books

These are some of our favorites:

Books are not listed in any particular order and we’ve given many options, so make sure you scroll all the way to the bottom of the page because there is more than one page. Great books are on the second and third page too.

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Moments of Clarity: Wisdom from the Father of a Prodigal
Moments of Clarity: Wisdom from the Father of a Prodigal
You Are Not Alone – Hope for Hurting Parents of Troubled Kids
You Are Not Alone – Hope for Hurting Parents of Troubled Kids
Study Guide for You Are Not Alone
Study Guide for You Are Not Alone
Hope For Hurting Parents – Support Group Facilitator Guide
Hope For Hurting Parents – Support Group Facilitator Guide
Hope For Hurting Parents – Parent Notebook
Hope For Hurting Parents – Parent Notebook
Edición en Español – Esperanza para Padres Que Sufren – Grupo de Apoyo Guía para el Facilitador
Edición en Español – Esperanza para Padres Que Sufren – Grupo de Apoyo Guía para el Facilitador
Edición en Español – Esperanza para Padres Que Sufren – Cuadernillo para Padres
Edición en Español – Esperanza para Padres Que Sufren – Cuadernillo para Padres
When You Love a Prodigal
When You Love a Prodigal
Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament
Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament
The Scars That Have Shaped Me
The Scars That Have Shaped Me
Waiting Together: Hope and Healing for Families of Prisoners
Waiting Together: Hope and Healing for Families of Prisoners
When I Lay My Isaac Down
When I Lay My Isaac Down
Confessions of an Adoptive Parent
Confessions of an Adoptive Parent
It’s Okay Not to Be Okay
It’s Okay Not to Be Okay
You’ll Get Through This
You’ll Get Through This
When God Doesn’t Make Sense
When God Doesn’t Make Sense
God Will Use This for Good
God Will Use This for Good
When God Doesn’t Fix It
When God Doesn’t Fix It
A New Kind of Normal
A New Kind of Normal
Holding On to Hope
Holding On to Hope
Life After Hope: A Memoir of Father and Daughter
Life After Hope: A Memoir of Father and Daughter
Hope Prevails
Hope Prevails
The One Year Book of Hope
The One Year Book of Hope
Hope and Help for the Addicted
Hope and Help for the Addicted
My Name is Hope
My Name is Hope
The Hope of a Homecoming
The Hope of a Homecoming
Will Your Prodigal Come Home?: An Honest Discussion of Struggle and Hope
Will Your Prodigal Come Home?: An Honest Discussion of Struggle and Hope
Unexpected: A Memoir of Endurance and Triumph in Raising a Challenging Child
Unexpected: A Memoir of Endurance and Triumph in Raising a Challenging Child
Stop Walking on Eggshells
Stop Walking on Eggshells
Cutting: Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation
Cutting: Understanding and Overcoming Self-Mutilation
Cut
Cut
The Bipolar Experience
The Bipolar Experience
Facing Bipolar
Facing Bipolar
I Am Not Sick, I Don’t Need Help!
I Am Not Sick, I Don’t Need Help!
Don’t Let Your Kids Kill You
Don’t Let Your Kids Kill You
Grace for the Children: Finding Hope in the Midst of Child and Adolescent Mental Illness
Grace for the Children: Finding Hope in the Midst of Child and Adolescent Mental Illness
Among Lions: Fighting for Faith and Finding your Rest while Parenting a Child with Mental Illness
Among Lions: Fighting for Faith and Finding your Rest while Parenting a Child with Mental Illness
When Anxiety Strikes: Help and Hope for Managing Your Storm
When Anxiety Strikes: Help and Hope for Managing Your Storm
Anxiety Elephants: 31 Day Devotional on Stomping Them Out
Anxiety Elephants: 31 Day Devotional on Stomping Them Out
Shhh…Mental Illness, The Silent Disease
Shhh…Mental Illness, The Silent Disease
Turning the Tide of Emotional Turbulence
Turning the Tide of Emotional Turbulence
How to Connect with Your Troubled Adult Children
How to Connect with Your Troubled Adult Children
Boundaries with Teens
Boundaries with Teens
Setting Boundaries with Your Adult Children
Setting Boundaries with Your Adult Children
Just Keep Going
Just Keep Going
“Mom, sex is NO big deal!”
“Mom, sex is NO big deal!”
“Mom, Everyone Else Does!”
“Mom, Everyone Else Does!”
“Mom, I feel fat!”
“Mom, I feel fat!”
“Mom, I hate my life!”
“Mom, I hate my life!”
My Cup Overflows
My Cup Overflows
The Purpose Driven Life
The Purpose Driven Life
Brave Hearts
Brave Hearts
Everything Changes
Everything Changes
Last Addiction
Last Addiction
Understanding and Loving Your Child Who Smokes Pot
Understanding and Loving Your Child Who Smokes Pot
Addict in the House: A No-Nonsense Family Guide Through Addiction and Recovery
