Recommended Reading

If you would like to read more on a particular topic, lists of recommended resources are provided below on a variety of subjects. Links are also included below each book title to various vendors. The links will allow you to learn more about the contents of each book as well as provide opportunities to purchase a copy.

Busyness & Rest

The One True Thing
by Howard Baker
Amazon
The Rest of God
by Mark Buchanan
Christianbook
Amazon
Refresh by
Shona & David Murray
Christianbook
Westminster Bookstore
Reset
by David Murray
Christianbook
Westminster Bookstore
Ordering Your Private World
by Gordon MacDonald Christianbook
PCA Bookstore
Margin by
Richard A. Swenson
Christianbook
PCA Bookstore
Crazy Busy
by Kevin DeYoung Christianbook
PCA Bookstore

Pre-Engagement

Ready or Knot by Scott Kedersha
Christianbook
Amazon
Should We Get Married? by William P. Smith
New Growth Press
Amazon
Pre-Engagement by David Powlison & John Yenchko
Christianbook
Amazon

Marriage

The Meaning of Marriage by Timothy Keller
Christianbook
Westminster Bookstore
10 Choices Successful Couples Make by Ron Welch
Christianbook
Amazon
The Marriage Builder by Larry Crabb
Christianbook
Amazon
Face to Face: Seven Keys to a Secure Marriage by Jesse Gill
Amazon
WestBow Press
Marriage by Paul David Tripp
Paul Tripp Ministries
Amazon
How We Love by Milan & Kay Yerkovich
Christianbook
Amazon
How We Love Workbook by Milan & Kay Yerkovich
Christianbook
Amazon

Grief

Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy by Mark Vroegop
Christianbook
Westminster Bookstore
Seasons of Sorrow by Tim Challies
Christianbook
Westminster Bookstore
What Grieving People Wish You Knew by Nancy Guthrie
Christianbook
Westminster Bookstore
Therefore I Have Hope by Cameron Cole
Christianbook
Westminster Bookstore

Aging & Retirement

Finishing Our Course with Joy by J. I. Packer
Christianbook
PCA Bookstore
Finishing Well to the Glory of God by John Dunlop
Christianbook
Westminster Bookstore
Retiring Well by John Dunlop
Christianbook
Westminster Bookstore

Emotions & Emotional Health

True Feelings by Carolyn Mahaney & Nicole Whitacre
Christianbook
Crossway
Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero
Christianbook
Amazon
The Cry of the Soul by Dan B. Allender & Tremper Longman III
Christianbook
Westminster Bookstore
Untangling Emotions by J. Alasdair Groves & Winston T. Smith
Christianbook
PCA Bookstore

Depression

Spurgeon’s Sorrows By Zack Eswine
Christianbook
Westminster Bookstore
Dealing with Depression by Sarah Collins & Jayne Haynes
Amazon
Christianbook eBook
Healing Depression for Life by Gregory L. Jantz
Christianbook
Amazon
Healing Depression for Life Workbook by Gregory L. Jantz
Christianbook (eBook)
Amazon
Christians Get Depressed Too by David Murray
Christianbook
PCA Bookstore

Anger

The Heart of Anger by Christopher Ash & Steve Midgley
Christianbook
Westminster Bookstore
Good & Angry by David Powlison
Christianbook
Westminster Bookstore
Anger: Taming a Powerful Emotion by Gary Chapman
Christianbook
Amazon

Shame

The Soul of Shame by Curt Thompson
Christianbook
PCA Bookstore
Shame Interrupted by Ed Welch
Christianbook
New Growth Press
The Cry of the Soul by Dan B. Allender & Tremper Longman III
Christianbook
Westminster Bookstore

Anxiety

Anxious by Amy Simpson
Christianbook (ebook)
Amazon
Overcoming Anxiety, Worry, and Fear by Gregory L. Jantz
Christianbook
Amazon
Struck Down but Not Destroyed by Pierce Taylor Hibbs
Westminster Bookstore
Christianbook

Counseling & Care

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