Timothy Coldwell

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Books of historical fiction that engaged me in 2025: The Ghosts of Rome, Joseph O’Çonnor; The Book Thief, Markus Zusak; The Sound of Murder, Joseph Zellnik; Sweet Sorghum Winter, Melanie Hill .

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Books by my favorite espionage and thriller writer, Frederick Forsythe, RIP: Fox and Revenge of Odessa, (with Tom Kent).

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Books on families & moral courage in WW II that lifted me in 2025: Family of Spies, Christine Kuehn; No Dram of Mercy, Sybil Kathigasu; The Sower of Black Field: Inspired by the True Story of an American in Nazi Germany, Katherine Koch; The Paris Library, Janet Skeslien Charles.

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Books on artificial intelligence and human soul that awakened me in 2025: All Brain and No Soul?: Real Humanity in an AI Age, Robert A. Hunt and Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro.

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Books on spirituality and religious history that stirred me in 2025: The Future of Christian Spirituality: In Our Lives, In our Churches, and in the Academy: Essays in Honor of Fr. Ronald Rolheiser, David Pocta and John J. Markey; Catholic Fundamentalism in America, Mark S. Massa

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Books on Malaysia that guided me in 2025:
Under the Malaccan Sun: A Malaysian Childhood, C.P. Bok; Caught in Culture, Brigitte Rozario; Ultimate Sacrifice: The Unaccounted Death of Catholic Missionaries ni WWII , Cosmas Lee; Convents of the Saint Maur Sisters, Chen Yen Ling.

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Books on marital and family relationships that touched me in 2025: Seasons of a Family’s Life: Cultivating the Contemplative Spirit at Home, Wendy M. Wright; The Marriage You’ve Always Wanted, Gary Chapman; Memorial Days, Geraldine Brooks.

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More books on Discipleship that inspired me in 2025:
King’s Cross, Timothy Keller; Mystical Christianity: A Psychological Commentary of the Gospel of John, John A. Sanford; The Wisdom of Sundays, Oprah Winfrey.

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Books on Discipleship that inspired me in 2025:
Prayer: Exploring Contemplative Prayer through Eastern and Western Spirituality, Swami Abhishiktananda; Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus Become like him Do as he did, John Mark Comer; The Road to Daybreak, Henri Nouwen.

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Four Malaysian history and fiction favorites this year:
The Gift of Rain, the Garden of Evening Mists, The House of Doors, Tan Twan Eng
Land Below the Wind, Agnes Newton Keith

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Three psycho-social growth favorites this year:
Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life, James Hollis
Less Helping Them More Healing You, Jean P. Kelly
Jumpstarting Your Own Legacy, Paul Mast

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Three favorites for the inner journey this year:
Learning to Pray: A Guide for Everyone, James Martin, SJ
Letters to a Young Poet, Rainer Maria Rilke
The Eloquence of Silence: Surprising Wisdom in Tales of Emptiness, Thomas Moore

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Three spirituality favorites this year:
Jesus Before Christianity, Albert Nolan
Jesus Today: A Spirituality of Radical Freedom, Albert Nolan
Called on the Way: The Daily Practice of Discipleship, Kathleen A. Cahalan and Laura Kelly Fanucci

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Two church history favorites this year:
The Mole of Vatican Council II, Richard A. Zmuda
Cloistered: My Years as a Nun, Catherine Coldstream

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Three Civil War favorites this year:
Lincoln’s Mentors, Michael J. Gerhardt
Demon of Unrest, Erik Larson
Master Slave Husband Wife, Ilyon Woo

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Four mysticism favorites this year:
Love is Stronger Than Death: The Mystical Union of Two Souls and Thomas Keating: The Making of a Modern Mystic, Cynthia Bourgeault
Modern Mystics, Bernard McGinn
The Difference Nothing Makes: Creation, Christ, Contemplation, Brian D. Robinette

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Four fiction favorites this year:
Orbital, Samantha Harvey
A Shining, Jon Fosse
Kairos, Jenny Erpenbeck
Long Island, Colm Tóibín

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@suilee An excellent article, balanced and insightful.

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