✝️ Faith Memoirs

First-person accounts of spiritual journeys—conversions, doubts, revelations—told with the intimacy and honesty that only lived experience can offer.

English Lessons

by Andrea Lucado • 2017

Raised to have all the answers, she moved to Oxford and learned to love the questions.

4.01

469

🕊️ Christian Memoir 🔨 Faith Deconstruction 🌱 Post-Evangelical 📚 Faith And Reason 🏠 Inherited Faith

English Lessons 93%

Raised to have all the answers, she moved to Oxford and learned to love the questions.

by Andrea Lucado 2017

4.01

469 ratings

🕊️ Christian Memoir 🔨 Faith Deconstruction 🌱 Post-Evangelical 📚 Faith And Reason 🏠 Inherited Faith

Praying for Strangers

by River Jordan • 2011

One year of praying for a stranger each day: how an introvert rewired her heart.

4.09

704

✝️ Christian Memoir 🧪 Spiritual Experiments 🤝 Stranger Connection 🙏 Prayer Practice 🕯️ Faith In Action

Praying for Strangers 93%

One year of praying for a stranger each day: how an introvert rewired her heart.

by River Jordan 2011

4.09

704 ratings

✝️ Christian Memoir 🧪 Spiritual Experiments 🤝 Stranger Connection 🙏 Prayer Practice 🕯️ Faith In Action

Tramp for the Lord

by Corrie ten Boom • 1971

She survived Ravensbrück and traveled the world. Then a former camp guard reached out his hand.

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26k+

🕯️ Holocaust Survivors 🧳 Missionary Memoir 🫂 Radical Forgiveness 🧭 Divine Guidance ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare

Tramp for the Lord 93%

She survived Ravensbrück and traveled the world. Then a former camp guard reached out his hand.

by Corrie ten Boom 1971

4.50

26k+ ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Survivors 🧳 Missionary Memoir 🫂 Radical Forgiveness 🧭 Divine Guidance ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare

Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus

by Nabeel Qureshi • 2014

Three dreams told him Christianity was true. The price of believing was losing everyone he loved.

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43k+

🕌 Comparative Religion ✝️ Christian Apologetics 🚪 Leaving Islam 🔄 Conversion Story 🌙 Spiritual Dreams

Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus 92%

Three dreams told him Christianity was true. The price of believing was losing everyone he loved.

by Nabeel Qureshi 2014

4.59

43k+ ratings

🕌 Comparative Religion ✝️ Christian Apologetics 🚪 Leaving Islam 🔄 Conversion Story 🌙 Spiritual Dreams

Packing Light

by Allison Vesterfelt • 2013

How a cross-country trip with just a suitcase taught her to trade worry for wonder.

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1k+

🙏 Faith Memoir ✈️ Travel Narrative 🕯️ Simplicity 🍃 Letting Go 🫂 Vulnerability

Packing Light 92%

How a cross-country trip with just a suitcase taught her to trade worry for wonder.

by Allison Vesterfelt 2013

3.68

1k+ ratings

🙏 Faith Memoir ✈️ Travel Narrative 🕯️ Simplicity 🍃 Letting Go 🫂 Vulnerability

My Sisters the Saints

by Colleen Carroll Campbell • 2012

Infertility, a father's dementia, a stalled career: the six women saints who walked her through.

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4k+

📖 Spiritual Memoir 🙏 Catholic Spirituality ✨ Communion Of Saints 🌊 Faith And Doubt 🌱 Infertility And Faith

My Sisters the Saints 92%

Infertility, a father's dementia, a stalled career: the six women saints who walked her through.

by Colleen Carroll Campbell 2012

4.35

4k+ ratings

📖 Spiritual Memoir 🙏 Catholic Spirituality ✨ Communion Of Saints 🌊 Faith And Doubt 🌱 Infertility And Faith

Kisses from Katie

by Katie Davis Majors • 2011

A short Uganda mission trip at eighteen: she never left, adopting thirteen daughters instead.

