Books recommended to read during the CAR School and/or Practicum I and II

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Children at risk 

• New!!! Dare to ask  Aukje Brouwer

• A cry from the streets   Jeannette Lukasse

• Too small to ignore   Wess Stafford

• Street Children Phyllis Kilbourn 

• Shaping the future girls and our destiny Phyllis Kilbourn 

• Healing the Children of  War   Phyllis Kilbourn 

• Healing for Hurting Hearts: A Handbook for Counseling                                              Children and Youth in Crisis  Phyllis Kilbourn 

• I am Malala   Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb

• As many as the stars Robert Glover

• Adoption through the rearview mirror  Karen Springs

• Half the Sky   Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn

• Anatomy of the soul   Curt Thompson

• When love is not enough   Nancy Thomas

• The boy who was raised as a dog   Bruce Perry

• The connected child   Karyn Purvis

• The connected parent   Karyn Purvis

 

Worldview/ Development

• When helping hurts   Steve Corbett, Brian Fikker

• The Divine conspiracy   Willard Dallas

• Surprised by hope   N.T. Wright

• The book that made your world   Vishal Mangalwadi

• Discipling the nations   Darrow Miller

• Old testament template   Landa Cope

• Total Truth  Nancy Pearcey

• The Hole in the gospel   Richard Stearns

• 40 Chances   Howard G. Buffet

• Serving God in today’s cities   Patrick Johnstone

• If Jesus were mayor   Bob Moffit

• Your kingdom come   Jim Stier

• Values matter   Darlene Cunningham

 

Understanding Muslims/ Yazidis/   

• A Wind in the house of Islam   David Garrison

• Seeking Allah, finding Jesus   Nabeel Qureshi

• Once an Arafat man   Tass Saada

• The pearl that broke its shell  Nadia Hashimi

• Infidel   Ayaan Hirsi Ali

• The Kite runner   Khaled Hosseini

• A thousand splendid suns  Khaled Hosseini

• Princess  Jean Sasson

• The last girl   Nadia Murad

 

Human trafficking

• Not for sale   David Batstone

• The Natashas   Victor Malereck

• Stopping the traffic   Glenn Miles, Christa Foster Crawford

• Finding our way through the traffic   Glenn Miles, Christa Foster Crawford

 

Refugees

• Seeking Refuge   Stephen Bauman, Matthew Soerons and Dr. Issam Smeir

• The miracle of the Kurds   Stephan Mansfield

• Serving God in a migrant crisis   Patrick Johnstone

• The new odyssey   Patrick Kingsley

 

Family, marriage and children

• Five love languages   Gary Chapman

• His needs, her needs   Willard F. Harley

• The other side of special, navigating the messy, emotional, joy-filled life of a special needs mom  Amy Brown, Sarah Clime and Carrie Holt

• Joni and Ken, an untold love story   Joni and Ken Tada

• Seven things children need   John M. Drescher

• How to really love your child   Ross Campbell

 

Leadership/ character/ theology

• Courageous Leadership   Bill Hybels

• Bonhoeffer   Eric Metaxas

• Prayer   Philip Yancey

• Disappointment with God   Philip Yancey

• The insanity of God   Nik Ripken and Gregg Lewis

• With   Skye Jethani

• Mission drift   Peter Greer, Chris Horst

• Winning Gods way   Loren Cunningham

• Making Jesus Lord   Loren Cunningham

• Daring to live on the edge   Loren Cunningham

• Why not women   Loren Cunningham / David J. Hamilton

• Bearing Gods name Carmen   Joy Imes

• Women and Worship at Corinth   Lucy Peppiatt

 

Testimonies

• Daring to hope  Katie  Davis Majors

• Same kind of different as me   Ron Hall, Denver Moore

• Hope heals   Katherine and Jay Wolf

• Choosing to see   Mary Beth Chapman

• Life without limits   Nick Vijucic

• The Cross and the Switchblade   David Wilkerson

• Chasing the dragon    Jackie Pullinger

• Compelled by love    Heidi Baker

• There is a sheep in my bathtub    Brian Hogan

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