Addict in the House: A No-Nonsense Family Guide Through Addiction and Recovery
Addict in the Family
Addict in the Family
Beyond Addiction
Beyond Addiction
Love, Pray, Listen: Parenting Your Wayward Adult Kids with Joy
Love, Pray, Listen: Parenting Your Wayward Adult Kids with Joy
Every Parent’s Battle Plan
Every Parent’s Battle Plan
Moments for Families with Prodigals
Moments for Families with Prodigals
Prayers for Parents of Prodigals
Prayers for Parents of Prodigals
Praying for Your Addicted Loved One
Praying for Your Addicted Loved One
Praying God’s Will for My Daughter
Praying God’s Will for My Daughter
Praying God’s Will for My Son
Praying God’s Will for My Son
Praying the Scriptures for Your Teens
Praying the Scriptures for Your Teens
Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children
Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children
Fighting for Your Prodigal Through Prayer
Fighting for Your Prodigal Through Prayer
Prayers From a Mom’s Heart
Prayers From a Mom’s Heart
The Power of a Praying Parent
The Power of a Praying Parent
Praying Your Prodigal Home
Praying Your Prodigal Home
Praying Prodigals Home
Praying Prodigals Home
The Power of Praying for Your Adult Children
The Power of Praying for Your Adult Children
Praying Our Loved One Home
Praying Our Loved One Home
How to Pray for Lost Loved Ones
How to Pray for Lost Loved Ones
Prayers for Prodigals
Prayers for Prodigals
Prayer for Orion
Prayer for Orion
Loving A Prodigal
Loving A Prodigal
Your Prodigal Child
Your Prodigal Child
Engaging Today’s Prodigal
Engaging Today’s Prodigal
With All Due Respect
With All Due Respect
Wild Child, Waiting Mom
Wild Child, Waiting Mom
When Good Kids Make Bad Choices
When Good Kids Make Bad Choices
Sexpectations: Helping the Next Generation Navigate Healthy Relationships
Sexpectations: Helping the Next Generation Navigate Healthy Relationships
Holy Sexuality and the Gospel
Holy Sexuality and the Gospel
Out of a Far Country
Out of a Far Country
101 Frequently Asked Questions About Homosexuality
101 Frequently Asked Questions About Homosexuality
Is God Who He Says He Is?
Is God Who He Says He Is?
When Homosexuality Hits Home
When Homosexuality Hits Home
Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was, and Who God Has Always Been
Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was, and Who God Has Always Been
Messy Grace: How a Pastor with Gay Parents Learned to Love Others Without Sacrificing Conviction
Messy Grace: How a Pastor with Gay Parents Learned to Love Others Without Sacrificing Conviction
A Change of Affection
A Change of Affection
Shattered Dreams
Shattered Dreams
Encouragement for the Broken Hearted Parent
Encouragement for the Broken Hearted Parent
Surviving Parental Alienation: A Journey of Hope and Healing
Surviving Parental Alienation: A Journey of Hope and Healing
Parents in Pain
Parents in Pain
Relief For Hurting Parents
Relief For Hurting Parents
Parents with Broken Hearts
Parents with Broken Hearts
Reclaiming Surrendered Ground
Reclaiming Surrendered Ground
Loving Your Rebellious Child
Loving Your Rebellious Child
Just Enough Light for the Step I’m On
Just Enough Light for the Step I’m On
Messy Journey: How Grace and Truth Offer the Prodigal a Way Home
Messy Journey: How Grace and Truth Offer the Prodigal a Way Home
Stay Here: Uncovering God’s Plan to Restore Your Mental Health
Stay Here: Uncovering God’s Plan to Restore Your Mental Health
Messy Hope: Help Your Child Overcome Anxiety, Depression, or Suicidal Ideation
Messy Hope: Help Your Child Overcome Anxiety, Depression, or Suicidal Ideation
The Compassion Antidote: A Path to Change for You and Your Child Struggling with Substance Use
The Compassion Antidote: A Path to Change for You and Your Child Struggling with Substance Use
Parenting Prodigals
Parenting Prodigals
The Parent’s 20 Minute Guide
The Parent’s 20 Minute Guide
Parenting By Design
Parenting By Design
Done With The Crying: Help and Healing for Mothers of Estranged Adult Children
Done With The Crying: Help and Healing for Mothers of Estranged Adult Children
Beyond Tears: Living After Losing a Child, Revised Edition
Beyond Tears: Living After Losing a Child, Revised Edition
Son Down, Son Up
Son Down, Son Up
Come Back Barbara
Come Back Barbara
Good News for the Chemically Dependent and Those Who Love Them
Good News for the Chemically Dependent and Those Who Love Them
Codependent No More
Codependent No More
Hit by a Ton of Bricks
Hit by a Ton of Bricks
Do Hard Things
Do Hard Things
Courage to Change
Courage to Change
The Weight of a Feather
The Weight of a Feather
40 Days To Freedom
40 Days To Freedom