UMW Books/ Reading Program


The  Reading Program encourages critical thinking about current issues through an annual selection of member-reviewed books. It gives participants an opportunity to deepen their spirituality and to broaden their understanding of the UMW’s mission work.

2008 SELECTIONS

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