Recommended Reading

The Power of a Whisper: Hearing God, Having the Guts to Respond, Bill Hybels

In The Power of a Whisper, vision is cast for what life can look like when God's followers choose to hear from heaven as they navigate life on earth. They include whispers that arbitrate key decisions, nudges that rescue from dark nights of the soul, promptings that spur on growth, urgings that come by way of another person and inspiration that opens once-glazed-over eyes to the terrible plight people face in this world.

Golf's Sacred Journey, David Cook

A novel based on thousands of athletes and performers Dr. Cook has counseled and the great mentors and teachers from whom he has learned.

Windows of the Soul: Experiencing God in New Ways, Ken Gire

This beautifully written book provides a fresh perspective for people who long for a richer experience with the presence of God and deeper meaning in everyday life.

Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul, John Eldredge

In this provocative book, Eldredge gives women a look inside the true heart of a man and gives men permission to be what God designed them to be - dangerous, passionate, alive and free.

Halftime: Moving From Success to Significance, Bob Buford

Halftime, then, is a quiet time of deliberate decision-making, restructuring and passionate contemplation of your heart's deepest desires.

Letters From Dad, Greg Vaughn

Letters from Dad is the book that unlocks the hearts of fathers and helps them leave a legacy of faith, hope and love.

The Life You Always Wanted, John Ortberg

Learn how to attain growth throughout life and travel toward the path of true transformation in this inspiring self-help book.  Paved with humor and sparkling anecdotes, The Life You’ve Always Wanted is an encouraging and challenging approach to a Christian life that’s worth living—a life on the edge that fills an ordinary world with new meaning, hope, change, and joy.

The Power of a Praying Husband, Stormie Omartian

Omartian offers this guide to help husbands pray more effectively for their wives. Packed with real-life examples and refreshing honesty regarding her own marriage, The Power of a Praying Husband encourages men to lovingly intercede for their wives.

In a Pit With a Lion on a Snowy Day, Mark Batterson

In the first chapter of In a Pit With a Lion on a Snowy Day, Batterson weaves a thrilling tale that will keep you on the edge of your seat and the adrenaline pumping. Then, you discover it's actually a re-telling of a Biblical story. Batterson dares us to go back to Biblical faith, which is risky, uncertain, and dangerous. But it always leads to God.

Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership, Ruth Haley Barton

Ruth Haley Barton invites us to an honest exploration of what happens when spiritual leaders lose track of their souls. Weaving together contemporary illustrations with penetrating insight from the life of Moses, Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership explores such topics as facing the loneliness of leadership, discerning God's will together and leading from your authentic self.

Soul Keeping- Ancient Paths of Spiritual Direction, Howard Baker

In his book, Baker addresses important issues of inner spiritual life for Christians.

As Christians, we encourage growth in service, growth in scriptural knowledge, and growth in commitment to marriage, family and church. Why have we nearly ignored the soul's growth (Soul Keeping, p. 23)?

To Own A  Dragon: Reflections on Growing Up Without a Father, Donald Miller

To Own a Dragon is Don Miller's retrospective on the challenges of growing up fatherless in his own life and the impact of mentors and surrogate fathers on fatherless young men. Miller's work is at the same time practical and deeply spiritual and reflective.