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I was pretty sure this book was going to be the book I've personally wanted to write for a long time and it did not disappoint. I devoured it in about 24 hours, highlighting and sticky noting with abandon... so now I'm ready to listen to the audio or read again more slowly. I'm ready for a book club or coffee dates with other readers, other questioners.

Depending on your point of view in modern western Christianity, the idea of deconstructing your faith is either in vogue or dangerous. It's easy to find people tearing down and blowing up the Christian faith (and they have so many valid reasons). And it's easy to find people calling those people heretics who just want license to sin and lead others astray.

What's more difficult to find in these days is someone who is asking the questions, holding the church to account, and still holding fast—not for fear of being wrong or for being ostracized from faith communities, not for fear of hell or fear of change—but because Jesus is worth following, because God is love, because the Holy Spirit won't let them go.

That's the kind of someone I keep wanting to be in my own writing and in my own interactions in the world. I've been "deconstructing" as long as I can remember, since I hit the double digits, long before such a word featured prominently in podcasts and Instagram Reels.

And Jesus just keeps holding on to me, tearing up the weeds and planting better fruit. God keeps showing me He's faithful even when I can't see it, that I'm beloved even when I don't believe it. The Bible keeps astounding me. The Holy Spirit keeps flaming and whispering around my insides, reminding me of what's good and true when I feel like there's no such thing.

My book would [will?] be a little different than this one because all our stories are unique, but I definitely felt deeply connected to Erin Hicks Moon. We could have a looooong coffee date talking about life and Scripture and how Jesus just keeps being the one path we want to follow. Since we're unlikely to have that experience, this book was the next best thing.