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What We're Reading

In this section we hope to highlight a good book that one of the CCEL staff or someone else is reading.

by Pam Plantinga
The Practice of the Presence of God is one of the best books I’ve ever read. It is a series of conversations with and letters from Brother Lawrence, a lay brother among the Carmelites in the 17th century. Brother Lawrence lived with a consuming love for God and a desire to do all for Him, and his words are a great encouragement to us to do the same.
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What's New

2008-09-11: Added a ThML edition of Guthrie's The Christian's Great Interest, digitized by Charles Bowen

2008-08-11: Added A Name in Heaven: the Truest Ground of Joy and The Almost Christian Discovered by Matthew Mead. Digitized by Charles Bowen.

2008-08-05: Added Beginnings of Christianity Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 by Paul Wernle. Digitized by Charles Bowen.

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