Thursday, February 28, 2008

The reading list

Being an ex-English Major, I have been meaning for ages to give you all a good reading list... one that should begin to touch on all the different aspects of the things you read about in this blog, if you are a regular reader. These books definitely shaped me in a lot of ways. Im sure I will forget many, so I'll update accordingly.

On God, Church, Family, Religion:

The Bible. (my favorites are the New American, New American Standard, King James, and New King James. I like the New Revised and the Holman Christian Standard as well. Love the Jerusalem Bible. NOT a fan of "the Message," the ESV, the NCV, or the NIV, etc.

Derek Prince: The Spirit filled believer's Handbook.
Derek Prince: On experiencing God's power
Charles Simpson: The Covenant and the Kingdom
CS Lewis: Mere Christianity
Jack Hayford: The Spirit Filled Believer's Bible Handbook
Strong's Concordance of the Bible
Vine Bible Dictionary
St Augustine's Confessions
The Hughes Family: Disciplines of a Godly Family
Parenting in the Pew
Family Integrated church: Mark fox
Family Driven Faith: Voddie Baucham
Family Man, Family Leader
CS Lewis Screwtape Letters
Barbara Hughes: Disciplines of a Godly woman
Beth Moore: breaking Free
Nancy leigh Demoss: Seeking Him
Homemaking
Passionate Housewives, Desperate for God
Catholic Mother's Resource Guide
Family UNPlanning
Catholic and Christian
Khalil Gibran: The Prophet
Passion and Purity
New Life Christian Hymnal
Lives of the Saints 1 and 2
Fox's Book of Martyrs
Jesus Freaks
A generous Orthodoxy
the Holy SPirit helps you pray for your children
Created to be His Helpmeet
To Train up a Child
Systematic theology
Catechism of the Catholic Church
Sunday Missal
Daily Missal
Catholic Prayer Book
Book of Common Prayer
A Woman Jesus Can Teach
Medjugorje: the message
Uniting CHurch and Home
The Excellent Wife
The Power of a Praying Series
Proverbs 31 Woman
Mary Magdalene, by Margaret George
Dante's Inferno
The Iliad
The odyssey
The art of war
Seduction
The 48 Laws of Power
The Case for Christ
Exodus
Only One Life
The heavenly Man
The Case for Israel
Arab and Jew
Thomas Friedmans's From Beirut to Jerusalem
Who Killed Daniel Pearl?
Petite soeur Madeleine de Jesus

Character Building:

Anne of Green Gables Series
Little House on the.... Series
Little Women
Little Men
Secret Garden
Little Princess
Heidi
Pippi Longstocking, the Complete Adventures
Trag le Chamois
Martine, the Series
Asterix, the Series
A child's treasury of poems
Where the sidewalk ends
The giving tree
The Moral Compass
The Book of Virtues
The Elsie Dinmore Series
Nancy drew series
Beowulf
What is a Man?

Homesteading:
The Complete Guide To Self Sufficiency
Encyclopedia of Country Living
Martha Stewart Homekeepign Handbook
A Provencal Kitchen in America :)
*seriously, that's all you need*

I could go on all night, but hopefully some of those should get you started.
I purposely left out Yoga and Knitting books, or I really WOULD be here all night :P

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