The Promised Reading List

These are just some of my favs over the years. Some are fiction, some are not. Some are religious, some are not. Take what you want and enjoy the ride.

Reading can take you places you have never been before. – Dr. Seuss

Paradise of the Holy Fathers (Two Volumes) – Stories and quotes of the early desert fathers of the wilderness

Stories from the Egyptian Desert – Fiction/Non fiction stories

Never Split the Difference – Negotiating as if your life depended on it

The Archbishop – The Ideal Shepherd

Into the Abyss – Only four men survive a plane crash; The pilot, a politician, a cop, and the criminal he was shackled to

Orthodox Prayer Life – What is Orthodox Prayer through the experience of Fr. Matthew the Poor

Becoming Orthodox – A Journey to the Ancient Faith

Thinking Orthodox – The Orthodox Christian Mind

God and You Person to Person – Developing a personal relationship with God

A Silent Patriarch – The Life and Legacy of St. Kyrillos VI

God is a Man of War – Understanding the violence of the Old Testament

Endurance – The tale of Ernest Schackletons doomed attempt to cross the Antarctic on foot

The Gift of Fear – Survival Signals

The Witness of Women – Mothers of the Church

Collapse – How societies choose to fail or succeed

Sojourners – Monastic Letters and Spiritual teachings of the Desert

Have you seen the One I Love – Contemplations on the Song of Songs

Do This in Remembrance of Me – The Eucharist from the Early Church to the Present Day

Elements – Story of Elijah and his path toward repentance

The Ride of A Lifetime – Lessons learned from Robert Iger – CEO of Disney for 15 years

Father Arseny – Priest, Prisoner, and Spiritual Father

The Outer Limits of Reason – What science, mathematics, and logic cannot tell us

Shady Characters – The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and other Typographical Marks