Readings
for Lay Readers and Others on the Christian Journey
During his Confirmation visitations Bishop Packard charges the
confirmands “to read one book on Christianity a year for
the rest of their lives”. This list can help form that spiritual
habit.
Confessions —
St. Augustine
The City of God — St. Augustine
On the Love of God — Bernard of Clairvaux
Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi — Bonaventura
The Imitation of Christ — Thomas a Kempis
Spiritual Exercises — Ignatius Loyola
Book of Martyrs — John Foxe
Laws of Ecclesiastical Policy — Richard Hooker
Poems — John Donne
The Temple — George Herbert
A Priest to the Temple — George Herbert
The Practice of the Presence of God — Brother Lawrence
Journal — George Fox
Christian Perfection — Fenelon
A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life — William Law
Journals — Soren Kierkegaard
Purity of the Heart — Soren Kierkegaard
The Christian Year — John Keble
Anglicanism — P.E. Moore and F.L. Cross
Mysticism — Evelyn Underhill
Worship — Evelyn Underhill
Christus Veritas — William Temple
The Cost of Discipleship — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Shape of the Liturgy — Gregory Dix
The Diary of a Country Priest — Georges Bernanos
The Screwtape Letters — C.S. Lewis
The Mind of the Maker — Dorothy Sayers
Confessions — Augustine
Autobiography — Teresa of Avila
Waiting for God — Simone Weil
Surprised by God — C.S. Lewis
Sermons — Phillips Brooks
The Meaning of Prayer — Harry Emerson Fosdick
The Meaning of Faith — Harry Emerson Fosdick
The Meaning of Service — Harry Emerson Fosdick
The Living of These Days — Harry Emerson Fosdick
Personal Journal — George Fox
Personal Journal — Soren Kierkegaard
Jesus Was An Episcopalian (And You Can Be One Too!): A Newcomer's Guide to the Episcopal Church (Paperback)
By Chris Yaw (Author)
Paperback: 168 pages
Publisher: LeaderResources (July 28, 2008) ISBN-10: 1595180001 ISBN-13: 978-1595180001
The Episcopal Handbook (Paperback)
by Morehouse Publishing (Author)
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Morehouse Publishing (September 1, 2008) ISBN-10: 0819223298 ISBN-13: 978-0819223296
Welcome to the Episcopal Church: An Introduction to Its History, Faith, and Worship (Paperback)
by Christopher L. Webber (Author), Frank T. Griswold (Author)
Paperback: 133 pages
Publisher: Morehouse Publishing; Later Printing edition (December 1, 1999) ISBN-10: 0819218200
ISBN-13: 978-0819218209
Welcome To The Book Of Common Prayer (Paperback)
by Vicki K. Black (Author)
Paperback: 152 pages
Publisher: Morehouse Publishing (August 1, 2005)
Language: English ISBN-10: 0819221309 ISBN-13: 978-0819221308
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