UMW BOOK SELECTIONS
2008
EDUCATION FOR MISSION
End of the Spear:
A True
Story by Steve Saint
They Poured Fire on Us From the
Sky: The
True Story of Three Lost Boys from
Sudan
by Benson Deng, Alephonsion Deng Benjamin Ajak
Miniskirts,
Mothers and Muslims: A
Christian Woman in a Muslim Land
By
Christine A. Mallouhi
NUTURING FOR COMMUMITY
For God and Country: Faith
and Patriotism Under Fire by James Yee
Grace Matters: A
Memoir of Faith, Friendship and Hope in the Heart
of
The
South by
Chris P. Rice
Who’s Raising Your
Child:
Battling the Marketers for Your Child’s Heart?
And
Soul by Laura J. Buddenberg & Kathleen M. McGee
Keeping Spiritual Balance as We Grow
Older: More
than 65 Creative Ways to
Use
Purpose, Prayer, and the Power of Spirit to Build
Meaningful
Retirement
by Molly Srode & Bernie Srode
I
Choose to Stay: A
Black Teacher Refuses to Desert the Inter City by
Salome
Thomas
SOCIAL
ACTION
Enrique’s Journey by
Sonia Nazario
When the Rivers Run Dry:
Water—The Defining Crisis of the
21st
Century
by Fred Pearce
Hard Line: Life
and Death on the U.S.-Mexican Border by Ken
Ellingwood
SPIRITUAL
GROWTH
Jesus’ Parables of the Lost and
Found by
James W. Moore
Longing to Pray: How
the Psalms Teach us to Talk with God by
J.
Ellsworth Kalas
Leap of Faith:
Memoirs of An Unexpected Life by Queen Noor (Large
Print)
10 Gospel Promises for Later Life
by Jane
Marie Thibault (Large Print)
Letters
to a Young Doubter by
William Sloane Coffin
Living
Bountifully! The
Blessing of Responsible Stewardship by Linda H.
Hollies
2007 SELECTIONS
EDUCATION FOR MISSION
The
Blindfold’s Eyes: My
Journey from Torture to Truth, by Sister Dianna
Ortiz
(This
book counts as one book in Education for Mission
and one book in
Social
Action)
The
Storyteller’s Companion to the Bible:
New
Testament Women by Dennis E.
Smith
and Michael E. Williams
Kite Runner –
Khaled Hosseini
NUTURING
FOR COMMUMITY
Beginning Again:
Benedictine Wisdom for Living with Illness by Mary
C. Earle
SOCIAL
ACTION
Taught by America: A
Story of Struggle and Hope in Compton by Sarah
Sentilles