Books

Orphaned Believers by Sara Billups

February 16, 2023

Sara is half-mystic and half-journalist, and she speaks to the cognitive dissonance that many younger believers began to experience around the 2016 election. I just…

Gather and Give by Amy Hannon

November 4, 2022

I’ve always been a little allergic to hospitality movements. However, Amy removes all the pressure, and she walks you through the ways that you can…

Good Enough by Kate Bowler

September 8, 2022

This is basically the anti-prosperity Gospel devotional. She speaks with humor and authenticity, and she refuses to guild the lily.

Celebrities for Jesus

August 19, 2022

This is the manifestation of so many issues and problems that we talk about on Faith Adjacent. It expertly discusses the creeping invasion of celebrity…

How the Bible Actually Works

August 19, 2022

Pete writes in a way that makes really heady topics understandable and conversational. If you can take those big concepts and make them digestible by…

The Anti-Racism Journal

August 19, 2022

It asks you to look at things like how you were raised, where you went to school, and so many other things that help you…

The Jewish Study Bible

July 8, 2022

Heavy Burdens by Bridget Eileen Rivera

June 24, 2022

What I really like about this is that it is not trying to convince you one way or another, but it outlines the ways this…

This Too Shall Last by K.J. Ramsey

June 3, 2022

It can be really difficult to see God in all this sadness, and this book is a helpful reminder for how to see God in…

The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd

June 3, 2022

This book broke me out of a book slump. It is very faith-adjacent, and it is a great blast of a book with map-nerdery.