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A memoir is almost always an easy read. I\u2019m typically engrossed from the first word. Here\u2019s my top 5 list. What are your top 5?<\/p>\n

Cash<\/em> by Johnny Cash<\/li>\n
Night<\/em> by Elie Weisel<\/li>\n
Hannah\u2019s Child<\/em> by Stanley Hauerwas<\/li>\n
Telling Secrets<\/em> by Frederick Buechner<\/li>\n
Confessions<\/em> by St. Augustine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Honorable mention would be Travelling Mercies<\/em> by Anne Lamott and the book of Nehemiah. Best fictional memoir is Wendell Berry\u2019s\u00a0Jayber Crow<\/em> \u2013 hands down. The next two memoirs on my list will most likely be Brennan Manning\u2019s All is Grace<\/em>, and Eugene Peterson\u2019s The Pastor<\/em>.<\/p>\n
Why do we love memoir so much?<\/p>\n
I think that we love memoir because we are all trying to make sense of our own story, and hearing someone else\u2019s story helps. I think that we are all intuitively aware of whether or not we are living in the midst of a good and hopeful story, or a sad, lonely, or cynical story. The pain of living a bad story can be unbearable. Even those of us who feel as though we are living a good story have seasons where the story takes a turn for the worse. In those times we will often turn to other people, to hear their stories, and to find in them some sort of motivation or hope to carry on.<\/p>\n
One of the most compelling facets of the Christian story is the idea that through Christ, we can become part of God\u2019s story, and God\u2019s story is a story of healing and redemption. As a Christian, I think the Christian story is the story that makes sense of all our other stories. I think it\u2019s the only story that has the power to help us integrate our whole lives under the umbrella of God\u2019s story. I love spiritual memoirs most of all because they combine the two pieces \u2013 the story of one person, and the story of God \u2013 and they show me how God\u2019s redemption extends to places and people unknown. That means that your own story \u2013 your personal encounter with the divine \u2013 is of utmost importance to those people in your life who love you.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a recent sermon<\/a> I gave talking about memoir.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s your top 5 list of best memoirs?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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