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35k+

👩‍👧‍👧 Orphan Care 🌍 Serving The Poor ✝️ Radical Faith 📖 Missionary Memoirs 💒 Young Women Of Faith

Kisses from Katie 92%

A short Uganda mission trip at eighteen: she never left, adopting thirteen daughters instead.

by Katie Davis Majors 2011

4.4

35k+ ratings

👩‍👧‍👧 Orphan Care 🌍 Serving The Poor ✝️ Radical Faith 📖 Missionary Memoirs 💒 Young Women Of Faith

Faith Under Fire

by Andrew White • 2011

The Christians who suffer most are often the most joyful. A Baghdad vicar explains why.

4.16

137

⛪ Middle East Christians ⛓️ Persecuted Church ✨ Miracles And Healing 🕊️ Faith In Suffering ☮️ Interfaith Peacemaking

Faith Under Fire 92%

The Christians who suffer most are often the most joyful. A Baghdad vicar explains why.

by Andrew White 2011

4.16

137 ratings

⛪ Middle East Christians ⛓️ Persecuted Church ✨ Miracles And Healing 🕊️ Faith In Suffering ☮️ Interfaith Peacemaking

Blue Like Jazz

by Donald Miller • 2003

I found God at the most godless college in America, and it looked nothing like church.

3.90

119k+

🧳 Spiritual Memoir 🔄 Post-Evangelical 🤔 Doubt And Faith 🙌 Grace Over Works 🔍 Self-Examination

Blue Like Jazz 92%

I found God at the most godless college in America, and it looked nothing like church.

by Donald Miller 2003

3.90

119k+ ratings

🧳 Spiritual Memoir 🔄 Post-Evangelical 🤔 Doubt And Faith 🙌 Grace Over Works 🔍 Self-Examination

Why I Am Not an Atheist

by Christopher Beha • 2026

His twin nearly died, then cancer arrived. Atheism had reasons; love had more.

3.64

📖 Religious Memoir ⚖️ Faith And Reason 🧐 Atheism Critique 🌫️ Christian Mysticism 🌧️ Suffering And Doubt

Why I Am Not an Atheist 92%

His twin nearly died, then cancer arrived. Atheism had reasons; love had more.

by Christopher Beha 2026

3.64

94 ratings

📖 Religious Memoir ⚖️ Faith And Reason 🧐 Atheism Critique 🌫️ Christian Mysticism 🌧️ Suffering And Doubt

The Year of Living like Jesus

by Edward G. Dobson • 2009

A pastor ate kosher, prayed the rosary, kept Sabbath. Following Jesus dismantled his certainties.

3.47

549

🖊️ Spiritual Memoir 🧪 Religious Experiment ✡️ Jesus' Jewish Roots 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 📿 Prayer Traditions

The Year of Living like Jesus 92%

A pastor ate kosher, prayed the rosary, kept Sabbath. Following Jesus dismantled his certainties.

by Edward G. Dobson 2009

3.47

549 ratings

🖊️ Spiritual Memoir 🧪 Religious Experiment ✡️ Jesus' Jewish Roots 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 📿 Prayer Traditions

God's Hostage

by Andrew Brunson • 2019

An American pastor arrested as a spy. Twenty-two months as Turkey's hostage. One faith to break.

4.41

810

✝️ Christian Persecution 🌍 Missionary Memoirs 🔒 Political Imprisonment 💪 Spiritual Perseverance 🙏 Suffering And Faith

God's Hostage 92%

An American pastor arrested as a spy. Twenty-two months as Turkey's hostage. One faith to break.

by Andrew Brunson 2019

4.41

810 ratings

✝️ Christian Persecution 🌍 Missionary Memoirs 🔒 Political Imprisonment 💪 Spiritual Perseverance 🙏 Suffering And Faith

This Beautiful Truth

by Sarah Clarkson • 2021

Her OCD demanded answers. God offered a sunset, a strawberry feast, and her mother's arms.

