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