️ Christian Apologetics 🎬 Film And Faith 🦸 Superhero Archetypes 🗺️ Hero's Journey ✝️ Christ Figures

Kisses from Katie

by Katie Davis Majors • 2011

A short Uganda mission trip at eighteen: she never left, adopting thirteen daughters instead.

4.4

35k+

👩‍👧‍👧 Orphan Care 🌍 Serving The Poor ✝️ Radical Faith 📖 Missionary Memoirs 💒 Young Women Of Faith

Kisses from Katie 89%

A short Uganda mission trip at eighteen: she never left, adopting thirteen daughters instead.

by Katie Davis Majors 2011

4.4

35k+ ratings

👩‍👧‍👧 Orphan Care 🌍 Serving The Poor ✝️ Radical Faith 📖 Missionary Memoirs 💒 Young Women Of Faith

No Greater Love

by Mother Teresa • 1997

Radical love is a thousand tiny gestures. It starts at home, and anyone can do it.

4.37

3k+

🙏 Catholic Spirituality ✝️ Christian Living 🫴 Voluntary Poverty 🍞 Serving The Poor 💀 Death With Dignity

No Greater Love 89%

Radical love is a thousand tiny gestures. It starts at home, and anyone can do it.

by Mother Teresa 1997

4.37

3k+ ratings

🙏 Catholic Spirituality ✝️ Christian Living 🫴 Voluntary Poverty 🍞 Serving The Poor 💀 Death With Dignity

All In

by Mark Batterson • 2013

Complete surrender begins with one choice, and a new identity keeps you there.

4.29

2k+

🔥 Radical Faith 🤲 Spiritual Surrender 👤 Identity In Christ 🛡️ Overcoming Fear 🌊 Risk And Faith

All In 89%

Complete surrender begins with one choice, and a new identity keeps you there.

by Mark Batterson 2013

4.29

2k+ ratings

🔥 Radical Faith 🤲 Spiritual Surrender 👤 Identity In Christ 🛡️ Overcoming Fear 🌊 Risk And Faith

The Passion of the King of Glory

by Russ Ramsey • 2015

A healer from Galilee provokes the powerful, embraces the broken, and faces a cross that redeems.

4.48

445

📖 Biblical Narrative 🌟 Life Of Jesus ✝️ Passion Of Christ 🌅 Resurrection Hope 🤔 Faith And Doubt

The Passion of the King of Glory Summary

The Passion of the King of Glory 89%

A healer from Galilee provokes the powerful, embraces the broken, and faces a cross that redeems.

by Russ Ramsey 2015

4.48

445 ratings

📖 Biblical Narrative 🌟 Life Of Jesus ✝️ Passion Of Christ 🌅 Resurrection Hope 🤔 Faith And Doubt

Listen, Love, Repeat

by Karen Ehman • 2016

People hint at their loneliness every day; learn to hear it and respond with grace.

4.20

1k+

✝️ Practical Christianity 🏠 Biblical Hospitality 🎁 Selfless Giving 💛 Everyday Kindness 👩‍👧‍👧 Evangelical Women's Ministry

Listen, Love, Repeat 89%

People hint at their loneliness every day; learn to hear it and respond with grace.

by Karen Ehman 2016

4.20

1k+ ratings

✝️ Practical Christianity 🏠 Biblical Hospitality 🎁 Selfless Giving 💛 Everyday Kindness 👩‍👧‍👧 Evangelical Women's Ministry

Enough about Me

by Jen Oshman • 2020

The self was never meant to carry this weight. A gospel path from exhaustion to lasting joy.

4.29

830

🕊️ Christian Discipleship 🪞 Idolatry Of Self ✋ Self-Denial 👩 Biblical Womanhood 🔥 Sanctification

Enough about Me 89%

The self was never meant to carry this weight. A gospel path from exhaustion to lasting joy.

by Jen Oshman 2020

4.29

830 ratings

🕊️ Christian Discipleship 🪞 Idolatry Of Self ✋ Self-Denial 👩 Biblical Womanhood 🔥 Sanctification

Suffering is Never for Nothing

by Elisabeth Elliot • 2019

Pain is not meaningless. A widow twice over shows where God is when He seems absent.