4.51

2k+

📖 Christian Memoir 🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 🙏 Suffering And Faith 🎨 Theology Of Beauty 🍞 Embodied Faith

This Beautiful Truth 92%

Her OCD demanded answers. God offered a sunset, a strawberry feast, and her mother's arms.

by Sarah Clarkson 2021

4.51

2k+ ratings

📖 Christian Memoir 🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 🙏 Suffering And Faith 🎨 Theology Of Beauty 🍞 Embodied Faith

The Irrational Season

by Madeleine L'Engle • 1976

Why a fragmented self finds wholeness only by embracing the darkness and an impossible God.

4.19

2k+

📖 Spiritual Memoirs ✝️ Contemplative Christianity 🤔 Paradox And Faith ⏳ Sacred Time 🎨 Art And Spirituality

The Irrational Season 92%

Why a fragmented self finds wholeness only by embracing the darkness and an impossible God.

by Madeleine L'Engle 1976

4.19

2k+ ratings

📖 Spiritual Memoirs ✝️ Contemplative Christianity 🤔 Paradox And Faith ⏳ Sacred Time 🎨 Art And Spirituality

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years

by Donald Miller • 2009

You're the protagonist of a story you're not writing. The screenwriter's rules for changing that.

4.13

32k+

📖 Narrative Identity ✝️ Christian Memoir 🔄 Life Transitions 🧭 Vocation And Calling 🦁 Everyday Courage

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years Summary

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years 92%

You're the protagonist of a story you're not writing. The screenwriter's rules for changing that.

by Donald Miller 2009

4.13

32k+ ratings

📖 Narrative Identity ✝️ Christian Memoir 🔄 Life Transitions 🧭 Vocation And Calling 🦁 Everyday Courage

Faith Unraveled

by Rachel Held Evans • 2010

A televised execution cracks a young fundamentalist's certainty, and all her answers stop working.

4.24

11k+

🧱 Faith Deconstruction ❓ Religious Doubt 🕊️ Progressive Christianity 🌱 Emerging Church 📖 Biblical Interpretation

Faith Unraveled 92%

A televised execution cracks a young fundamentalist's certainty, and all her answers stop working.

by Rachel Held Evans 2010

4.24

11k+ ratings

🧱 Faith Deconstruction ❓ Religious Doubt 🕊️ Progressive Christianity 🌱 Emerging Church 📖 Biblical Interpretation

The Spiral Staircase

by Karen Armstrong • 2004

A failed nun, an undiagnosed brain disorder, and the world religions that rebuilt her faith.

3.94

9k+

🌑 Faith Crisis 📚 Comparative Religion ✍️ Spiritual Memoir ❤️ Compassion Ethics 🛐 Monastic Life

The Spiral Staircase 92%

A failed nun, an undiagnosed brain disorder, and the world religions that rebuilt her faith.

by Karen Armstrong 2004

3.94

9k+ ratings

🌑 Faith Crisis 📚 Comparative Religion ✍️ Spiritual Memoir ❤️ Compassion Ethics 🛐 Monastic Life

Gay Girl, Good God

by Jackie Hill Perry • 2018

A lesbian poet heard God. He wasn't calling her to be straight.

4.36

27k+

✝️ Christian Testimony 🔄 Sexual Identity 🔥 Sanctification 👩 Biblical Womanhood 🌈 Lgbt Christians

Gay Girl, Good God 92%

A lesbian poet heard God. He wasn't calling her to be straight.

by Jackie Hill Perry 2018

4.36

27k+ ratings

✝️ Christian Testimony 🔄 Sexual Identity 🔥 Sanctification 👩 Biblical Womanhood 🌈 Lgbt Christians

In the Presence of My Enemies

by Gracia Burnham • 2003

Captured by Abu Sayyaf on their 18th anniversary, she survived 376 days. Her husband did not.

4.30

8k+

🎒 Missionary Memoirs 🔗 Hostage Survival ✝️ Faith Under Persecution 🙏 Unanswered Prayer 📖 Theology Of Suffering

In the Presence of My Enemies 92%

Captured by Abu Sayyaf on their 18th anniversary, she survived 376 days. Her husband did not.

by Gracia Burnham 2003

4.30

8k+ ratings

🎒 Missionary Memoirs 🔗 Hostage Survival ✝️ Faith Under Persecution 🙏 Unanswered Prayer 📖 Theology Of Suffering

In Good Company

by James Martin • 2000

He traded a corporate salary for a mop at Mother Teresa's, and found what he'd been missing.

