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I didn't miss this challenge this time wooohooo!!! I'm in with Level 31. Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was and Who God Has Always Been
2. Rediscovering Christmas: Surprising Insights into the Story You Thought You Knew
3. The White Darkness
4. The Weight of Sand: My 450 Days Held Hostage in the Sahara
5. How to Read the Bible: 21 Ways to Enjoy and Understand Scripture
6. How to Raise a Healthy Gamer: End Power Struggles, Break Bad Screen Habits, and Transform Your Relationship with Your Kids
7. How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child
8. King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
9. Rediscovering Israel: A Fresh Look at God's Story in Its Historical and Cultural Contexts
10. Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi
11. You: The Story: A Writer's Guide to Craft Through Memory
12. Taste of Home Mediterranean Favorites: Hundreds of Recipes to Savor the Good Life
13. Milk Street: Tuesday Nights: More than 200 Simple Weeknight Suppers that Deliver Bold Flavor, Fast
14. Ancient Christian Prophecies About Islam From Before Islam was Created
15. Blessed Are the Misfits: Great News for Believers who are Introverts, Spiritual Strugglers, or Just Feel Like They're Missing Something
16. Becoming MomStrong: How to Fight with All That's in You for Your Family and Your Faith
17. Healing Racial Trauma: The Road to Resilience
18. Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years With a Midwife in Mali
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I met the Level 1 criterial, so I am updating my goal to Level 2: Face the Truth (11-20 books)
Faith Will Make a Hero Out of You by Pastor Derek Gitsham
Your Faith Needs You by Pastor Derek Gitsham
(privately published; no link available)
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law (GM, language)
Level 1: Grain of Truth
Wanting to expand my horizons, I will give this one a try. Level 1
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I’m in please for Level 3: 21-40+ - Moment of TruthJANUARY
1) Joni: An Unforgettable Story📕Joni Eareckson Tada
2) All I Need Is Jesus and a Good Pair of Jeans: The Tired Supergirl's Search for Grace📕Susanna Foth Aughtmon
FEBRUARY
3) Finding God at the Kitchen Sink: Search for Glory in the Everyday Grime📕Maggie Paulus
4) The Slumber Of Christianity: Awakening A Passion For Heaven On Earth📕Ted Dekker
5) Keep It Shut: What to Say, How to Say It, and When to Say Nothing at All📕Karen Ehman
MARCH
6) One Light Still Shines: My Life Beyond the Shadow of the Amish Schoolhouse Shooting📕Marie Monville
7) Beautiful Nate: When Doing Everything Right Turns Out Terribly Wrong📕Dennis Mansfield
8) When God Whispers Your Name: Discover the Path to Hope in Knowing that God Cares for You📕Max Lucado
9) The Vow: The Kim & Krickitt Carpenter Story📕Kim Carpenter
APRIL
10) Forever and Ever, Amen: A Memoir of Music, Faith, and Braving the Storms of Life📕Randy Travis
11) I Am Number 8: Overlooked and Undervalued, but Not Forgotten by God📕John W. Gray III
12) The Snake and the Spider📕Karen Kingsbury
13) On Calvary's Hill: 40 Readings for the Easter Season📕Max Lucado
14) The Christian Atheist: Believing in God but Living As If He Doesn't Exist📕Craig Groeschel
MAY
15) The Sun Still Shines: How a Brain Tumor Helped Me See the Light📕Jodi Orgill Brown
16) Baptism: Answers to Common Questions📕Guy M. Richard
17) When God Makes Lemonade: True Stories that Amaze & Encourage📕Don Jacobson
18) Everybody, Always: Becoming Love in a World Full of Setbacks and Difficult People📕Bob Goff
19) Zachary's Choice: Surviving My Child's Suicide📕Suzy LaBonte
20) Believe It: My Journey of Success, Failure, and Overcoming the Odds📕Nick Foles
JUNE
21) This Life I Live: One Man's Extraordinary, Ordinary Life and the Woman Who Changed It Forever📕Rory Feek
22) The Bridge of Faith: HIS Glory and Our Good📕TK Hinkle
23) Have a Little Faith: a True Story📕Mitch Albom
24) Night📕Elie Wiesel
25) Four Blood Moons: Something is About to Change📕John Hagee
26) God Loves Broken People: And Those Who Pretend They're Not📕Sheila Walsh
27) Unlikely Angel: The Untold Story of the Atlanta Hostage Hero📕Ashley Smith
JULY
28) 21 Days of Generosity Challenge: Experiencing the Joy That Comes From a Giving Heart📕C.J. Hitz
29) You Are More Than You've Been Told: Unlock a Fresh Way to Live Through the Rhythms of Jesus📕Hosanna Wong
30) 100 Bible Verses That Made America: Defining Moments That Shaped Our Enduring Foundation of Faith📕Robert J. Morgan
31) But God: Changes Everything📕Herbert Cooper
32) Grace Will Lead Us Home: The Charleston Church Massacre and the Hard, Inspiring Journey to Forgiveness📕Jennifer Berry Hawes
33) Jesus Prom: Life Gets Fun When You Love People Like God Does📕Jon Weece
AUGUST
34) A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23📕W. Phillip Keller
35) Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home📕Richard J. Foster
36) Rooted: The Hidden Places Where God Develops You📕Banning Liebscher
37) Asking Father📕Edwin F. Harvey
38) Abraham - Father of Faith📕Michael Christian Bell
39) You're Already Amazing: Embracing Who You Are, Becoming All God Created You to Be📕Holley Gerth
40) The Apostle Paul: From Menace to Martyr📕Robert R. Hudson
41) Daniel, Man of God: Being a Man of Character in a Babylon World📕Dwight L. Moody
SEPTEMBER
42) The Hoodlum Preacher: I Was Lost, Now I Am Found: Memoir of a Drug Addict📕Burton Barr Jr.