4.67

8k+

🕊️ Theology Of Suffering 👑 God's Sovereignty ✝️ Redemptive Suffering 🤲 Surrender To God 🙏 Gratitude In Hardship

Suffering is Never for Nothing 89%

Pain is not meaningless. A widow twice over shows where God is when He seems absent.

by Elisabeth Elliot 2019

4.67

8k+ ratings

🕊️ Theology Of Suffering 👑 God's Sovereignty ✝️ Redemptive Suffering 🤲 Surrender To God 🙏 Gratitude In Hardship

The Long Loneliness

by Dorothy Day • 1952

From bohemian journalist to Catholic radical: she fed the hungry while the church debated doctrine.

4.02

6k+

✝️ Radical Catholicism ✊ Faith And Activism 🏘️ Intentional Community 🥖 Voluntary Poverty 🧑 Personalism

The Long Loneliness 89%

From bohemian journalist to Catholic radical: she fed the hungry while the church debated doctrine.

by Dorothy Day 1952

4.02

6k+ ratings

✝️ Radical Catholicism ✊ Faith And Activism 🏘️ Intentional Community 🥖 Voluntary Poverty 🧑 Personalism

Something Beautiful for God

by Malcolm Muggeridge • 1971

When a cynical journalist met Mother Teresa, he discovered that holiness photographs.

4.00

2k+

😇 Catholic Saints 🌍 Missionary Work 🤲 Faith In Action ❤️ Person-Centered Service 🕊️ Radical Simplicity

Something Beautiful for God 89%

When a cynical journalist met Mother Teresa, he discovered that holiness photographs.

by Malcolm Muggeridge 1971

4.00

2k+ ratings

😇 Catholic Saints 🌍 Missionary Work 🤲 Faith In Action ❤️ Person-Centered Service 🕊️ Radical Simplicity

In Good Company

by James Martin • 2000

He traded a corporate salary for a mop at Mother Teresa's, and found what he'd been missing.

4.30

381

📿 Catholic Memoirs 🙏 Ignacian Spirituality ✝️ Vocation Discernment 🤲 Service To The Poor 🌅 Spiritual Awakening

In Good Company 89%

He traded a corporate salary for a mop at Mother Teresa's, and found what he'd been missing.

by James Martin 2000

4.30

381 ratings

📿 Catholic Memoirs 🙏 Ignacian Spirituality ✝️ Vocation Discernment 🤲 Service To The Poor 🌅 Spiritual Awakening

Shadow of the Almighty

by Elisabeth Elliot • 1958

His journals chart a course from Oregon to the killing sandbar of the Auca tribe.

4.22

11k+

🗺️ Missionary Biography 🕊️ Christian Martyrdom 🔥 Radical Discipleship 🌴 Unreached Tribes ✍️ Journal-Based Narrative

Shadow of the Almighty 89%

His journals chart a course from Oregon to the killing sandbar of the Auca tribe.

by Elisabeth Elliot 1958

4.22

11k+ ratings

🗺️ Missionary Biography 🕊️ Christian Martyrdom 🔥 Radical Discipleship 🌴 Unreached Tribes ✍️ Journal-Based Narrative

The Master's Indwelling

by Andrew Murray • 2012

A saved but stagnant life: forgiven yet defeated. The breakthrough waits beyond surrender.

4.45

525

🔥 Sanctification ✝️ Dying To Self 🌱 Spiritual Maturity 🕊️ Holy Spirit 📜 Higher Life Movement

The Master's Indwelling 89%

A saved but stagnant life: forgiven yet defeated. The breakthrough waits beyond surrender.

by Andrew Murray 2012

4.45

525 ratings

🔥 Sanctification ✝️ Dying To Self 🌱 Spiritual Maturity 🕊️ Holy Spirit 📜 Higher Life Movement

Giving Is the Good Life

by Randy Alcorn • 2019

More money won't make you whole. Giving it away will. The Bible's most surprising promise.