4.30

381

📿 Catholic Memoirs 🙏 Ignacian Spirituality ✝️ Vocation Discernment 🤲 Service To The Poor 🌅 Spiritual Awakening

In Good Company 92%

He traded a corporate salary for a mop at Mother Teresa's, and found what he'd been missing.

by James Martin 2000

4.30

381 ratings

📿 Catholic Memoirs 🙏 Ignacian Spirituality ✝️ Vocation Discernment 🤲 Service To The Poor 🌅 Spiritual Awakening

Grace (Eventually)

by Anne Lamott • 2007

Grace barges into the mess: parenting a teen, losing the fight, facing your reflection at fifty.

3.96

17k+

🕊️ Spiritual Memoir ✝️ Progressive Christianity 🧩 Imperfection And Faith ✍️ Writing As Healing 👩‍👦 Spiritual Parenting

Grace (Eventually) 92%

Grace barges into the mess: parenting a teen, losing the fight, facing your reflection at fifty.

by Anne Lamott 2007

3.96

17k+ ratings

🕊️ Spiritual Memoir ✝️ Progressive Christianity 🧩 Imperfection And Faith ✍️ Writing As Healing 👩‍👦 Spiritual Parenting

Scouting the Divine

by Margaret Feinberg • 2009

Sheep, vines, honey, wool: one writer's search for the God the Bible's first readers knew.

4.22

912

🐑 Spiritual Memoir 🌾 Faith And Farming 🤲 Experiential Faith 👁️ Sensory Spirituality ✨ Everyday Sacred

Scouting the Divine 92%

Sheep, vines, honey, wool: one writer's search for the God the Bible's first readers knew.

by Margaret Feinberg 2009

4.22

912 ratings

🐑 Spiritual Memoir 🌾 Faith And Farming 🤲 Experiential Faith 👁️ Sensory Spirituality ✨ Everyday Sacred

Gladys Aylward

by Gladys Aylward • 1970

A British parlormaid rejected by every missionary society saves her money and walks to China anyway.

4.39

5k+

🎒 Missionary Memoirs 🌏 Cross-Cultural Ministry 🔥 Enduring Persecution 👩‍🦰 Women Missionaries ⚔️ Wartime Faith

Gladys Aylward 92%

A British parlormaid rejected by every missionary society saves her money and walks to China anyway.

by Gladys Aylward 1970

4.39

5k+ ratings

🎒 Missionary Memoirs 🌏 Cross-Cultural Ministry 🔥 Enduring Persecution 👩‍🦰 Women Missionaries ⚔️ Wartime Faith

Before My Heart Stops

by Paul Cardall • 2010

He waited 384 days for a heart. Before it came, his brother died.

3.98

392

🏥 Medical Memoir ⛪ Mormon Memoir 🫀 Organ Transplant ✨ Inspirational Memoir 🕊️ Grief And Loss

Before My Heart Stops 92%

He waited 384 days for a heart. Before it came, his brother died.

by Paul Cardall 2010

3.98

392 ratings

🏥 Medical Memoir ⛪ Mormon Memoir 🫀 Organ Transplant ✨ Inspirational Memoir 🕊️ Grief And Loss

Adam

by Henri J.M. Nouwen • 1997

Your value isn't in your productivity; the fragile carry the deepest wisdom.

4.33

1k+

📖 Spiritual Memoir ♿ Disability Spirituality 💪 Strength In Weakness 🤲 Embodied Spirituality 🕊️ Grief And Resurrection

Adam 92%

Your value isn't in your productivity; the fragile carry the deepest wisdom.

by Henri J.M. Nouwen 1997

4.33

1k+ ratings

📖 Spiritual Memoir ♿ Disability Spirituality 💪 Strength In Weakness 🤲 Embodied Spirituality 🕊️ Grief And Resurrection

Unveiling Grace

by Lynn K. Wilder • 2013

Her son's Mormon mission ended early. Then he said the words that would unravel their faith.

