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  When the Heart Waits: Spiritual Direction for Life's Sacred Questions (Plus)

  by Sue Monk Kidd

  stood at the window watching the cocoon, which hung in the winter air like an upside–down question mark. That was the moment... I understood. Really understood. Crisis, change, all the myriad upheavals that blister the spirit and leave us groping– they aren't voices simply of pain but also of creativity. And if we would only listen, we might hear such times beckoning us to a season of waiting, to the place of... (more)
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  Telling Secrets

  by Frederick Buechner

  With eloquence, candor, and simplicity, a celebrated author tells the story of his father's alcohol abuse and suicide and traces the influence of this secret on his life as a son, father, husband, minister, and writer.
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  Confessions of an Amateur Believer

  by Patty Kirk

  An entertaining collection of inspirational, gritty, challenging writing that follows an unwilling atheist's first encounters with God, her ensuing struggles and progress as a reluctant believer, and her ultimate discovery of contentment and rest in faith.
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  Now and Then: A Memoir of Vocation

  by Frederick Buechner

  Spiritual and autobiographical reflections on the author's seminary days, early ministry, and writing career.
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  The Sacred Journey: A Memoir of Early Days

  by Frederick Buechner

  This memoir reflects on key moments of the author's early life, from childhood to his entering seminary, that reveal how God speaks to us in a variety of ways every moment of every day.
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  A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows through Loss

  by Gerald Lawson Sittser

  A revised edition, this book plumbs the depths of our sorrows, whether due to illness, divorce, or the loss of someone we love. In coming to the end of ourselves, we can come to the beginning of a new life. Includes a new preface and epilogue.
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  Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

  by Anne Lamott

  When Anne Lamott was twenty-five, her father died after a long struggle with brain cancer. Over the next few years she herself began to suffer from an overwhelming sense of desperation and fear which she tried to suppress with alcohol and pills. Although she was managing to write and publish successful novels at the time, it was clear that her life was spinning out of control. In Traveling Mercies , a... (more)