4.04

225

🏦 Biblical Finance ⛪ Christian Stewardship 🎁 Generous Living 🚫 Anti-Materialism ♾️ Eternal Perspective

Giving Is the Good Life 89%

More money won't make you whole. Giving it away will. The Bible's most surprising promise.

by Randy Alcorn 2019

4.04

225 ratings

🏦 Biblical Finance ⛪ Christian Stewardship 🎁 Generous Living 🚫 Anti-Materialism ♾️ Eternal Perspective

The Way of Abundance

by Ann Voskamp • 2018

A sixty-day guide to abundance: your wounds are not the obstacle; they are the way.

4.51

508

🕊️ Spiritual Formation 💔 Brokenness And Healing 🙏 Gratitude Practice ✝️ Sacrificial Love 🎭 Vulnerability

The Way of Abundance 89%

A sixty-day guide to abundance: your wounds are not the obstacle; they are the way.

by Ann Voskamp 2018

4.51

508 ratings

🕊️ Spiritual Formation 💔 Brokenness And Healing 🙏 Gratitude Practice ✝️ Sacrificial Love 🎭 Vulnerability

Peace Pilgrim

by Peace Pilgrim • 1983

She walked 25,000 miles for peace, carrying no money, one tunic, and a single prayer.

4.25

749

🕊️ Spiritual Memoir ✌️ Nonviolence 🌿 Simple Living 🧘 Inner Peace 🤲 Surrender

Peace Pilgrim 88%

She walked 25,000 miles for peace, carrying no money, one tunic, and a single prayer.

by Peace Pilgrim 1983

4.25

749 ratings

🕊️ Spiritual Memoir ✌️ Nonviolence 🌿 Simple Living 🧘 Inner Peace 🤲 Surrender

In the Presence of My Enemies

by Gracia Burnham • 2003

Captured by Abu Sayyaf on their 18th anniversary, she survived 376 days. Her husband did not.

4.30

8k+

🎒 Missionary Memoirs 🔗 Hostage Survival ✝️ Faith Under Persecution 🙏 Unanswered Prayer 📖 Theology Of Suffering

In the Presence of My Enemies 88%

Captured by Abu Sayyaf on their 18th anniversary, she survived 376 days. Her husband did not.

by Gracia Burnham 2003

4.30

8k+ ratings

🎒 Missionary Memoirs 🔗 Hostage Survival ✝️ Faith Under Persecution 🙏 Unanswered Prayer 📖 Theology Of Suffering

Dorothy Day

by Robert Coles • 1987

She called her church a scandal and spent sixty years feeding the poor in its name.

4.15

338

✝️ Conversion Stories 🕊️ Christian Pacifism 🤲 Social Justice And Faith 🤝 Mutual Aid 😇 Modern Saints

Dorothy Day 88%

She called her church a scandal and spent sixty years feeding the poor in its name.

by Robert Coles 1987

4.15

338 ratings

✝️ Conversion Stories 🕊️ Christian Pacifism 🤲 Social Justice And Faith 🤝 Mutual Aid 😇 Modern Saints

My Religion - What I Believe

by Leo Tolstoy • 1884

Jesus didn't teach about an afterlife. He taught nonresistance, poverty, and building heaven now.

4.08

812

🏴 Christian Anarchism ✋ Nonviolence 📜 Christian Ethics 🏔️ Sermon On The Mount 🤲 Faith And Works

My Religion - What I Believe 88%

Jesus didn't teach about an afterlife. He taught nonresistance, poverty, and building heaven now.

by Leo Tolstoy 1884

4.08

812 ratings

🏴 Christian Anarchism ✋ Nonviolence 📜 Christian Ethics 🏔️ Sermon On The Mount 🤲 Faith And Works

You're Not Enough (and That's Ok)

by Allie Beth Stuckey • 2020

Self-help tells you to love yourself more. The Bible says that's the problem.

4.16

11k+

🧭 Cultural Discernment ✝️ Countercultural Faith 🆔 Identity In Christ 📖 Gospel-Centered Life 😌 Biblical Contentment

You're Not Enough (and That's Ok) Summary

You're Not Enough (and That's Ok) 88%

Self-help tells you to love yourself more. The Bible says that's the problem.

by Allie Beth Stuckey 2020

4.16

11k+ ratings

🧭 Cultural Discernment ✝️ Countercultural Faith 🆔 Identity In Christ 📖 Gospel-Centered Life 😌 Biblical Contentment

Take This Bread

by Sara Miles • 2007

An atheist war reporter walked into a church for communion and came out a food-pantry revolutionary.

