Recommended Reading
Bookshelf Books
When Women Long For Rest: God’s Peace For Your Overwhelmed Life by Cindi McMenamin
God created us to soar…but much of the time we’re too tired to even lift our wings. That’s because we find ourselves weighed down by so many responsibilities and overwhelmed by trying to ‘do it all.’ Jesus knew the value of rest, and He wants for you to come away with Him and get the renewal you need. (Harvest House, 2004)
Like Dew Your Youth by Eugene Peterson
So many parents of teenagers feel like they are walking through a mine field and that all they can do is to “hold on” until their teenager moves out of adolescence. This author will help you view your son or daughters’ teen years from a refreshing perspective. You will find a wealth of positive, effective ways to deal with your teen that will promote communication, frankness, forgiveness and love in your home. No teenagers at home? Are you a grandparent, relative or friend of someone with teens? Why not gift them with this book? (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1976)
Choosing to See: A Journey of Struggle and Hope by Mary Beth Chapman
The author is married to the award-winning singer and songwriter, Steven Curtis Chapman. She describes how her life did not take the pathway she had envisioned and shares honestly with the reader about her struggles to give up her strong need for stability and control and to allow God to write her life story. The tragic loss of a child caused her to wrestle with some of life’s biggest questions, to find hope and to journey to healing. (Revell, 2010)
God’s Healing for Life’s Losses: How to Find Hope When You’re Hurting by Robert W. Kellemen
The author weaves together a compassionate, Christ-centered resource that radically renews one’s thinking about suffering while respecting the reality of it. If you want a thoroughly biblical and intensely honest examination of suffering from someone who has walked the path from ‘hurt to hope in Christ’ then this is the book for you. There are exercises related to each chapter’s topic that make the book even more useful. (BMH Books, 2010)
Choosing Rest: Cultivating a Sunday Heart in a Monday World by Sally Breedlove
One of God’s greatest gifts to us – rest – is also one of the most elusive. Anyone who has faced demanding schedules, torn relationships, or bitter disappointments knows that the call to rest in the midst of it all seems impossible. Whether the chaos in your life is subtle or extreme, Choosing Rest will give you the tools to help cultivate your soul so that you can live in the rest God wants for – for today, for tomorrow, for life. (Navpress, 2002)
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