Going Through
Deconstruction & Faith Transition

This section contains media recommendations to help you find what you need in the moment you’re in.

Books

Journeying through a faith transition is hard. Sometimes if feels aimless. Sometimes if feels just right. While we would like to provide the perfect method, it rarely works that way.

Instead, we are providing a list of resources that will help you find your way. We recommend you click through and look at links, finding the books and resources that ring true in the moment you’re in. While this seems a little random, it is often how we have all found the books we need when we need them. If you would like more specific guidance, please contact us.

DECONSTRUCTION

*Faith Shift by Kathy Escobar - A Good Guide through the Journey

A New Christianity for a New World by John Shelby Spong
A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith by
Brian McLaren
A Year of Biblical Womanhood by Rachel Held Evans
Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller
Chasing Francis - Ian Morgan Cron (fiction)
Christ of the Celts by John Philip Newell
Colossians Remixed: Subverting the Empire by Walsh and Keesmaat
Divine Nobodies by Jim Palmer
From AI to Zombies by Eliazer Yudkowsky
God’s Politics by Jim Wallis
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky
Hope Will Find You by Rabbi Naomi Levi
How (Not) to Speak of God - Peter Rollins
Jesus Feminist by Sarah Bessey
Kissing Fish by Roger Wolsey
Leadership Without Easy Answers by Heifitz
Love Wins by Rob Bell
Messy Spirituality by Mike Yaconelli
Orthodox Heretic by Peter Rollins
Pastrix by Nadia Bolz Weber
Re-Enchanting Christianity by Dave Tomlinson
Seven by Jeff Cook
The Developing Christian by Peter Feldmeier
The Divine Hours Series by Phyllis Tickle
The Divine Hours, Pocket Edition
Prayers for Summertime, A Manual for Prayer
Divine Hours (Volume Two), Prayers for Autumn and Wintertime
Divine Hours (Volume Three), Prayers for Springtime
The Gifts of Imperfections - Brene Brown
The Great Emergence by Phyllis Tickle
The Heart of Christianity by Marcus J. Borg
The Places that Scare You by Pema Chodron
The Rebirthing of God by John Philip Newell
Travelling Mercies by Anne Lamont
Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell
What Would Jesus Deconstruct? By John Caputo
When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron

DISORIENTATION
Bible - The New Oxford Annotated Bible (NRSV)
Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver by Mary Oliver
Hope Will Find You by Rabbi Naomi Levi
How God Became King by NT Wright
Out of Sorts by Sarah Bessey
Simply Jesus - NT Wright
Spirituality and the Awakening Self by David Benner
The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
The Cure for Sorrow - Jan Richardson
Women Experiencing Faith by Janel Apps Ramsey

RECONSTRUCTION

Courage to Teach by Parker Palmer
Discovering the God Imagination by Jonathan Brink
Grounded - Diana Butler Bass
Grateful - Diana Butler Bass
Inspired by Rachel Held Evans
Let Your Life Speak by Parker Palmer
Life of the Beloved by Henri Nouwen
Like A Child: Restoring the Awe, Wonder, Joy - Resiliency of the Human Spirit
by Tim Mooney
To Know as We Are Known by Parker Palmer

Websites

Bible Gateway - Explore the world of Bible Translations. If you come from a tradition where there was only one Bible, this tool can help you read your passage in multiple translations. To learn more about the Bible and reading it well click here.

Christian Peacemaker Teams (Mennonite roots)
Jesus Radicals
Mockingbird Magazine
Progressive Christianity (Shelby Spong)
Sojourners
Watershed Discipleship