Reading Spotlight
Raising White Kids
Jennifer Harvey
This New York Times best-selling book is a guide for families, educators, and communities to raise their children to be able and active anti-racist allies. - Amazon
Daughters of the Desert
Clare Rudolf Murphy et al
How would the most cherished stories of Christianity, Judaism and Islam be different if women were the active central figures?
This ground-breaking collection of short stories brings to life the women―daring, brave, thoughtful and wise―who played important and exciting roles in the early days of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. - Amazon
This ground-breaking collection of short stories brings to life the women―daring, brave, thoughtful and wise―who played important and exciting roles in the early days of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. - Amazon
We Too Sing America
Deepa Iyer
The nationally renowned racial justice advocate's illumination of the ongoing persecution of a range of American minorities. - Amazon
Wholehearted Faith
Rachel Held Evans
“A touching series of essays in which Held Evans, with Chu’s invisible pen, explores how one might find a path forward in Christianity beyond conservative evangelicalism” -Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker
Parishioner and Staff Book Recommendations
Devotions
Mary Oliver
A beautiful collection of poetry that deepens one's connection with God and the Spirit. Mary Oliver has the ability to describe the beauty of God's creation in poetic song. - Julie Mushkin
Don't Sing Songs to a Heavy Heart: How to Relate to Those Who Are Suffering
Kenneth C. Haugk
This is a very practical book for anyone who wants to support a friend or a loved one who is going through something difficult. Written from personal experience, this book teaches you what words and conversations help you to be genuinely present to someone who is suffering. - Rev. Benjamin Hart
Walking a Sacred Path: Rediscovering the Labyrinth as a Spiritual Practice
Lauren Artress
This book explores the importance of labyrinths as tools to take us beyond our logical approach to religion and reignite spirituality in our faith lives. - Sara Ceresa
Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion
Sara Miles
A group of us at St. Matthew's were so inspired by her sudden awakening to the Eucharist that led her to start a Food Pantry at St. Gregory of Nyssa that we invited her as our Dimensions of Faith speaker in 2009. Shortly after, we opened our own Food Pantry, closely based on St. Gregory's model of opening our doors to those in need and inviting them to stand with us and serve as welcome neighbors and friends. Her book is charming, an easy read, and it will transform you. - Robin Garr
Library Staff
Lee Fletcher
Librarian Emeritus/Archivist
