Resources

Looking for some resources to support you on your faith journey? Here are some we recommend!

Deconstructing/ Reconstructing Faith

Moving into a more just and generous version of Christianity. 

 

Brian McLaren

Faith After Doubt: Why Your Beliefs Stopped Working and What to Do About It

This book mentions Highlands Church as a vision of a “more just and generous” community of faith.

 

Howard Thurman

Jesus And The Disinherited

Colby Martin

The Shift: Surviving And Thriving After Moving From Conservative To Progressive Christianity

Richard Rohr

Everything Belongs

A More Generous Christianity

N.T. Wright

Surprised by Joy

Richard Rohr

The Universal Christ

The Divine Dance

Immortal Diamond

Justo Gonzalez

Luke, A Theological Commentary

Miroslav Volf

Exculsion and Embrace

Diana Hayes

Forged in the Fiery Furnace: African American Spirituality

Brian McClaren

A Generous Orthodoxy

And Anything + Everything by Henri Nouwen, Thomas Merton, George MacDonald, and Julian of Norwich

LGBTQ+ Justice & Inclusion

For a theological look at why the so-called “clobber” passages have been interpreted incorrectly, check out:

Colby Martin

Unclobber: Rethinking Our Misuse of the Bible on Homosexuality

Jack Rodgers

Jesus, the Bible, and Homosexuality

Amber Cantorna

Unashamed: A Coming-Out Guide for LGBTQ Christians

Mihee Kim-sort

Outside the Lines: How Embracing Queerness Will Transform Your Faith

jeff Chu

Does Jesus Really Love Me?

Torn

Justine Lee

Matthew Vines

God and the Gay Christian

Racial Justice

More resources on the journey of unpacking racism, white supremacy, and decolonizing the Christian Faith.

Mark Charles on the Doctrine of Discovery:

 

Robin DiAngelo

White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard to Talk About Race

Layla Saad

Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor

Ibram X. Kendi

How to be An Anti-Racist

Anthea Butler

White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America

James Cone

The Cross and the Lynching Tree

Kelly Brown Douglas

Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and Justice of God

Kristen Kobez du mez

Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

Esau McCaulley

Reading While Black

Willie James Jennings

After Whiteness