What is your favorite book in this "genre"? If there was one book that you felt everyone should read, what would it be?

My choice would be Discerning the Voice of God (other than the Bible). What is yours?

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"A Father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families…"
Psalm 68:5-6a

there are some missionary books that I have read. One of them is God Smuggler, great book on how this man got bibles beyond the iron curtain and eventually in china.

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Mommy to a banana ( she's 4 ) and a pineapple ( 11 months ), married to a crazy Brit

Ooooh...I am going to check that one out. DH does mission work.

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"A Father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families…"
Psalm 68:5-6a

There's a book I got quite a few years ago, called "Irregular People". It helps you to deal with people close to you who treat you badly. I read it several times, and it helped me accept my rude, verbally abusive, argumentative, illogical, embarrassing father-in-law. It's about loving people who aren't very lovable, by seeing them through God's eyes. It taught me to see the man as having a disability that causes him to act that way. I wouldn't expect someone in a wheelchair to get up and walk, so I shouldn't expect my FIL to act normally - he's not capable.

Purpose Driven Life bt Rick Warren

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I love hunting deals

Mom to Kellan 12-16-2000
Brooklyn 12-27-2005
Nolan 10-15-2007
Wife to Russell 10-14-2005

Gosh, there are so many. Well, if I have to pick the one book that is a must read, it is the Bible, but I know you meant other than that. I really like Max Lucado. I have read a few of his books.

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"It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching."

-- St. Francis of Assisi

I love Frank Peretti, one of my favorites by him is "This Present Darkness".

Severe Mercy

But I keep hearing really good things about The Shack

Has anyone read it?

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Oh yeah!!! I loved it! I was in an online book discussion and many of the discussions got quite heated. It has certainly challenged many peoples' doctrines. Quite controversial. It is at the top of my favorite fiction list though. If you are interested, PM me and I will give you a heads up about some of the controversy.

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"A Father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families…"
Psalm 68:5-6a

I just finished it and LOVED it. Wow .. one of the best books I've read .. not in terms of literary quality which is fine but how it opened my eyes to my own human perspective.

I recommend reading it for those who haven't.

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