43) The Gospel of John: A Bible Study Devotional on What Happens When We Believe📕J.R. Heimbigner
44) Twelve Ordinary Men: How the Master Shaped His Disciples for Greatness and What He Wants to Do With You📕John F. MacArthur Jr.
45) The Applause of Heaven📕Max Lucado
46) Everyday Miracles: 32 Real First-Hand Testimonies that Reveal God's Miraculous Power📕Julie Hedenborg
47) The Listening Road: One Man's Ride Across America to Start Conversations About God📕Neil Tomba
OCTOBER
48) Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your Table: It's Time to Win the Battle of Your Mind...📕Louie Giglio
NOVEMBER
49) Almost Gone📕John Baldwin
50) Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts📕Jerry Bridges
I'm in for level 2.10/11-20 nonfiction books read, so far.
Founding Brothers
The Unredeemed Captive
The Third Gilmore Girl
A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War
Sarah's Journey Of Faith, volume 2
Rembrandt Is in the Wind
George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution
Killing England
Partisans and Redcoats
The Snake Has All the Lines
(view spoiler)
I'm in for Level 2: 11-20 - Face the Truth
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I'm in! I read almost 40 non-fiction books in 2024, so I'm aiming for Level 3!
I’m in!January - December 2025
Level 1: 1-10 - Grain of Truth
1. Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten
(08/12/25) So disappointed in the profanity and the repeated use of Oh my God. 2. Like a River: Finding the Faith and Strength to Move Forward after Loss and Heartache by Granger Smith
(08/17/25)3. My Jesus: From Heartache to Hope by Anne Wilson
(08/25/25)4. No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson by Gardiner Harris
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I'm in for level 31. The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God: Why New Atheism Grew Old and Secular Thinkers Are Considering Christianity Again by Justin Brierley - 1/12
2. Carnivore Diet for Beginners: Boost energy, increase weight loss and sleep better now by following a healthy carnivorous meal plan! Utilize proven fat-burning secrets within this ultimate guide! by Bobby Murray - 1/15
3. John's Use of the Old Testament in the Book of Revelation: Notes from the Naked Bible Podcast by Michael S. Heiser - 1/15
4. The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey - 2/3
5. Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench - 2/6
6. Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties by Tom O'Neill - 2/9
7. Israel's Holy Days in Type and Prophecy by Daniel Fuchs - 2/12
8. Biddy: The Woman Behind Oswald Chambers' My Utmost for His Highest by Julie McDonald - 2/16
9. Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived by Rob Bell - 2/16
10. I Would Have Said Yes: A Family's Journey With Autism - by Lisa Simmons - 2/17
11. The Oxford Inklings: Lewis, Tolkien and their circle by Colin Duriez - 2/18
12. Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions by John Grisham - 2/26
13. Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life by C.S. Lewis - 2/26
14. Three Weeks with My Brother by Nicholas Sparks - 3/1
15. The Life of Our Lord: Written for His Children During the Years 1846 to 1849 by Charles Dickens - 4/8
16 Save Our Souls: The True Story of a Castaway Family, Treachery, and Murder by Matthew Pearl - 4/20
17 Praying the Bible by Donald S. Whitney - 4/28
18 Thinning the Veil: Encountering Jesus Christ in the Book of Revelation by Shane J. Wood - 6/15
19 The Carnivore Code: Unlocking the Secrets to Optimal Health by Returning to Our Ancestral Diet by Paul Saladino - 6/16
20 Hijacking Jesus: How Progressive Christians Are Remaking Him and Taking Over His Church by Jason Jimenez - 6/23
21 Jesus in the Shadows: Seeing Jesus in the Bible's most well-known Old Testament stories by Eric Robinson - 6/25
22 The pure carnivore diet: deep dive into the world of meat - based living by Annie .V. Thomas - 7/4
23 The Woman All Spies Fear: Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life by Amy Butler Greenfield - 7/12
24. The Ungrateful Refugee by Dina Nayeri - 7/26
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NON-FICTION (YEARLY)This challenge is for all our non-fiction fans.
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I'd like to be in level one, please.
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I will try level 1. I only managed two this year. One was very close to home. 
The other was a quick read.
Beth - ;)
in Calgary
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I'm in for Level 1. There's several I'd like to read and this challenge is a good encouragement.
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Moment of Truth ~ Level 3 for me plz ;))1
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Jesus Calling : Enjoying Peace in His Presence Sarah Young3
Heroines of Mercy Street: The Real Nurses of the Civil War4
Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That's Beautiful Again5
Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are6
It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered7
The Story of My Life, with eBook8
How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away9
The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well
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I’m in! For Level 1: 1-10 - Grain of Truth0/10
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I have read 11 and I'm officially upping my level to...Level 2: Face the Truth (11-20 books)
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law (GM, language)
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writer... wrote: "Moment of Truth ~ Level 3)"10
Distinguished Leaves: Poems for Tea-Lovers11
Reading People: How Seeing the World through the Lens of Personality Changes Everything12
Eight Day Trips from London13
. 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi14
7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess15
5-Minute Mug Cakes Nearly 100 Yummy Microwave Cakes16
. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World17
. Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II18
Backroads of Minnesota: Your Guide to Scenic Getaways & Adventures by Perich, Shawn (2011) Paperback19
How Happiness Happens: Finding Lasting Joy in a World of Comparison, Disappointment, and Unmet Expectations20
. Of Mess and Moxie: Wrangling Delight Out of This Wild and Glorious Life21
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LEVELS:
Level 1: 1-10 - Grain of Truth
Level 2: 11-20 - Face the Truth
Level 3: 21-40+ - Moment of Truth
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