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CBE International’s Favorite Books of 2020
By: CBE International | December 30, 2020
This list comprises some of CBE’s favorite books from 2020 related to women’s equality. Add these books to your 2021 reading list, and you’ll be off to an empowered and inspired year.
Book Review: Seven Transforming Gifts of Menopause: An Unexpected Spiritual Journey
By: Patty Craft | December 7, 2020
Cheryl Bridges Johns shines a new light on the dramatic transformation that takes place during perimenopause and menopause. She invites us to see menopause as more than a time of biological change by examining the psychological and spiritual aspects.
Book Review: Marriage in the Middle: Embracing Midlife Surprises, Challenges, and Joys
By: Margaret English de Alminana | December 7, 2020
Marriage in the Middle is a collection of life vignettes and personal experiences that will resonate with every married couple. Greco encourages couples to face midlife with imagination and hope and offers transparency, intimacy, and insight for the journey.
Book Review: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
By: Rhonda Walton | November 13, 2020
Caste is a brilliant, extraordinary piece of writing that will likely become a required reference for discussions about racism going forward.
The Yellow Wallpaper: Reflecting on Aimee Byrd’s Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood
By: Bree Mills | November 1, 2020
Our interactions with others, including Christians with whom we disagree, should display Christlikeness above all else.
Book Review: Priscilla: The Life of an Early Christian
By: Jonathan Tysick | November 1, 2020
Ben Witherington III’s story of Priscilla provides extensive insight into the lives of the earliest Christian women.
Book Review: Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership: Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | October 20, 2020
Drawing from many wise counselors, traditions, and genres (including poetry), Haley Barton opens new and powerful options in attending to and hearing from God.
Book Review: Parable of the Brown Girl: The Sacred Lives of Girls of Color
By: Jeanne Porter King | September 5, 2020
Like the parables of Jesus, these stories will open your eyes to see and your ears to hear the truths that are needed in our work for gender equality for all girls.
Book Review: When Others Shuddered: Eight Women Who Refused to Give Up
By: Cameron Simpson | September 4, 2020
Jamie Janosz, in her clearly written and carefully interpreted profile of eight nineteenth- and twentieth-century female Christians, explores the triumphs and hardships of these women.
CBE Book Club Members Reflect on Defiant
By: Michaela Weller | August 19, 2020
CBE book club members reflect on their journeys with Defiant through the many questions we considered and the next steps that flowed from reading this powerful book.