June 1, 2025: Perspective Blog

June 1, 2025

Summer is coming soon. And with that season, perhaps some extra reading time for you! Here are some suggestions that I have appreciated.

Memoirs and Biographies

  • Jesus, My Father, the CIA, and Me by Ian Cron (such a good writer)

  • Hillbilly Elegy by J.D.Vance (written well before he became Vice President of the United States!)

  • What in the World? by Leanne Morgan (such fun!)

  • The Color of Water by James McBride (a white Jewish mom and a black father, hence the title)

  • Herod and Mary by Kathie Lee Gifford and Bryan M. Litfin (history and fiction)

  • Any  title by Trisha Lott Williford (She writes memorably about grief and abuse and motherhood.)

  • Delay, Don’t Deny by Gin Stephens (Make sure you get the 2024 updated edition of this intermittent fasting classic guide.)

Fiction

  • Sensible Shoes – 4 book series by Sharon Garlough Brown (Follow interesting women as they learn spiritual direction.)

  • The Keeper 4 book series by Charles Martin ( a moving account of the war against human trafficking) 

  • Elinor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (a quirky,endearing heroine)

Spiritual Growth

  • The Discipline of Grace by Jerry Bridges (for clear, practical teaching on many topics)

  • Holiness Here by Karen Stiller (a conversational approach)

  • Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers by Dane Ortlund


Sarah Miller