Reading Room

A growing collection of insightful and thought provoking books aimed at providing guidance, support, and different view points to consider. These topics offer valuable perspectives and practical tools.

Opinions, viewpoints, and convictions may differ so we encourage our readers to practice discernment. As well, authors, concepts, and perspectives do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of Help[H]er.

It is our hope that our Reading Room is a platform for studying and learning rather than causing division or strife.

Leaders

Confronting Sexism in the Church: How We Got Here and What We Can Do About It

by Heather Matthews

Practical guide to fighting church sexism.

Hope & Healing

Leaving Egypt: Finding God in the Wilderness Places

by Chuck DeGroat

A journey from bondage to freedom.

Leaders

Armies of Enablers: Survivor Stories of Complicity and Betrayal in Sexual Assaults

by Amos N. Guiora

The cost of silence in abuse cases.

Abuse & Trauma

See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence

by Jess Hill

Powerful insights on abuse dynamics.

Abuse & Trauma

Healing What’s Within: Coming Home to Yourself–and to God–When You’re Wounded, Weary, and Wandering

by Chuck DeGroat

Find healing by returning to yourself and God.

Relationships

Body & Soul, Healed & Whole: An Invitational Guide to Healthy Sexuality after Trauma, Abuse, and Coercive Control

by Tabitha Westbrook

Healing sexuality after trauma and abuse.

Relationships

Duped: Truth-Default Theory and the Social Science of Lying and Deception

by Timothy R. Levine

Understanding lying and truth-default in relationships.

Relationships

Escaping Enemy Mode: How Our Brains Unite or Divide Us

by Jim Wilder

Neuroscience and faith in relational healing.

Memoirs

All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

by Beth Moore

Christian faith memoir on resilience.

Ourselves

All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel

by Anthony Doerr

A story of resilience and beauty.