So many of my friends have expressed a disillusionment with church, with most forms of "institutional religion". But more than that, so many of them have told me about their crises of faith, particularly in the way evangelical Christians look so unlike Jesus.
And, if I'm honest, I've traveled that road, too.
That's what made me initially excited to read Kathy Escobar's new book, Faith Shift: Finding Your Way Forward when Everything You Believe is Coming Apart. Escobar, both a pastor and a spiritual director, gives voice in this book to the seismic spiritual shifts we've experienced, as well as offers a way through that experience with wise, compassionate words.
Finally, this book is validation that I, and so many of my friends aren't nuts ... or alone. Because this book is filled with personal examples, her own and others'.
I know first-hand the emotional and spiritual angst that accompanies these shifts. The confusion, the doubts, the questions. And Escobar takes each of them seriously, and helps readers chart a way through that broken spiritual landscape with the genuine grace of a spiritual guide and a pastor's heart.
"The Shifter's Prayer" at the end, and all the diagrams throughout, make this a book you can't miss. And the questions at the end of each chapter are great for pausing and processing what you've just read.
If you're aching for hope, and are willing to experiment with faith, this is the book for you.
It was such an exhilarating read that I couldn't put it down and read it in one night!
I received this book free, from the Blogging for Books program, in exchange for my honest review.
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