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Shameless: A Sexual Reformation, Nadia Bolz-Weber
posted on Feb 8, 2019
Shameless is a provocative and compelling examination of Christian sexual ethics from the ever provocative and compelling Lutheran pastor and public theologian Nadia Bolz-Weber. Bolz-Weber dives all the way in to the troubled wate...
Read MoreSearching for Sunday, Rachel Held Evans
posted on Aug 30, 2018
From New York Times bestselling author Rachel Held Evans comes a book that is both a heartfelt ode to the past and hopeful gaze into the future of what it means to be a part of the Church. Like millions of her millennial peers, Rachel...
Read MoreLearning to Walk in the Dark: Barbara Brown Taylor
posted on Jul 6, 2018
From the New York Times bestselling author of An Altar in the World, Barbara Brown Taylor's Learning to Walk in the Dark provides a way to find spirituality in those times when we don't have all the answers.
Taylor has become in...
Read MoreBarking to the Choir: Gregory Boyle
posted on May 4, 2018
In his first book, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion , Gregory Boyle introduced us to Homeboy Industries, the largest gang-intervention program in the world . Critics hailed that book as an "astounding literary and sp...
Read MoreThe Fire Next Time, by James Baldwin
posted on Mar 23, 2018
Over 55 years old, James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time is still as provocative and relevant as ever. This is Baldwin's tough-loveletter to his country. "Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot li...
Read MoreBraving the Wilderness, by Brené Brown
posted on Jan 26, 2018
Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone , recommended by lead minister Jon Dephouse
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A timely and important new book that challenges everything we thin...
Read MoreGilead, by Marilynne Robinson
posted on Nov 2, 2017
The 2004 Pulitzer Prize winning novel A New York Times Top-Ten Book of 2004 Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
Recommended by Thad's Lead Minister, The Rev. Jon Dephouse, Marilynne Robinson's intimate tale of t...
Read MoreKibble: The Monarch Caterpillar Afraid to Get Wings, by Anita Gnan
posted on Aug 31, 2017
A warm and humorous tale about a young, vulnerable caterpillar named Kibble who's afraid to turn into a butterfly. Inspired by an unlikely mentor, Kibble discovers the joys of getting wings, the value of friendship, and how to overcome his f...
Read MoreThe Sabbath, by Abraham Joshua Heschel
posted on Aug 3, 2017
Elegant, passionate, and filled with the love of God's creation, Abraham Joshua Heschel 's The Sabbath has been hailed as a classic of spirituality ever since its original publication - and has been read by thousands of people seeking mea...
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