4.29

4k+

🏛️ Mormonism 🚪 Ex-Mormon Testimony 🧱 Religious Deconstruction 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🔄 Conversion Story

Unveiling Grace 92%

Her son's Mormon mission ended early. Then he said the words that would unravel their faith.

by Lynn K. Wilder 2013

4.29

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Mormonism 🚪 Ex-Mormon Testimony 🧱 Religious Deconstruction 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🔄 Conversion Story

The In-Between

by Jeff Goins • 2013

Your life isn't delayed. The waiting itself is the beginning of everything that matters.

3.75

750

📖 Spiritual Memoir ⏳ Waiting As Growth 🧘 Contemplative Living 🐢 Slow Living 🧠 Mindfulness Practice

The In-Between 92%

Your life isn't delayed. The waiting itself is the beginning of everything that matters.

by Jeff Goins 2013

3.75

750 ratings

📖 Spiritual Memoir ⏳ Waiting As Growth 🧘 Contemplative Living 🐢 Slow Living 🧠 Mindfulness Practice

Where the Light Fell

by Philip Yancey • 2021

His father's faith killed him. His mother's faith trapped him. A lifetime seeking his own.

4.51

7k+

🙏 Spiritual Memoir 🕊️ Religious Trauma 🔍 Faith Deconstruction 💔 Mother Wound 👥 Sibling Bond

Where the Light Fell 92%

His father's faith killed him. His mother's faith trapped him. A lifetime seeking his own.

by Philip Yancey 2021

4.51

7k+ ratings

🙏 Spiritual Memoir 🕊️ Religious Trauma 🔍 Faith Deconstruction 💔 Mother Wound 👥 Sibling Bond

Surprised by Joy

by C.S. Lewis • 1955

One desire no pleasure could satisfy broke C.S. Lewis's atheism.

4.06

70k+

🕯️ Spiritual Memoir ✝️ Conversion Narratives 📖 Literary Memoir 🏔️ Spiritual Longing 🌅 Aesthetic Awakening

Surprised by Joy 92%

One desire no pleasure could satisfy broke C.S. Lewis's atheism.

by C.S. Lewis 1955

4.06

70k+ ratings

🕯️ Spiritual Memoir ✝️ Conversion Narratives 📖 Literary Memoir 🏔️ Spiritual Longing 🌅 Aesthetic Awakening

All My Knotted-Up Life

by Beth Moore • 2023

Abused at eleven by her father. Driven out at sixty by her church. Beth Moore connects the dots.

4.43

46k+

🕊️ Evangelical Memoir 🏛️ Church Abuse 🚺 Women In Ministry 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🩹 Sexual Abuse Survival

All My Knotted-Up Life 92%

Abused at eleven by her father. Driven out at sixty by her church. Beth Moore connects the dots.

by Beth Moore 2023

4.43

46k+ ratings

🕊️ Evangelical Memoir 🏛️ Church Abuse 🚺 Women In Ministry 🧸 Childhood Trauma 🩹 Sexual Abuse Survival

From Fear to Freedom

by Rose Marie Miller • 2000

Her faith collapsed under guilt and control; repair came through identity as God's child.

4.24

353

📖 Christian Memoir 🔥 Spiritual Transformation ✝️ Grace And Forgiveness 🆔 Identity In Christ 💔 Family Wounds

From Fear to Freedom 92%

Her faith collapsed under guilt and control; repair came through identity as God's child.

by Rose Marie Miller 2000

4.24

353 ratings

📖 Christian Memoir 🔥 Spiritual Transformation ✝️ Grace And Forgiveness 🆔 Identity In Christ 💔 Family Wounds

Holy Envy

by Barbara Brown Taylor • 2019

A Christian theology built on admiring other faiths, tested by students in the Bible Belt.

