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New Books for Fall in Your Church Library

selected by Nell Young , Librarian

204.4 Tolle Eckhart. A New Earth: Awakening To Your Life’s Purpose. (2006)
215 Sagan, Carl. The Varieties Of Scientific Experience: A Personal View Of The Search For God. (2006)
232 Chopra, Deepak. The Third Jesus: The Christ We Cannot Ignore. (2008)
242 O’Donohue, John. To Bless The Space Between Us: A Book Of Blessings . (2008)
261.8 Chopra, Deepak. Peace Is The Way: Bringing War And Violence To An End . (2005)
261.8 Vonnegut, Kurt. Armageddon In Retrospect. (2008)
306.0973 Carter, Jimmy. Our Endangered Values: America’s Moral Crisis. (2005)
333.7 Wilson, E.O. The Creation: An Appeal To Save Life On Earth. (2006)
641.3 Goodall, Jane. Harvest For Hope: A Guide To Mindful Eating . (2005)
818.6 Weitzman, ILama. Jokelopeida. (2000) (Presented in memory of Mabel Reese by Bill and Dorothy Achor)
920 Collins, Ace. Stories Behind Women Of Extraordinary Faith . (2008) (Harriet Tubman, Mother Teresa, Anne Hutchinson, Fanny Crosby, Mahalia Jackson and fifteen other women)
 
 

Summer Reading Suggestions in Your Church Library

Selected by Nell Young, Librarian

Fiction

Two titles a new Amish series, The Sisters of Holmes County: 

Brunstetter, Wanda E. A Sister’s Secret 2007

Brunstetter, Wanda E.   A Sister’s Test. 2007

Young, William P. The Shack 2007.

A father returns to the shack from which his youngest daughter, Misty, had been abducted four years earlier. The book answers the question, “Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain?”

Non-Fiction 

231 Ehrman, Bart D. God’s Problem: Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question: Why We Suffer? 2008

231 Keller, Timothy The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism 2008

232 Borg, Marcus J. Jesus: Uncovering the Life, Teachings and Relevance of a Religious Revolutionary 2008

248 Eldredge, John Walking With God 2008 

261.7 Hedges, Chris American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America 2008

261.7 Sider, Ronald J. The Scandal ofEvangelical Politics: Why Are Christians Missing the Chance to Really Change the World? 2008

286 Bradley, Matt & Susan The Gift: A World Solution to Hunger and Poverty (Heifer International) 1998

303.49 Zakaria, Fareed The Post-American World 2008

941.4 Higgs, Liz Curtis My Heart’s in the Lowlands: Ten Days in Bonny Scotland 2007

921 Pausch, Randy The Last Lecture 2008

 

“Cool” Books for Your Fall Reading: New In Your Church Library 

selected by Nell Young, Librarian


248 There Is More To “The Secret” by Ed Gungor (2007).
248 When The Heart Waits: Spiritual Direction For Life’s Sacred Questions by Sue Monk Kidd (1992).
261.7 Failing America’s Faithful: How Today’s Churches Are Mixing God With Politics And Losing Their Way by Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (2007).
305.42 The Feminine Mistake: Are We Giving Up Too Much? By Leslie Bennetts (2007).
306.81 The Five Love Languages: Men’s Edition by Gary Chapman (2004).
306.874 Wisdom Of Our Fathers: Lessons And Letters From Daughters & Sons by Tim Russert (2007).
364.1 Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase For Lincoln’s Killer by James L. Swanson (2007).
949.207 Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (2007).
973.931 The One Percent Solution: Deep Inside America’s Pursuit Of Its Enemies Since 9/11 by Ron Suskind (2007).