Holy Disobedience is not just a survivor's tale. It’s a story of fierce honesty, radical freedom, and the beautiful mess of becoming whole. It is a gripping memoir by Melissa Duge Spiers about growing up in the shadow of control, silence, and secrets inside the strict Seventh-Day Adventist Church.
In this groundbreaking memoir and exposé, Christa Brown tells the story of clergy sex abuse and cover-ups in the largest Protestant denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention.
Pastor, podcaster, and public theologian Trey Ferguson encourages you to re-engage your imagination, and to construct theologies that speak to our current contexts, just as people of faith have done throughout history.
What does trauma look like, how does it show up in your life, and what do you do about it? Lemuel R.T. Blackett reveals uncensored, real-life experiences that have shaped him, and reminds you how resiliency, faith, getting help, and believing in yourself will see you through.
The grieving process is part of being human, but far too often, grievers are rushed into rejoicing that their loved one is in heaven. It is time for a better way to acknowledge that you can struggle with grief and still love God.
Frank Rogers offers a narrative account of transformation and a spiritual memoir that details the survivor’s journey. It's an extraordinary application of imaginative meditation that readers will find utterly fascinating.
Marla Taviano—author, single mom, and former very-good-Christian-girl who had all the answers—welcomes you into a space of poems, observations, and truths where you can let it all out, let it all go, and start heading in brave new directions.
As one of America’s leading public scholars on religion today, David Gushee’s After Evangelicalism shines a light on the path forward. The After Evangelicalism Group Study Guide encourages people to read and reflect together on Christianity after evangelicalism.
Not just a roast; it’s a reckoning. Garrison grapples with how we “lost” Jesus in the fog of dogma, and whether you’re a jaded pew-sitter or a spiritual skeptic, this book will make you laugh, cringe, and just maybe, reconsider what it means to follow the Nazarene.
Marla Taviano sets out on a journey to become whole after faith deconstruction, a journey you too will enjoy in these poems about looking back to move forward, new thoughts on god, our inner lives, embodied living, and books, books, books.
The Future of an Illusion remains one of the most provocative critiques of religion ever written. This annotated edition brings it to twenty-first-century America.
Caroline Beidler, MSW, uncovers the profound connection between generational trauma and personal healing—and how we can rewrite our stories of pain into recovery.
Cynthia Vacca Davis offers a hopeful exploration of the cost of coming out—as a sexual minority, ally, or asker of difficult questions—and what it means to come into one’s own. It’s a book for anyone craving a more authentic life, a book about intersections we find ourselves in by no choice of our own.
A Thousand Tiny Paper Cuts not only sheds light on the pervasive nature of spiritual abuse but also provides a path toward healing and hope.
Public theologian Trey Ferguson takes well-known Bible passages and reimagines them with striking clarity in his own New Living Treyslation. He pairs each passage with fresh commentary to bring new fluency to what the text might say today, and maybe what it’s always said.
Matt Kendziera offers engaging, funny, and touching stories of rediscovering yourself after being lost in too much religion, helping you better see the original blueprint of your own life, a meaningful life with a deep connection to the divine.
R. Scott Okamoto had no idea just what his job as an English teacher at an evangelical Christian college would show him—the bigotry he experienced as an Asian American, the faux intellectualism he fought as a teacher—or how much it would spur him to discover who he was.
Through unforgettable storytelling, Spencer-Helms uncovers how the idol of whiteness seeps into churches, distorts scripture, and shackles the power of truth-telling. Readers will leave both unsettled and renewed.
A book about choosing love, honesty, and self-worth in a world that sometimes denies all three. It reminds readers that unconditional love is real, survival is possible, and coming to know who we truly are might just be the bravest thing we ever do.
Packed with humor and truth, Garrison’s Gaslighting for God is a must-read for anyone ready to ditch spiritual snake oil and reclaim their path. Equal parts entertaining and empowering, it’s religion exposé meets survival guide.
Many of us are taught to believe that our only hope is in a supernatural, all-powerful, Christian God. Yet we wonder, is God really real? While the church seems to be shutting out those who have questions, Sarah Henn Hayward shows us how to discover who we are beyond handed-down religion.
As millions exit the church due to its politics and its treatment of LGBTQ+ people, Brandon Flanery gives us a glimpse into why he and others are leaving and to bring us the hope he’s found on the other side.
Baptistland weaves together a story of love, peace, and goodness despite a context of a troubled Southern family, society, and religion that devalues women and ignores its own abusive transgressions and hypocrisy.
From a place of vulnerability, Julia Rocchi offers a collection of personal prayers and essays for practicing penitents and devoted doubters. With fresh imagery and prose to help you pause, this book encourages us to ask questions, invite joy, and grapple with mystery.
From a grief counselor who’s guided hundreds through the storm—this book is your lifeline. Kate Meyer offers this guidebook of prompts, journal spaces, and grounding practices that bring grievers the courage to keep going and moving forward.
For those picking up pieces of life and faith and figuring out how to heal and move forward, jaded is a collection of poems—short, thoughtful, brave, and spicy—about getting stuff off our chests.
Writer and photographer Lauren Cibene takes readers on a journey from heartache to hope. After a devastating betrayal Lauren finds herself at an emotional breaking point. She embarks on an adventure to India’s vibrant landscapes and beautiful peoples and confronts the remnants of her trauma.
David Morris reveals the religious identity crisis of our time and the full power of the psychological journey. By looking beneath the surface at deeper, lifelong dynamics, he shows a way to mourn our losses so we can move to a healthier spirituality.
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