4.39

6k+

☸️ Interfaith Dialogue 📚 Comparative Religion 🕊️ Spiritual Memoir 🙏 Religious Humility ⛪ Progressive Christianity

Holy Envy 92%

A Christian theology built on admiring other faiths, tested by students in the Bible Belt.

by Barbara Brown Taylor 2019

4.39

6k+ ratings

☸️ Interfaith Dialogue 📚 Comparative Religion 🕊️ Spiritual Memoir 🙏 Religious Humility ⛪ Progressive Christianity

The Insanity of God

by Nik Ripken • 2012

He went to study the persecuted church and discovered his own faith was failing the test.

4.56

12k+

🕊️ Persecuted Church 🌙 Dreams And Visions ✝️ Cost Of Discipleship 🌍 Global Christianity 🩸 Modern Martyrdom

The Insanity of God 92%

He went to study the persecuted church and discovered his own faith was failing the test.

by Nik Ripken 2012

4.56

12k+ ratings

🕊️ Persecuted Church 🌙 Dreams And Visions ✝️ Cost Of Discipleship 🌍 Global Christianity 🩸 Modern Martyrdom

Girl at the End of the World

by Elizabeth Esther • 2014

Her grandfather's cult taught her the world was ending. Motherhood taught her otherwise.

4.02

2k+

🧱 Cult Memoirs 🕊️ Religious Trauma ⛪ Spiritual Abuse 🔄 Breaking Cycles 🚪 Ex-Fundamentalist

Girl at the End of the World 92%

Her grandfather's cult taught her the world was ending. Motherhood taught her otherwise.

by Elizabeth Esther 2014

4.02

2k+ ratings

🧱 Cult Memoirs 🕊️ Religious Trauma ⛪ Spiritual Abuse 🔄 Breaking Cycles 🚪 Ex-Fundamentalist

The Reason

by Lacey Sturm • 2014

Suicidal and atheist, she walked into a church and left as the future voice of Flyleaf.

4.36

2k+

🕊️ Christian Testimony 🎸 Rock Memoir 💙 Suicide Survival 👩‍🎤 Women In Rock 🎨 Faith And Artistry

The Reason 92%

Suicidal and atheist, she walked into a church and left as the future voice of Flyleaf.

by Lacey Sturm 2014

4.36

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Christian Testimony 🎸 Rock Memoir 💙 Suicide Survival 👩‍🎤 Women In Rock 🎨 Faith And Artistry

Fight Back With Joy

by Margaret Feinberg • 2014

When her body failed, she learned celebration is not a reward but a form of resistance.

4.27

1k+

🕊️ Spiritual Memoir 🎈 Joy Amid Suffering 🏥 Illness And Faith 💧 Grief And Mourning 🔥 Faith In Crisis

Fight Back With Joy 92%

When her body failed, she learned celebration is not a reward but a form of resistance.

by Margaret Feinberg 2014

4.27

1k+ ratings

🕊️ Spiritual Memoir 🎈 Joy Amid Suffering 🏥 Illness And Faith 💧 Grief And Mourning 🔥 Faith In Crisis

Called Out

by Paula Faris • 2020

Two dream jobs, four crises in a single year, and a faith she'd sidelined for success.

4.12

768

🧭 Vocational Discernment ⛪ Faith And Work 🏆 Achievement Addiction 🩹 Burnout Recovery 🪪 Identity And Work

Called Out 92%

Two dream jobs, four crises in a single year, and a faith she'd sidelined for success.

by Paula Faris 2020

4.12

768 ratings

🧭 Vocational Discernment ⛪ Faith And Work 🏆 Achievement Addiction 🩹 Burnout Recovery 🪪 Identity And Work

How to Keep House While Drowning

by K.C. Davis • 2022

Jesus's wounds, an unknown sister, and a grandfather at 29: a four-year-old's tour of heaven.

