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 Novels
Dwelling Places
HarperSanFrancisco, 2006. ISBN 13-978-0-06-079080-6
Mack Barnes has lost his farm, and he is close to losing his family as well. He has just returned from a stay in the psychiatric ward, trying to weather a depression born of multiple losses. His wife is worn out and has lost faith in their love; his daughter is obsessing over Jesus; his son has gone disconcertingly Goth; and his widowed mother has shifted into caretaking overdrive. This family’s story, set in the Iowa countryside, reveals the multilayered qualities of both love and despair as it explores the loss of certainty and the strange evolutions of grace.
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 The Winter Seeking
Waterbrook, 2003. ISBN 1-57856-827-7
One Mary is young, pregnant, and living out the greatest assignment ever given to a woman of faith. Another Mary is single, torn between her divorced parents, worried about her mother’s battle with cancer, and trying to work it all out in her journal. Though their lives are separated by years and distance, one simple exercise of imagination joins their stories and destinies. A most fresh visitation of the Christmas story, this novella is a perfect read for a long winter evening when faith can seem old and familiar. |
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 Velma Still Cooks in Leeway
Broadman & Holman, 2000. ISBN 080542128-9
As the town’s chief cook and part-time janitor for Jerusalem Baptist Church, Velma Brendle takes care of her customers, neighbors, and friends. But as memories of past troubles plague her, she grows weary of even the tasks she loves the most. Then she suspects violence in a place people would least suspect it. And her caring takes her on a journey from which she will not return without heartbreak and redemption. |
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 Grace at Bender Springs
Broadman & Holman, 1999. ISBN 080542127-0
The pastor’s wife is on the verge of a breakdown. An elderly widow worries over the neighbor’s dog. A young widower unwillingly falls in love, and a troubled teen considers ending it all. Amidst chance encounters and bitter conflicts, these struggling townsfolk discover a common love and mutual respect that bring hope and healing to their drought-stricken community. |
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Nonfiction
 The Soul Tells a Story: Engaging Spirituality with Creativity in the Writing Life
InterVarsity, 2005. ISBN 0-8308-3231-9
This book grew out of Wright’s workshop by the same name. It names the principles at work in both spiritual and creative growth, helps the artist identify gifts and needs, and provides exercises for exploring the world of creative formation. Guide included for group discussion. |
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 Days of Deepening Friendship: For the Woman Who Wants Authentic Life with God
Loyola, 2009. ISBN 0-87788-082-4
Days of Deepening Friendship: For the Woman Who Wants Authentic Life with God is designed to be a retreat experience for the reader--either alone, with a spiritual director, or in a small group. Using stories, Scripture, poetry, and various exercises, this book focuses on women's real experience as they develop their friendship with God. |
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 Simple Acts of Moving Forward: A Little Book about Getting Unstuck
Waterbrook, 2004. ISBN 0-87788-082-4
We all get stuck at times. You may be creatively blocked, spiritually burned out, or in some other way stalled, paralyzed, or simply bored. The good news is, there is always something you can do to move forward. Wright offers sixty practical and possible suggestions and meditations to help propel you out of gridlock and into a richer life. |
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 A Catalogue of Angels: The Heavenly, the Fallen, and the Holy Ones Among Us
Paraclete Press, 2006. ISBN 978-1-55725-421-4
Explore the topic of angels in the traditions of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. What/who are they? What is their purpose? What do we actually know about them? What do these traditions share in common in their legends, scriptures, and beliefs about heavenly things? This book offers chapters on specific topics- sources on angels, characteristics of angels, and various doctrines about them. Then a concise encyclopedia provides information on all kinds of angel lore. This is a perfect introduction to the classic beliefs about angels in the great monotheistic religions. |
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 The St. Thérèse of Lisieux Prayer Book
Paraclete Press, 2008. ISBN 978-1-55725-578-5
Thérèse Martin entered a Carmelite convent at age 15 and died of tuberculosis at age 24. Millions of people know and adore her from her autobiography, The Story of a Soul, an international bestseller. This warm, wise little prayer book will help you discover firsthand how to experience God's presence and love. Walk with Thérèse through meditations of humility, suffering, beauty, and spiritual sensitivity. Discover how, through prayer and growing faith, you too can follow your own Little Way to authentic Christian experience.
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