4.00

5k+

🥖 Food And Faith ⛪ Progressive Christianity 🚪 Radical Hospitality 🍞 Sacramental Living ✨ Conversion Stories

Take This Bread 88%

An atheist war reporter walked into a church for communion and came out a food-pantry revolutionary.

by Sara Miles 2007

4.00

5k+ ratings

🥖 Food And Faith ⛪ Progressive Christianity 🚪 Radical Hospitality 🍞 Sacramental Living ✨ Conversion Stories

The Insanity of God

by Nik Ripken • 2012

He went to study the persecuted church and discovered his own faith was failing the test.

4.56

12k+

🕊️ Persecuted Church 🌙 Dreams And Visions ✝️ Cost Of Discipleship 🌍 Global Christianity 🩸 Modern Martyrdom

The Insanity of God 88%

He went to study the persecuted church and discovered his own faith was failing the test.

by Nik Ripken 2012

4.56

12k+ ratings

🕊️ Persecuted Church 🌙 Dreams And Visions ✝️ Cost Of Discipleship 🌍 Global Christianity 🩸 Modern Martyrdom

Humility

by Andrew Murray • 1895

Your greatest virtue is the one you resist most: becoming nothing so God can be everything.

4.40

11k+

🕊️ Dying To Self 📖 Pride And Sin ✝️ Sanctification 🌊 Higher Life Theology 🙏 Biblical Humility

Humility 88%

Your greatest virtue is the one you resist most: becoming nothing so God can be everything.

by Andrew Murray 1895

4.40

11k+ ratings

🕊️ Dying To Self 📖 Pride And Sin ✝️ Sanctification 🌊 Higher Life Theology 🙏 Biblical Humility

Sacred Fire

by Ronald Rolheiser • 2014

Spiritual maturity demands you give away the things that matter most, including your final breath.

4.43

1k+

🌅 Midlife Spirituality 🌱 Christian Maturity 🕊️ Forgiveness 🙏 Prayer And Contemplation 💝 Self-Giving

Sacred Fire 88%

Spiritual maturity demands you give away the things that matter most, including your final breath.

by Ronald Rolheiser 2014

4.43

1k+ ratings

🌅 Midlife Spirituality 🌱 Christian Maturity 🕊️ Forgiveness 🙏 Prayer And Contemplation 💝 Self-Giving

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 88%

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

The Prodigal Prophet

by Timothy J. Keller • 2018

A prophet's meltdown over God's mercy to his enemies exposes our hidden self-righteousness.

4.50

5k+

📖 Biblical Commentary ✝️ Christian Discipleship 📜 Reformed Theology 🗿 Idolatry 🎭 Self-Righteousness

The Prodigal Prophet 88%

A prophet's meltdown over God's mercy to his enemies exposes our hidden self-righteousness.

by Timothy J. Keller 2018

4.50

5k+ ratings

📖 Biblical Commentary ✝️ Christian Discipleship 📜 Reformed Theology 🗿 Idolatry 🎭 Self-Righteousness

The Cost of Ambition

by Miroslav Volf • 2025

Superiority is a cage you build yourself. A theologian's case for ambition that needs no rivals.

4.06

196

✝️ Christian Theology 🔍 Social Comparison ⚠️ Ambition Critique 🏆 Humility And Honor 📖 Biblical Ethics

The Cost of Ambition 88%

Superiority is a cage you build yourself. A theologian's case for ambition that needs no rivals.

by Miroslav Volf 2025

4.06

196 ratings

✝️ Christian Theology 🔍 Social Comparison ⚠️ Ambition Critique 🏆 Humility And Honor 📖 Biblical Ethics

No Man Is an Island

by Thomas Merton • 1955

True selfhood means giving yourself away, not asserting yourself. Merton on the relational soul.

