And here is the complete list, including chapter books I read with my children. They are listed in the order in which I finished reading them:
The Silver Arrow by Lev Grossman
The Very Good Gospel by Lisa Sharon Harper
Letters to a Birmingham Jail by Bryan Lorritts and others
10 High School Stories by Bob Nelsonf
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Original Blessing by Danielle Shroyer
Reading While Black by Esau McCaulley
Heart and Soul: the Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson
Still Life by Louise Penny
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Medicine Game by Delby Powless
Do Better by Rachel Ricketts
Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
Wondrous Encounters by Richard Rohr
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
Faith After Doubt by Brian D. McLaren
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools by Monique W. Morris
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
Living Brave by Shannon Dingle
Pride by Ibi Zoboi
Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman
Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
I Bring the Voices of My People by Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes
Broken Horses by Brandi Carlile
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
Letters to Lenora by Leila Tualla
The Goldfish Boy by Lisa Thompson
Dear White Peacemakers by Osheta Moore
The Enneagram: a Christian Perspective by Richard Rohr and Andreas Ebert
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Prince Caspian by CS Lewis
The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton
The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne
The Making of Biblical Womanhood by Beth Allison Barr
Did God Kill Jesus? by Tony Jones
Jesus and Nonviolence: A Third Way by Walter Wink
Roots of Violence by Krister Stendahl
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
Misreading the Scriptures with Western Eyes by E. Randolf Richards and Brandon J. O’Brien
Hermanas by Natalia Kohn Rivera, Noemi Vega Quiñones, Kristy Garza Robinson
Befriending Your Monsters by Luke Norsworthy
The incorrigible children of Ashton Place by MaryRose Wood
An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith by Barbara Brown Taylor
After Whiteness by Willie James Jennings
The Penderwicks on Gardam Street by Jeanne Birdsall
The Wild Land Within by Lisa Colón Delay
The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell by W. Kamau Bell
Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggemann
Journey Toward Wholeness by Suzanne Stabile
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
Surprised by Oxford by Carolyn Weber
The Vanderbeekers on 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser
The Deeply Formed Life by Rich Villodas
Welcoming Justice by Charles Marsh and John Perkins
When Momma Speaks by Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder
Calling in Context by Susan L. Maros
People to Be Loved by Preston Sprinkle
Wholehearted Faith by Rachel Held Evans, with Jeff Chu
Hard Times Require Furious Dancing by Alice Walker
God Speaks Through Wombs by Drew Jackson
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis
Waiting, Accepting, Journeying, Birthing by Sarah Bessey
The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves by Louise Derman-Sparks, Julie Olsen Edwards, and Catherine M. Goins
Race and Place by David P. Leong
And now it’s time to decide what’s on deck for 2022! I’d love to connect with you on Goodreads. My handle is just my name (Lindsay O’Connor). Come find me!
Lindsay L. O'Connor 
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