Now I'm getting the chance to read books I didn't have time for before. Think of me whenever you see the slogan "So many books, so little time!" Now I've got the time.  Cheers, Fred.

Christian Religion

What Good Is God? In Search of a Faith that Matters

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Book Number: 
506
Date Fred Read: 
May 2013
Fred's Rating: 
4
Author: 
Philip Yancey
Total Pages: 
287
Publisher: 
FaithWords
Year: 
2010

Journalist Philip Yancey is a bestselling writer and speaker. His twenty books are known for their honest, thoughtful explorations of Christian faith, particularly in areas of questions and personal struggles. This book includes visits to troubled places where they know his bestseller ‘What’s So Amazing About Grace?’ (Book 234) and want him to speak to them about Grace.  Read more

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If the Church Were Christian: Rediscovering the Values of Jesus

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Book Number: 
502
Date Fred Read: 
April 2013
Fred's Rating: 
5
Author: 
Philip Gulley
Total Pages: 
191
Publisher: 
HarperOne
Year: 
2011

Philip Gulley is a Quaker minister, writer, husband, and father. He is the bestselling author of Front Porch Tales and is a frequent speaker at churches, colleges, and retreats across the country. (For his books I’ve read, click on his name.)  Read more

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The Evolution of Faith: How God Is Creating a Better Christianity

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Book Number: 
500
Date Fred Read: 
March 2013
Fred's Rating: 
5
Author: 
Philip Gulley
Total Pages: 
205
Publisher: 
HarperOne
Year: 
2011

Philip Gulley is a Quaker minister, writer, husband, and father. He is the bestselling author of Front Porch Tales and is a frequent speaker at churches, colleges, and retreats across the country. This book was used in my church’s 2013 Lenten Short Study discussion group. (For his books I’ve read, click on his name.)  Read more

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If Grace Is True: Why God Will Save Every Person

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Book Number: 
498
Date Fred Read: 
March 2013
Fred's Rating: 
5
Author: 
Philip Gulley
Author: 
James Mulholland
Total Pages: 
224
Publisher: 
HarperOne reprint edition
Year: 
2010

Philip Gulley, the minister at Fairfield Friends Meeting near Indianapolis, is a frequent speaker at churches, colleges and retreat centers. James Mulholland is a theologian with ecumenical experience in American Baptist, United Methodist, and Quaker denominations. They also coauthored “If God is Love” (Book 169).  Read more

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Re-thinking Christianity

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Book Number: 
495
Date Fred Read: 
February 2013
Fred's Rating: 
5
Author: 
Keith Ward
Total Pages: 
224
Publisher: 
Oneworld
Year: 
2007

Keith Ward is Professor of Divinity, Gresham College, London, and Regius Professor of Divinity Emeritus, Oxford. He is the author of the best-selling God for the Perplexed (new edition 2013), Pascal’s Fire (2006) and many other books. (For his books I’ve read, click on his name.)  Read more

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Meister Eckhart: A Modern Translation

Book Number: 
493
Date Fred Read: 
January 2013
Fred's Rating: 
3
Author: 
Meister Eckhart
Author: 
Raymond B. Blakney
Total Pages: 
305
Publisher: 
Harper Torchbooks
Year: 
1941

The front cover of this paperback has these sentences: The Celebrated 14th Century mystic and scholastic Meister Eckhart. A central source and inspiration of dominant currents in philosophy and theology since Aquinas. With the text of his historic Defense against charges of heresy. Raymond B. Blakney did the translation of this book.  Read more

Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife

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Book Number: 
491
Date Fred Read: 
January 2013
Fred's Rating: 
4
Author: 
Eben Alexander
Total Pages: 
172
Publisher: 
Simon & Schuster
Year: 
2012

Eben Alexander, M.D., has been an academic neurosurgeon for the last 25 years, including 15 years at the Brigham & Women’s and the Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. This book was a #1 NYT Bestseller. It was a gift from a close friend.  Read more

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The Way of the Heart

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Book Number: 
489
Date Fred Read: 
December 2012
Fred's Rating: 
5
Author: 
Henri Nouwen
Total Pages: 
95
Publisher: 
Ballantine
Year: 
2003

Henri Nouwen (1932-1996) became a Catholic priest in the Netherlands. He taught at Notre Dame, Yale, and Harvard. He became pastor of the L’Arche Daybreak community in Toronto. He wrote forty books, many articles, and gave numerous lectures and retreats. His top ten books are listed on http://www.henrinouwen.org/books/topten/ . (Click on his name to see the books I’ve read by or about him.)  Read more

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How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland’s Role from the Fall of the Roman Empire to the Rise of Medieval Europe

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Book Number: 
485
Date Fred Read: 
December 2012
Fred's Rating: 
5
Author: 
Thomas Cahill
Total Pages: 
218
Publisher: 
Anchor Books
Year: 
1996

Historian Thomas Cahill is the author of the bestselling Hinges of History (five volumes as of 2008), published to great acclaim and translated into several languages. The first four volumes were bestsellers. This gift book is volume I. (For his books I’ve read, click on his name.)  Read more

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Made for Goodness: And Why This Makes All the Difference

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Book Number: 
483
Date Fred Read: 
November 2012
Fred's Rating: 
5
Author: 
Desmond Tutu
Author: 
Mpho Tutu
Total Pages: 
206
Publisher: 
HarperOne
Year: 
2010

Desmond Tutu won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 and was elected archbishop of Cape Town in 1986, the highest position in the Anglican Church in South Africa. He is known worldwide for his work for peace. His daughter Mpho Tutu is executive director of the Tutu Institute for Prayer and Pilgrimage in Washington, D.C.  Read more

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