4.16

5k+

🧘 Monastic Spirituality 🕯️ Contemplative Life 🫀 Interior Life 🪽 Spiritual Detachment 🧭 Conscience Formation

No Man Is an Island 88%

True selfhood means giving yourself away, not asserting yourself. Merton on the relational soul.

by Thomas Merton 1955

4.16

5k+ ratings

🧘 Monastic Spirituality 🕯️ Contemplative Life 🫀 Interior Life 🪽 Spiritual Detachment 🧭 Conscience Formation

Anyway

by Kent M. Keith • 2001

Ten counter-intuitive rules for staying generous and sane in a world that rarely rewards either.

4.09

665

🧭 Meaning-Making 🤝 Altruism 🎯 Intrinsic Motivation ❤️ Unconditional Love 🛡️ Emotional Vulnerability

Anyway 88%

Ten counter-intuitive rules for staying generous and sane in a world that rarely rewards either.

by Kent M. Keith 2001

4.09

665 ratings

🧭 Meaning-Making 🤝 Altruism 🎯 Intrinsic Motivation ❤️ Unconditional Love 🛡️ Emotional Vulnerability

Loving God

by Charles W. Colson • 1983

Why warm feelings miss the point: the love God demands is complete, costly obedience.

4.31

2k+

🕊️ Christian Living ✝️ Costly Discipleship ⚖️ Faith And Justice 🔄 Repentance 😇 Holiness

Loving God 88%

Why warm feelings miss the point: the love God demands is complete, costly obedience.

by Charles W. Colson 1983

4.31

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Living ✝️ Costly Discipleship ⚖️ Faith And Justice 🔄 Repentance 😇 Holiness

Tramp for the Lord

by Corrie ten Boom • 1971

She survived Ravensbrück and traveled the world. Then a former camp guard reached out his hand.

4.50

26k+

🕯️ Holocaust Survivors 🧳 Missionary Memoir 🫂 Radical Forgiveness 🧭 Divine Guidance ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare

Tramp for the Lord 88%

She survived Ravensbrück and traveled the world. Then a former camp guard reached out his hand.

by Corrie ten Boom 1971

4.50

26k+ ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Survivors 🧳 Missionary Memoir 🫂 Radical Forgiveness 🧭 Divine Guidance ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare

Outlive Your Life

by Max Lucado • 2010

The early church ran on ordinary people and relentless prayer. That same power hasn't expired.

4.18

2k+

🫡 Servant Leadership ⚖️ Biblical Justice 🌍 Missional Living 💛 Compassion Ministry 🏠 Radical Hospitality

Outlive Your Life 88%

The early church ran on ordinary people and relentless prayer. That same power hasn't expired.

by Max Lucado 2010

4.18

2k+ ratings

🫡 Servant Leadership ⚖️ Biblical Justice 🌍 Missional Living 💛 Compassion Ministry 🏠 Radical Hospitality

Through the Gates of Splendor

by Elisabeth Elliot • 1957

Five missionaries fly into the jungle to befriend a tribe that has always met outsiders with spears.

4.37

33k+

📖 Missionary Biography 🙏 Radical Forgiveness 🤝 First Contact 🌴 Amazon Jungle 🩸 Modern Martyrs

Through the Gates of Splendor 88%

Five missionaries fly into the jungle to befriend a tribe that has always met outsiders with spears.

by Elisabeth Elliot 1957

4.37

33k+ ratings

📖 Missionary Biography 🙏 Radical Forgiveness 🤝 First Contact 🌴 Amazon Jungle 🩸 Modern Martyrs

Three Simple Rules

by Rueben P. Job • 2007

Three practices that heal division: simple enough to teach a child, costly enough to change a life.

4.19

631

🏛️ Wesleyan Theology 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 📜 Rule Of Life 🌿 Spiritual Formation 📖 Practical Theology

Three Simple Rules 88%

Three practices that heal division: simple enough to teach a child, costly enough to change a life.

by Rueben P. Job 2007

4.19

631 ratings

🏛️ Wesleyan Theology 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 📜 Rule Of Life 🌿 Spiritual Formation 📖 Practical Theology

Happy are You Poor

by Thomas Dubay • 1981

Radical poverty is not for saints alone. It is the normal Christian life, and it is joyful.

