Past the Point of No Return

I submit for your consideration the following list of books which proved to be profoundly transformational. Books which caused me to view absolutely everything in a new way; books which challenged me to the very core of my being and set me on a course from which i have neither wavered nor departed from again.

Without further ado and in no particular order:

1. Surprised by Hope by N.T. Wright


2. The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard


3. The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis


4. Love Wins by Rob Bell


5. The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence


6. Quotidian Mysteries - Laundry, Liturgy, & "Women's Work" by Kathleen Norris


7. Jesus Rediscovered by Malcolm Muggeridge



8. The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God by Frederica Mathewes-Green


 9. Evangelicals on the Canterbury Trail by Robert E. Webber & Lester Ruth




10. Dancing Naked in the Mind Field by Kary Mullis (though this one is not a Christian book as such, it is a profoundly thought-provoking, as well as, entertaining book challenging our notion of scientific "facts" - truly transformational to how i perceived the world).   


My latest addition:
11. New Seeds of Contemplation by Thomas Merton


I could try to write about why each of these was pivotal in my life but i know that i cannot even begin to do these books justice by a blurb. I invite you instead to step into these books and discover for yourself the marvelous possibilities contained therein. 

I remember always being astonished when Jesus asked the sick whether they wanted to be healed. To my childish mind, it seemed like such a DUH! question. I have since learned that many (far too many) don't actually desire healing. I can't think of anything sadder.