Melissa's Musings and Doodlings: January 2014

Books I Read in 2015

The Joy of Missing Out (Christina Crook) *
It's All Too Much (Peter Walsh) *
A Midnight Clear (Katherine Paterson)
Learning to Walk in the Dark (Barbara Brown Taylor)
The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
The Seven Storey Mountain (Thomas Merton)
Bright Shoots of Everlastingness (Paul J. Willis)
Art for God's Sake (Philip Graham Ryken)
Vanishing Grace (Philip Yancy) ***
My Name is Asher Lev (Chaim Potok)
Surprised by the Voice of God (Jack Deere)
The Moon by Night (Madeleine L'Engle)
Meet the Austins (Madeleine L'Engle)
Old Watercolorists Never Die; They Just Wet Their Sheets (Joe Miller)
Conan Doyle Stories (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
damned if i do (Percival Everett)
How the Light Gets In (Pat Schneider) *
Soul Survivor (Philip Yancey) **
Fire Bringer (David Clement-Davies)
Surprised by the Power of the Spirit (Jack Deere)
The Creative Call (Janice Elsheimer)
Pulling Your Paintings Together (Charles Reid)
Becoming a Healing Presence (Albert S. Rossi)
The Leap of the Deer (Herbert O'Driscoll) *
With Christ in the School of Prayer (Andrew Murray) **
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
Navigating Early (Clare Vanderpool)
Christ in the Passover (Ceil and Moishe Rosen)
Let's Roll (Lisa Beamer)
Eternity in Their Hearts (Don Richardson)
Peace Child (Don Richardson) *
Stones from the River (Ursula Hegi)

Books I Read in 2014

Lily's Crossing (Patricia Reilly Giff)
Grace is Where I Live (John Leax) *
City of Dragons (Robin Hobb)
Dragon Haven (Robin Hobb)
Blood of Dragons (Robin Hobb)
Creation of Calm (Mark Fraley)
Caring Enough to Confront (David Augsburger)
A Praying Life (Paul E. Miller) *
Let Your Life Speak (Parker Palmer)
Fast Tract Digestion: Heartburn (Norman Robillard)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Alexander McCall Smith)
All Things Bright and Beautiful (Laura Lewis Lanier)
Noticing God (Richard Peace)
Dropping Acid (Koufmanm Stern, & Bauer(
Dragon Keeper (Robin Hobb)
Fool's Fate (Robin Hobb)
Half Broke Horses (Jeannette Walls)
Why Measure? (Daniel McGowan)
Killing You Softly from Inside (Jonathan Aviv)
Eat This and Live (Don Cobert(
Plain Truth (Jodi Picoult)
Golden Fool (Robin Hobb)
The Chosen (Chaim Potok)
Sanctuary of the Heart (Richard Foster) *
Crazy Busy (Kevin DeYoung) *
The World of John Burroughs (Edward Kanze)
Fool's Errand (Robin Hobb)
Help Thanks Wow (Anne Lamott)
Strays (Ron Koertge)
Ship of Destiny (Robin Hobb)
Man Killed by Pheasant (John T. Price)
Finding God in Unexpected Places (Philip Yancy)
Where is God When it Hurts? (Philip Yancy)
Driftless (David Rhodes)
Lord, Teach Us to Pray (Andrew Murray)
Not That Kind of Girl (Carlene Bauer)
Mad Ship (Robin Hobb)
A Lion Called Christian (Bourke and Rendall)

Books I Read in 2013

Unbroken (Laura Hillenbrand)
Disability & the Gospel (Michael S. Beates)
Invitation to Solitude and Silence (Ruth Haley Barton)
What Came From the Stars (Gary D. Schmidt)
Bruce (Albert Payson Terhune)
The Case for Faith (Lee Strobel)
Praying Like Paul (Jonathan Graf)
The Order War (L. E. Modesitt)
The Stepford Wives (Ira Levin)
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
Art for God's Sake (Philip Graham Ryken)
Twelve Years a Slave (Solomon Northup) *
Love to Pray (Alvin VanderGriend)
The Magic Engineer (L.E. Modesitt)
Kisses From Katie (Katie Davis)
Half of a yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi)
The Towers of the Sunset (L. E. Modesitt)
The Case for Christ (Lee Strobel)
The Magic of Recluce (L.E. Modesitt)
You Don't Look Like Anyone I Know (Heather Sellers)
Death Be Not Proud (John Gunther)
Assassin's Quest (Robin Hobb)
The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert (Rosaria Champagne Butterfield)
The Committed Life (Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis
Royal Assassin (Robin Hobb)
Tattoos on the Heart (Gregory Boyle)
Moon Over Manifest (Clare Vanderpool)
Nineteen Minutes (Jodi Picoult)
First and Second Samuel (Eugine H. Peterson)