4.39

727

🕯️ Catholic Spirituality 🫴 Voluntary Poverty 🌾 Christian Simplicity 🔓 Detachment ✝️ Radical Discipleship

Happy are You Poor 88%

Radical poverty is not for saints alone. It is the normal Christian life, and it is joyful.

by Thomas Dubay 1981

4.39

727 ratings

🕯️ Catholic Spirituality 🫴 Voluntary Poverty 🌾 Christian Simplicity 🔓 Detachment ✝️ Radical Discipleship

Finding Your Way through Loneliness

by Elisabeth Elliot • 1988

Loneliness is not a void but an offering. A Christ-centered guide to making it sacred.

4.50

2k+

🏞️ Spiritual Formation 😔 Loneliness And Faith 🌱 Suffering And Growth 🙏 Solitude And Prayer ✝️ Redemptive Suffering

Finding Your Way through Loneliness Summary

Finding Your Way through Loneliness 88%

Loneliness is not a void but an offering. A Christ-centered guide to making it sacred.

by Elisabeth Elliot 1988

4.50

2k+ ratings

🏞️ Spiritual Formation 😔 Loneliness And Faith 🌱 Suffering And Growth 🙏 Solitude And Prayer ✝️ Redemptive Suffering

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 88%

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

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 88%

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

The Crucified Life

by A.W. Tozer • 2011

The door to spiritual depth is dying to yourself. Most believers never turn the handle.

4.50

2k+

🌱 Spiritual Formation 👣 Christian Discipleship ✝️ Dying To Self 🙏 Intimacy With God 🔥 Personal Revival

The Crucified Life 88%

The door to spiritual depth is dying to yourself. Most believers never turn the handle.

by A.W. Tozer 2011

4.50

2k+ ratings

🌱 Spiritual Formation 👣 Christian Discipleship ✝️ Dying To Self 🙏 Intimacy With God 🔥 Personal Revival

Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace

by Kent Nerburn • 1999

The Prayer of St. Francis, lived: not heroism, but small acts of love, pardon, and presence.

4.44

252

🧎 Franciscan Spirituality 🕯️ Everyday Holiness 🕊️ Peacemaking ❤️ Love In Action 🫂 Forgiveness Practice

Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace Summary

Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace 88%

The Prayer of St. Francis, lived: not heroism, but small acts of love, pardon, and presence.

by Kent Nerburn 1999

4.44

252 ratings

🧎 Franciscan Spirituality 🕯️ Everyday Holiness 🕊️ Peacemaking ❤️ Love In Action 🫂 Forgiveness Practice

The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment

by Jeremiah Burroughs • 1648

Contentment is needing less, not getting more: a 1648 Puritan guide to the quiet heart.

4.37

6k+

⛪ Puritan Theology 🙏 Spiritual Discipline 👁️ Providence ✂️ Self-Denial 💔 Affliction And Suffering

The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment Summary

The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment 88%

Contentment is needing less, not getting more: a 1648 Puritan guide to the quiet heart.

by Jeremiah Burroughs 1648

4.37

6k+ ratings

⛪ Puritan Theology 🙏 Spiritual Discipline 👁️ Providence ✂️ Self-Denial 💔 Affliction And Suffering

Faith Under Fire

by Andrew White • 2011

The Christians who suffer most are often the most joyful. A Baghdad vicar explains why.

4.16

137

⛪ Middle East Christians ⛓️ Persecuted Church ✨ Miracles And Healing 🕊️ Faith In Suffering ☮️ Interfaith Peacemaking

Faith Under Fire 88%

The Christians who suffer most are often the most joyful. A Baghdad vicar explains why.

by Andrew White 2011

4.16

137 ratings

⛪ Middle East Christians ⛓️ Persecuted Church ✨ Miracles And Healing 🕊️ Faith In Suffering ☮️ Interfaith Peacemaking

What Happens When Women Say Yes to God

by Lysa TerKeurst • 2007

God speaks daily. Learning to hear and obey turns ordinary moments into divine encounters.

4.31

4k+

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by James Mawdsley • 2023

The Mass is not history's product. History is the product of the Mass.

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