Uplifting Books

  • The Lives We Actually Have

    If you are not religious and have ever felt like your real life is messy, this book is for you. It is filled with 100 real lfe blessings. These heartfelt blessings are a chance to exhale when we feel everything from careworn to restless, devastated to bored. It is an excellent reminder that we don’t need to wait for perfect lives when we can bless the lives we actually have.

  • Notes From a Blue Bike

    Part memoir, part travelogue, part practical guide. This book is both entertaning and compelling. It is an invitation to pay attention to your life and your needs. It encourages you to make bold choices to intentionally create the life you want and need.

  • Bittersweet

    A wonderful compilation of short essays on the author’s personal life. With honesty and hope, Shauna beautifully unwraps the complicated truth that in all things there is both something broken and something beautiful, that there is a moment of lightness even on the darkest of nights,

  • Cold Tangerines

    This delightful book holds many stories tha tcelebrate the extraordinary moments which are tucked away in our everyday lives. The stories offer hope and even redemption for those difficult moments that we all have in our real lives. It is a perfect read for when life is busy and you only have 10 minutes.

  • Present Over Perfect

    Do you dream at night of leaving behind your chaotic life for a simpler one? Shauna shares her personal journey of doing just that. It is an invitation that we all long to say “Yes” too.

  • The Ministry of Ordinary Places

    Have you ever wondered how to make a difference in the lives of people around you? In this well written book, you will discover how to uncover the hidden corners of our cities and neighborhoods and invest deeply in the lives of people around us. It gives practical, hands-on ideas for impacting those we all “neighbors”. Get ready….it is both exhausting and exhilarating when you say “Yes” to impacting your world.

  • Everybody, Always

    Driven by Bob’s trademark storytelling, “Everybody, Always” reveals the lessons Bob learned - often the hard way - about what it means to love without inhibition, insecurity, or restriction. . This book will leave you filled with hope and encouragement.

  • Love Does

    What if you decide to simply “Do Love”? Could this concept shift change your life? Well, that is what Bob Goff has done. In this book, he shows you (through his amazing storytelling) how to shamelessly show love and grace to those around you. This book is filed with stories of light and fun, whimsy and wonder. It will leave you encouraged and hopeful.

  • Bread and Wine

    This magnificent book is written as a letter to those we sit around the table with. It is filled with lots of delicious recipes that have been tried and tested. It makes a good argument that in this crazy, mixed up world, maybe what we need is time around the table with scrumptious, easy to make food and friends and family.

"Today a reader, tomorrow a leader."

-Margaret Fuller