Women's Authors: Your Recommendations

This time last year, Bishop Chris wrote: “As it is Women’s History month (as well as Lent), why not include as part of your seasonal spiritual practices reading at least one book by a Christian woman author? Not sure who to read? Here’s a few authors I’ve enjoyed: Dorothy Day, Flannery O’Connor, Dorothy Sayers, Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, Ruth Haley Barton, Brenda Salter McNeil, Hannah Whitall Smith, Ann Voskamp. Which women authors and what books have challenged and benefited your life in Christ? I would love to know who they are. Hit "reply" to this email, and we'll share a list of suggestions in the next newsletter.”

Below is the list of authors (and books) sent in reply to that request. Thank you for responding and sharing!

  • Gwen Adams: Crazy Church Ladies: The Priceless Story of an Unlikely Group Winning the War Against Trafficking

  • Beth Allison Barr: The Making of Biblical Womanhood

  • Juliet Benner: Contemplative Vision: A Guide to Christian Art and Prayer

  • Sally Breedlove: Choosing Rest

  • Rosaria Butterfield: The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert

  • Alisa Childers: Another Gospel?: A Lifelong Christian Seeks Truth in Response to Progressive Christianity

  • Dorothy Day: The Long Loneliness & The Reckless Way of Love

  • Liz Curtis Higgs: Bad Girls of the Bible

  • Carolyn Curtis James: The Gospel of Ruth

  • Ellen Davis: Getting Involved with God: Rediscovering the Old Testament

  • Rachel Denhollander: What is a Girl Worth?

  • Elisabeth Elliot: A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael & The Path of Loneliness 

  • Beth Guckenberger: Throw the First Punch

  • Margaret Guenther: Holy Listening: The Art of Spiritual Direction

  • Ruth Haley Barton: Discerning God's Will Together & Life Together in Christ

  • Tish Harrison Warren: Prayer in the Night & Liturgy of the Ordinary

  • Dr. Mary Healy: Men and Women are from Eden

  • Jackie Hill Perry: Gay Girl, Good God

  • Susan Howatch: Glittering Images (and the other books in the Starbridge series)

  • Hannah Hurnard: Hinds' Feet on High Places

  • Jan Johnson: Meeting God in Scripture: a Hand-On Guide to Lectio Divina

  • Dr. Michelle Lee-Barnwell: Neither Complementation nor Egalitarian.

  • Thérèse de Lisieux’s autobiography: The Story of a Soul 

  • Julian of Norwich: Revelations of Divine Love

  • Mary T. Malone: Four Women Doctors of the Church: Hildegard of Bingen, Catherine of Siena, Teresa of Avila, Therese of Lisieux

  • Catherine Marshall: Something More

  • Shelly Miller: Rhythms of Rest: Finding the Spirit of Sabbath in a Busy World

  • Kathleen Norris: The Quotidian Mysteries

  • Flannery O’Connor: The Complete Stories

  • Cyndi Parker: Encountering Jesus in the Real World of the Gospels

  • Nancy Pearcy: Total Truth & Love Thy Body

  • Sister Mary Prudence Allen RSM: The Concept of Woman

  • Jackie Pullinger: Chasing the Dragon

  • Marilynne Robinson: The Death of Adam & Gilead (and novels)

  • Fleming Rutledge: Advent: The Once & Future Coming of Jesus Christ, The Crucifixion

  • Brenda Salter McNeil: The Heart of Racial Justice & Reconciliation 2.0

  • Agnes Sanford: The Healing Light

  • Eugenia Scarvelis Constantinou: The Crucifixion of the King of Glory

  • Basilea Schlink: Repentance-Joy Filled Life

  • Elizabeth Sherrill: Surprised by Grace

  • Mandy Smith: Unfettered: Imagining a Childlike Faith Beyond the Baggage of Western Culture

  • Corrie Ten Boom: The Hiding Place & Tramp for the Lord

  • Mother Teresa: No Greater Love

  • Teresa of Avila: Interior Castle

  • Hannah Whitall Smith: The God of All Comfort & God is Enough

  • Ann Voskamp: One Thousand Gifts

  • Jane Williams: Why Did Jesus Have to Die?

  • Susan Yates: And Then I Had Kids & What Really Matters at Home

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