4.20

81k+

🌅 Near-Death Experiences ✝️ Christian Testimony 🤔 Apologetics 💔 Grieving Parents ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare

How to Keep House While Drowning Summary

How to Keep House While Drowning 92%

Jesus's wounds, an unknown sister, and a grandfather at 29: a four-year-old's tour of heaven.

by K.C. Davis 2022

4.20

81k+ ratings

🌅 Near-Death Experiences ✝️ Christian Testimony 🤔 Apologetics 💔 Grieving Parents ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare

A Search for Purple Cows

by Susan Call • 2012

She left an abusive marriage with two children. Faith taught her hope hides in the ruins.

4.30

153

🏠 Domestic Abuse Survival ✝️ Christian Testimony 💔 Divorce Recovery 🙏 Spiritual Healing 🚧 Setting Boundaries

A Search for Purple Cows 92%

She left an abusive marriage with two children. Faith taught her hope hides in the ruins.

by Susan Call 2012

4.30

153 ratings

🏠 Domestic Abuse Survival ✝️ Christian Testimony 💔 Divorce Recovery 🙏 Spiritual Healing 🚧 Setting Boundaries

More Than the Tattooed Mormon

by Al Carraway • 2015

A skeptic New Yorker with tattoos found a faith she never wanted, and it changed everything.

4.23

3k+

🕍 Mormon Faith 📖 Conversion Stories 🌧️ Trials Of Faith 💎 Self-Worth In Faith 🙏 Prayer And Revelation

More Than the Tattooed Mormon 92%

A skeptic New Yorker with tattoos found a faith she never wanted, and it changed everything.

by Al Carraway 2015

4.23

3k+ ratings

🕍 Mormon Faith 📖 Conversion Stories 🌧️ Trials Of Faith 💎 Self-Worth In Faith 🙏 Prayer And Revelation

Struck

by Russ Ramsey • 2017

A heart infection nearly kills a pastor. His recovery becomes a reckoning with God.

4.43

253

🕊️ Christian Memoir 🏥 Medical Memoir 💀 Facing Mortality 😢 Grief And Loss 🙏 Lament And Worship

Struck 91%

A heart infection nearly kills a pastor. His recovery becomes a reckoning with God.

by Russ Ramsey 2017

4.43

253 ratings

🕊️ Christian Memoir 🏥 Medical Memoir 💀 Facing Mortality 😢 Grief And Loss 🙏 Lament And Worship

Take This Bread

by Sara Miles • 2007

An atheist war reporter walked into a church for communion and came out a food-pantry revolutionary.

4.00

5k+

🥖 Food And Faith ⛪ Progressive Christianity 🚪 Radical Hospitality 🍞 Sacramental Living ✨ Conversion Stories

Take This Bread 91%

An atheist war reporter walked into a church for communion and came out a food-pantry revolutionary.

by Sara Miles 2007

4.00

5k+ ratings

🥖 Food And Faith ⛪ Progressive Christianity 🚪 Radical Hospitality 🍞 Sacramental Living ✨ Conversion Stories

Every Bitter Thing Is Sweet

by Sara Hagerty • 2014

God's goodness isn't waiting past the pain. It's inside the barren decade itself.

4.06

3k+

🌱 Spiritual Formation 🌊 Suffering And Faith 🙏 Contemplative Prayer ✨ Divine Goodness ⏳ Waiting On God

Every Bitter Thing Is Sweet 91%

God's goodness isn't waiting past the pain. It's inside the barren decade itself.

by Sara Hagerty 2014

4.06

3k+ ratings

🌱 Spiritual Formation 🌊 Suffering And Faith 🙏 Contemplative Prayer ✨ Divine Goodness ⏳ Waiting On God

Something Beautiful for God

by Malcolm Muggeridge • 1971

When a cynical journalist met Mother Teresa, he discovered that holiness photographs.

4.00

2k+

😇 Catholic Saints 🌍 Missionary Work 🤲 Faith In Action ❤️ Person-Centered Service 🕊️ Radical Simplicity

Something Beautiful for God 91%

When a cynical journalist met Mother Teresa, he discovered that holiness photographs.

by Malcolm Muggeridge 1971

4.00

2k+ ratings

😇 Catholic Saints 🌍 Missionary Work 🤲 Faith In Action ❤️ Person-Centered Service 🕊️ Radical Simplicity

The Cross and the Switchblade

by David Wilkerson • 1963

A Life photo pulls a rural pastor into Brooklyn's gangs, armed with prayer and an impossible love.

