Resources for Faith Deconstruction

Here are a few of the best resources I’ve discovered while going through my faith deconstruction and attempting to still keep hold of Jesus:

Friends on the Journey

Phil Drysdale

Kaitlin Shetler (poetry)

Kurtis Vanderpool

Sarah Bessey

Books I’ve read

Simply Christian – N.T. Wright

Simply Jesus – N.T. Wright

The Inner River: A Pilgrimage to the Heart of Christian Spirituality – Kyriacos Markides

Following Jesus: Finding our way home in an age of anxiety – Henry Nouwen

Here and Now: Living in the Spirit – Henry Nouwen

The Universal Christ – Richard Rohr

The New Man – Thomas Merton

New Seeds of Contemplation – Thomas Merton

Wrestling with God – Ronald Rohlheiser

Finding God in the Waves: How I Lost My Faith and Found It Again Through Science – Mike McHargue

Inspired – Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again – Rachel Held Evans

The Cloud of Unknowing – Anonymous (14th century)

Dark Night of the Soul – St. John of the Cross

Traveling Mercies – Anne LaMott

Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening – Cynthia Bourgeault

Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church – N.T. Wright

Paul, a biography – N.T. Wright

Ignatian Adventure – Kevin O’Brien, SJ

A Holy Longing: The Search for a Christian Spirituality – Ronald Rolheiser

The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering our hidden life in God – Dallas Willard

The Good and Beautiful God: Falling in Love with the God Jesus Knows – James Bryant Smith

Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer – Richard Rohr

God’s Voice Within: The Ignatian Way to Discover God’s Will – Father Mark E. Thibodeaux

Searching for Sunday – Rachel Held Evans

A Generous Orthodoxy: Why I am a missional, evangelical, post/protestant, liberal/conservative, mystical/poetic, biblical, charismatic/contemplative, fundamentalist/Calvinist, Anabaptist/Anglican, Methodist, catholic, green, incarnational, depressed- yet hopeful, emergent, unfinished Christian. – Brian McLaren

Found: A Story of Questions, Grace, and Everyday Prayer – Micha Boyett

Wisdom of the Desert – Thomas Merton

Still Moving – Robert Pelfrey

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