Books I read in 2012

Introverts in the Church (Adam S. McHugh)
Eat This Book (Eugene Peterson) *
Assassin's Apprentice (Robin Hobb)
Purple Hibiscus (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie) *
The One Kingdom (Sean Russell)
The Personal Touch (Rachael Crabb)
The Pastor (Eugene Peterson)
The Father's Tale: A Novel (Michael D. O'Brien) *
The Sermon on the Mount (D.A. Carson)
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Susan Cain)
The Noticer (Andy Andrews)
The Sin Eater (Gary Schmidt)
Dewey (Vicki Myron)
So Long, Insecurity (Beth Moore)
The Alpine Tales (Paul J. Willis)
Okay for Now (Gary Schmidt)
Heaven is for Real (Todd Burpo)
Marley and Me (John Grogan)
A Three Dog Life (Abigail Thomas)
Praying for Strangers (River Jordan)
The Holy Way: Practices for a simple life (Paula Huston)
Flunking Sainthood: A Year of Breaking the Sabbath, Forgetting to Pray, and Still Loving My Neighbor (Janna Riess)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (J.K. Rowling)
Standing Ground (John Leax)
The Gift of the Deer (Helen Hoover)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (J.K. Rowling)
the butterfly Mosque (G. Willow Wilson)
Fasting (Lynne M. Baab)
Home (Marilynne Robinson)
Let Buster Lead (Deborah Dozier Potter)
Safe People (Henry Cloud and John Townsend)
The Call (Yannick Murphy)
a good and perfect gift (Amy Julia Becker)

Books I read in 2011

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (J.K. Rowling)
Cain's Redemption (Dennis Shere)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (J. K. Rowling)
Space for God (Don Postema)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (J.K. Rowling)
Friending (Lynne M. Baab) *
The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
The Great Divorce (C. S. Lewis)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
The Testament (John Grisham)
Walking on Water (Madeleine L'Engle) *
An Acceptable Time (Madeleine L'Engle)
Many Waters (Madeleine L'Engle)
A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Madeleine L'Engle)
A Wind in the Door (Madeleine L'Engle)
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'Engle)
House Rules (Jodi Picoult)
Nobody Nowhere (Donna Williams)
The Friendships of Women (Dee Brestin) *
A Circle of Quiet (Madeleine L'Engle)
The Return of the King (J.R.R. Tolkien)
A Long Obedience in the Same Direction (Eugene Peterson)
The Two Towers (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Traveling Mercies (Anne Lamott)
The Persecutor (Sergei Kourdakov)
The Fellowship of the Ring (J.R.R. Tolkien)
bird by bird (Anne Lamott)
Grace (Eventually) Thoughts on Faith (Anne Lamott)
Holy the Firm (Annie Dillard)
The Story of My Life: An Afghan Girl on the Other Side of the Sky (Farah Ahmedi, Tamim Ansary )

Books I read in 2010

Boundaries in Marriage (Cloud and Townsend)
The Hobbit (J. R. R. Tolkien)
Keeping Faith (Jodi Picoult)
American Primitive (Mary Oliver)
let's take the long way home (Gail Caldwell)
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
That Hideous Strength (C.S. Lewis)
Handle with Care: A Novel (Jodi Picoult)
Calm My Anxious Heart (Linda Dillow)
The Golden Bridge: A Guide to Assistance Dogs (Patty Dobbs Gross)
Perelandra (C.S. Lewis)
The Education of Little Tree (Forrest Carter)
a big little life (Dean Koontz)
Out of the Silent Planet (C.S. Lewis)
Art for God's Sake (Philip Graham Ryken)
Invitation to Solitude and Silence (Ruth Haley Barton)
Praying in Color (Sybil MacBeth)
Life Together (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
The Heart of the Artist (Rory Noland) *
The Liar's Club (Mary Karr) *
A Long Obedience in the Same Direction (Eugene Peterson)
Connecting (Larry Crabb)
Girl with a Pearl Earring (Tracy Chevalier)
Bright Shoots of Everlastingness (Paul Willis)
The World of the Frog and the Toad (George Porter)
Women, Food and God (Geneen Roth)
Gail Rubin: Psalmist with a Camera
A Hidden Wholeness (Parker J. Palmer)
Some Days are Diamonds (Noorthhoek Academy Poetry Anthology)
Take This Bread (Sara Miles)
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress (Rhoda Janzen)
True Nature (Barbara Bash)
Tell it Slant (Eugene Peterson)
As Nature Made Him (John Colapinto)
Holdfast (Kathleen Dean Moore) *
Wolves (Daniel Wood)
The Seven Pillars of Health (Don Colbert, MD)
The Sawtooth Wolves (Jim Dutcher with Richard Ballantine)
Ten Seconds to Peace (Jeffrey Beach)
Wild Dogs (Erwin A. Bauer) *
Gray Wolves (Meish Goldish)
Red Wolves (Meish Goldish)
The Sabbath (Abraham Joshua Herschel)
The Introvert Advantage (Marti Olsen Laney)
If I Live to be 100 (Neenah Ellis)
The Return of the Prodigal Son (Henri Nouwen)
Dog Man (Martha Sherrill)
The Prodigal God (Tim Keller)

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Bits of Beauty