4.27

60k+

🏙️ Urban Ministry 🤝 Gang Intervention ✝️ Faith-Based Recovery 💊 Addiction Recovery 🔥 Pentecostal Testimony

The Cross and the Switchblade 91%

A Life photo pulls a rural pastor into Brooklyn's gangs, armed with prayer and an impossible love.

by David Wilkerson 1963

4.27

60k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Ministry 🤝 Gang Intervention ✝️ Faith-Based Recovery 💊 Addiction Recovery 🔥 Pentecostal Testimony

Hope

by Pope Francis • 2025

His family narrowly escaped a shipwreck: the pope on why mercy and memory build a future.

4.33

5k+

🕯️ Spiritual Autobiography ✝️ Catholic Social Teaching 🙏 Jesuit Spirituality 💛 Mercy And Forgiveness 🌍 Immigrant Experience

Hope 91%

His family narrowly escaped a shipwreck: the pope on why mercy and memory build a future.

by Pope Francis 2025

4.33

5k+ ratings

🕯️ Spiritual Autobiography ✝️ Catholic Social Teaching 🙏 Jesuit Spirituality 💛 Mercy And Forgiveness 🌍 Immigrant Experience

The Autobiography of Charles G. Finney

by Charles Grandison Finney • 1876

A lawyer turned preacher whose blunt sermons emptied a factory floor in a single afternoon.

3.83

448

🔥 American Revivalism 🕊️ Holiness Movement 🙏 Prayer And Intercession 💨 Holy Spirit Theology 🗣️ Plain Preaching

The Autobiography of Charles G. Finney Summary

The Autobiography of Charles G. Finney 91%

A lawyer turned preacher whose blunt sermons emptied a factory floor in a single afternoon.

by Charles Grandison Finney 1876

3.83

448 ratings

🔥 American Revivalism 🕊️ Holiness Movement 🙏 Prayer And Intercession 💨 Holy Spirit Theology 🗣️ Plain Preaching

A Quiet Mind to Suffer With

by John Andrew Bryant • 2023

Forgiveness, he found in the psych ward, is for those bound, not just the guilty.

4.49

500

😰 Scrupulosity ✝️ Theology Of The Cross 🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 🩹 Trauma And Faith 🤲 Control And Surrender

A Quiet Mind to Suffer With 91%

Forgiveness, he found in the psych ward, is for those bound, not just the guilty.

by John Andrew Bryant 2023

4.49

500 ratings

😰 Scrupulosity ✝️ Theology Of The Cross 🧠 Mental Illness Memoir 🩹 Trauma And Faith 🤲 Control And Surrender

The Long Loneliness

by Dorothy Day • 1952

From bohemian journalist to Catholic radical: she fed the hungry while the church debated doctrine.

4.02

6k+

✝️ Radical Catholicism ✊ Faith And Activism 🏘️ Intentional Community 🥖 Voluntary Poverty 🧑 Personalism

The Long Loneliness 91%

From bohemian journalist to Catholic radical: she fed the hungry while the church debated doctrine.

by Dorothy Day 1952

4.02

6k+ ratings

✝️ Radical Catholicism ✊ Faith And Activism 🏘️ Intentional Community 🥖 Voluntary Poverty 🧑 Personalism

A través de los ojos del león

by Levi Lusko • 2015

When his five-year-old died, the easy answers vanished. What remained was hope stronger than death.

4.57

5k+

🕊️ Pastoral Grief ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare 🌅 Resurrection Hope ✝️ Suffering And Faith 🔭 Eternal Perspective

A través de los ojos del león 91%

When his five-year-old died, the easy answers vanished. What remained was hope stronger than death.

by Levi Lusko 2015

4.57

5k+ ratings

🕊️ Pastoral Grief ⚔️ Spiritual Warfare 🌅 Resurrection Hope ✝️ Suffering And Faith 🔭 Eternal Perspective

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