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Favorite Things Vol. 2

03/03/2011 23:00:00

Moving on to books recommended in general . . .

Parenting with Love & Logic by Foster Cline

The Healing Presence and Listening Prayer by Leanne Payne

Hind's Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard

The Liars' Club by Mary Karr

Back When We Were Grownups by Ann Tyler

Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin

The Elements of Style (for writers) by Strunk and White

My Favorite Things

01/24/2011 14:55:00

I find myself repeatedly recommending a handful of books, both fiction and nonfiction, to therapy clients. Here is a partial list:

The Gift of Being Yourself by David Benner
Mrs. Bridge by Evan Connell
Controlling People by Patricia Evans
Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
Bold Love and Cry of the Soul by Dan Allender
Waking the Dead by John Eldredge
The Allure of Hope by Jan Meyers
Descent into Hell by Charles Williams
Gift of the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
A Year by the Sea by Joan Anderson
Bird by Bird (for writers) and Traveling Mercies by Ann Lammott
Abba's Child by Brennan Manning
No Man Is an Island by Thomas Merton
The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
The Last Addiction by Sharon Hersh
The Van Gogh Blues by Eric Maisel

The Soul Tells a Story by Vinita Hampton Wright

Oh, books, how I love them! I'll add more as I think of them, during what (sadly) seem to have become biannual blog updates.

Eeeeeew!

10/20/2010 20:33:00

I write about how Gina Ochsner's book STINKS (but not in the way you think) on Rock & Sling's website. Sniff it here.

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10/19/2010 13:03:00

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