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Pilgrim: A Theological Memoir – Tony Campolo
I received a copy of Pilgrim: A Theological Memoir about a week before I made an international move from the US to Australia and I was left in a quandary: Do I pack this book […]
Genre: Memoir
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Three Seconds of Courage: How Small Acts of Bravery Lead to Big Change – Riley Kehoe
When Riley Kehoe was a child, she experienced the 2004 Thailand tsunami. Her family was visiting relatives in Thailand for Christmas when the tsunami hit, and this book begins by recounting their experiences fleeing from […]
Non-Fiction
Confessions of a Former Prosecutor – Preston Shipp
Stare too closely at the American justice system and you’ll soon be confronted with the reality that it is anything but just. Preston Shipp entered the system as a full believer in law and order. […]
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Taming the Beast – Rory Holloway with Eric Wilson
Eric Wilson has had a roller coaster of a writing career. His debut novel came 20 years ago with Dark to Mortal Eyes and he proceeded to publish a novel a year for seven years. […]
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Pivot Points: Adventures on the Road to Christian Contentment – Marvin Olasky
A few years ago, I enjoyed reading Marvin Olasky’s book Lament for a Father, in which he explored the family history and generational trauma that shaped his childhood. In this memoir, he writes about his […]
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Rift: A Memoir of Breaking Away from Christian Patriarchy – Cait West
This beautifully written memoir tells the author’s story of surviving Christian patriarchy, the Stay at Home Daughters movement, and her father’s emotional abuse. She directs her story both to people with similar backgrounds in the […]
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Embracing Queer Family – Nia and Katie Chiaramonte
In July 2018, Nia Chiaramonte came out at transgender to her wife, Katie, after years of marriage and five children. It sounds like a marriage death knell, doesn’t it? How does one remain married to […]
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Trash: A Poor White Story – Cedar Monroe
They say we are trash people. White trash. That’s the opening to Cedar Monroe’s memoir/study of how white supremacy and capitalism has harmed poor white rural America—all while convincing them it is their savior. Monroe […]
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The Hiding Place: A Graphic Novel – Corrie ten Boom, Elizabeth Sherrill, John Sherrill, Mario DeMatteo, and Ismael Castro
This graphic novel adaptation of the bestselling memoir The Hiding Place is incredibly powerful. It will introduce a new generation to Corrie ten Boom’s powerful testimony of faith, perseverance, and resistance against evil, and the […]
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Forgiveness after Trauma: A Path to Find Healing and Empowerment – Susannah Griffith
This powerful book explores what forgiveness can look like for trauma survivors, without unhealthy pressures to prematurely forgive or return to an abusive situation. Susannah Griffith shares a biblical theology of forgiveness alongside her personal […]