In our online community, we receive numerous questions about resources for various topics. Our leadership team took some time and put together listing the books we currently recommend.
We pray that these books will help you on your journey through motherhood and also your journey of becoming a more Christ-like disciple.
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Birth Books:
Baby Catcher by Peggy Vincent https://amzn.to/2W8J907
Orgasmic birth by Elizabeth Davis https://amzn.to/2W9csj4
Pushed: the painful truth about childbirth and modern maternity care by Jennifer Block https://amzn.to/2RWSid7
Redeeming Childbirth: Experiencing His Presence in Pregnancy, Labor, Childbirth, and Beyond by Angie Toplin https://amzn.to/2CxnkOP
Husband Coached Childbirth by Robert Bradley https://amzn.to/2D3lIwC
Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way by Susan McCutcheon https://amzn.to/3QIkg8Q
The Birth Book By William Sears and Martha Sears https://amzn.to/2MMl6jq
The Mama Natural Week-by-Week Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth by Genevieve Howland https://amzn.to/2Glw527
Holy Labor by Aubry Smith https://amzn.to/46cGsgV
Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering by Sarah Buckley https://amzn.to/49CuWhF
Full Bloom Journal by Ashley Rodgers https://amzn.to/3QGO05L
Real Food for Pregnancy by Lily Nichols https://amzn.to/3uiOsjl
The Basic Needs of a Woman in Labour by Ruth Ehrhardt https://amzn.to/3sz67Td
Homebirth on Your Own Terms by Heather Baker https://amzn.to/46vMSYV
General:
The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis https://amzn.to/2T5vViK
Jesus Freaks (Vol I and II, Martyrs, Revolutionaries) by DC Talk https://amzn.to/2Cxn2HZ
Revolution in World Missions by KP Yohannan https://amzn.to/2W3YUW9
Sister Freaks by Rebecca St. James https://amzn.to/2T5RRua
The Unschooling Handbook by Mary Griffith https://amzn.to/2FDTbBu
When Darkness Will Not Lift by John Piper https://amzn.to/2T0hZ9T
Gentle Parenting books:
Heartfelt Discipline by Clay Clarkson https://amzn.to/2W9bIeb
How to Talk so your Kids Will Listen, How to Listen so your Kids will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish https://amzn.to/2Msfpap
The Life Giving Parent by Sally and Clay Clarkson https://amzn.to/2sE2BnY
No Drama Discipline by Dr. Daniel Siegel and Dr. Tina Bryson https://amzn.to/2FEr0ma
Parenting without Power Struggles by Susan Stiffelman https://amzn.to/2CCwQAb
Peaceful Parents, Happy Kids by Dr. Laura Markham https://amzn.to/2FDMeAA
Peaceful Parents, Happy Siblings by Dr. Laura Markham https://amzn.to/3YKRo2r
Playful Parenting by Lawrence Cohen https://amzn.to/2RTjf1l
Raising Burning Hearts by Patricia Bootsma https://amzn.to/2T4OljL
Raising your Spirited child by Mary Sheedy Kurchinka https://amzn.to/2T4EpqB
Siblings Without Rivalry by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish https://amzn.to/2RXjfNz
Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn https://amzn.to/2RVBnaW
Whole Brained Child by Dr. Daniel Siegel and Dr. Tina Bryson https://amzn.to/2TuZvOS
Jesus the Gentle Parent by L.R. Knost https://amzn.to/2LpASRP
Simplicity Parenting by Kim John Payne and Lisa M. Ross https://amzn.to/3MGrJE4
Authors: Sally Clarkson https://amzn.to/2G91VQi
Herbal and Natural lifestyle books:
Alchemy of Herbs by Rosalee De La Foret https://amzn.to/2G9rCQD
Botany in a Day by Thomas J. Elpel https://amzn.to/2G6AF53
Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon with Dr. Mary G. Enig https://amzn.to/2SnqheL
Prescription for Nutritional Healing by Phyllis A Balch https://amzn.to/2t1xJy7
Real Food for Pregnancy by Lily Nichols https://amzn.to/2t5KVlE
Authors: Rosemary Gladstar
Relationship/Communication:
The Great Sex Rescue by Shelia Wray Gregoire https://amzn.to/3XFTyyU
Culture of Honor by Danny Silk https://amzn.to/2TuL65w
Keep your Love On by Danny Silk https://amzn.to/2tcynch
Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B. Rosenburg https://amzn.to/2SsAzdC
Sex, Jesus, and the Conversations the Church Forgot by Mo Isom https://amzn.to/2MNDrwB
Theology:
Crazy Love by Francis Chan https://amzn.to/2SnjFNv
Supernatural by Dr. Michael Heiser https://amzn.to/3Iy01HZ
Honestly by Daniel Fusco https://amzn.to/2DQj8f8
My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers https://amzn.to/2t2sRZt
Finding God at the Kitchen Sink byMaggie Paulus https://amzn.to/2t5agMh
Forgotten God by Francis Chan https://amzn.to/2D3LTn0
The Insanity of God by Nik Ripken https://amzn.to/2t5auTD
Letters to the Church by Francis Chan https://amzn.to/2DgLBcD
Mere Christianity by CS Lewis https://amzn.to/2t3B1Ri
Psalms Today by Mark Martin https://amzn.to/2WFrMV6
Radical by David Platt https://amzn.to/2HQIYnn
Upward, Inward, and Outward by Daniel Fusco https://amzn.to/2GlIhQw
Lost Women of the Bible by Carolyn Custis James https://amzn.to/2Tuh9CB
Tactics by Gregory Koukl https://amzn.to/3XUNp2h
Paul and Gender by Cynthia Long Westfall https://amzn.to/3I9Gmg3
Another Gospel? by Alisa Childers https://amzn.to/3YX8ppV
Faithfully Different by Natasha Crain https://amzn.to/3lIDWxp
Mama Bear Apologetics by Hillary Morgan Ferrer https://amzn.to/3KhB2d7
Jesus Through Middle Easter Eyes by Kenneth E. Bailey https://amzn.to/3YIBp4Y
Authors: AW Tozer (https://amzn.to/2t3BgvG), Francis Chan (https://amzn.to/2sZR6HQ), Carolyn Custis James (https://amzn.to/2sZRvdk), CS Lewis (https://amzn.to/2Gm1Urr), Dr. Michael Heiser (https://amzn.to/3Izjl7V)