We recently asked CCEF faculty members the following question: “What book have you read recently that has impacted you?” Here are their answers.
Laura Andrews: I’m currently reading The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron (TarcherPerigee, 2016). I am increasingly looking for resources to help me grow as a writer, and a friend who swears by Cameron’s approach recommended this book to me. I saw this quote in the reviews and was sold: “Give yourself permission to be a beginner. By being willing to be a bad artist, you have a chance to be an artist, and perhaps, over time, a very good one.”
Cecelia Bernhardt: Recently, I read Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy by Mark Vroegop (Crossway, 2019), which is about biblical lament. I picked this book because, as a counselor, I wrestle with the seeming contradictions of God’s faithful promises and the level of horror that women face in the experience and aftermath of childhood sexual abuse. Vroegop shows how lament creates room for honest communication with God, which is the foundation for a real and growing relationship with him. This doesn’t answer all the questions these women struggle with, but it does show them how to move
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