Books We Love — the ones we've referenced on our episodes

Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life, by Richard Rohr
Letters to a Young Mormon, by Adam S. Miller
Future Mormon, by Adam S. Miller
Learning to Walk in the Dark, by Barbara Brown Taylor
Finding Mother God: Poems to Heal the World, by Carol Lynn Pearson
The Ghost of Eternal Polygamy:Haunting the Hearts and Heaven of Mormon Women and Men, by Carol Lynn Pearson
The Tree at the Center, by Kathryn Knight Sonntag
The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World, by Melinda Gates
Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving and Finding the Church, by Rachel Held Evans
Thoughts of a Grasshopper, by Louise Plummer
Crossings: A Bald Asian American Latter-day Saint Woman Scholar’s Ventures Through Life, Death, Cancer, and Motherhood (Not Necessarily in That Order), by Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye
The God Who Weeps: How Mormonism Makes Sense of Life, by Terryl & Fiona Givens
The Crucible of Doubt: Reflections on the Quest for Faith, by Terryl & Fiona Givens
Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith, by Anne Lamott
Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith, by Anne Lamott
Always a Guest: Speaking of Faith Far From Home, by Barbara Brown Taylor
The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe, by Richard Rohr
Women at Church: Magnifying LDS Women’s Local Impact, by Neylan McBaine
The Dance of the Dissident Daughter, by Sue Monk Kidd
The Dance of the Dissident Daughter, by Rachel Held Evans
Disciples, by Chieko N. Okazaki
Queer Mormon Theology: An Introduction, by Blaire Ostler
Restoration: God’s Call to the 21st Century World, by Patrick Q. Mason
Questions Are the Answer: naked pastor and the search for understanding, by David Hayward
God Can’t: How to Believe in God and Love after Tragedy, Abuse, and Other Evils, by Thomas Jay Oord
Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I’ve Loved, by Kate Bowler
Cat’s Cradle, by Chieko N. Okazaki
Being Enough, by Chieko N. Okazaki
Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith, by Barbara Brown Taylor
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times, by Pema Chodron
When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice, by Terry Tempest Williams
Mormon Women Have Their Say: Essays from the Claremont Oral History Collection, by Claudia L. Bushman and Caroline Kline
Planted: Belief and Belonging in an Age of Doubt, by Patrick Q. Mason
The Wisdom of the Enneagram: The Complete Guide to Psychological and S;iritual Growth for the Nine Personality Types, by Don Richard Riso and Russ Hudson
All Things New: Rethinking Sin, Salvation, and Everything in Between, by Fiona and Terryl Givens
Things Hidden: Scripture as Spirituality, by Richard Rohr
When the Heart Waits: Spiritual Direction for Life’s Sacred Questions, by Sue Monk Kidd
Mary Magdalene Revealed: The First Apostle, Her Feminist Gospel & the Christianity We Haven’t Tried Yet, by Meggan Watterson
Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith, by Anne Lamott
The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming Heart and Mind, by Cynthia Bourgeault
The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See, by Richard Rohr
Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy, by Anne Lamott
Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience, by Brene Brown
Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer, by Richard Rohr
Making Peace: Personal Essays, by Eugene England
Shades of Becoming: Poems of Faith Transition, Edited by Nancy Ross & Kristen R. Shill
Bridges: Ministering to Those Who Question, by David B. Ostler
The Bible Tells Me So: Why Defending Scripture Has Made Us Unable to Read It, by Peter Enns
The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth, by Beth Allison Barr
The Mother Tree: Discovering the Love and Wisdom of Our Divine Mother, by Kathryn Knight Sonntag
Freeing Jesus: Rediscovering Jesus as Friend, Teacher, Savior, Lord, Way, and Presence, by Diana Butler Bass
Original Grace: An Experiment in Restoration Thinking, by Adam S. Miller
Original Grace: An Experiment in Restoration Thinking, by Kate Manne
Living on the Inside of the Edge: A Survival Guide, by Christian Kimball
Pastrix, by Nadia Bolz-Weber
Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible’s View of Women, by Sarah Bessey
Out of Sorts: Making Peace with an Evolving Faith, by Sarah Bessey
But Jesus: A Conversation, by Autumn McAlpin
Erosion: Essays of Undoing, by Terry Tempest Williams
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead, by Brene Brown
Faith after Doubt: Why Your Beliefs Stopped Working and What to Do about It, by Brian D. McLaren
Kingdom, Grace, Judgment: Paradox, Outrage, and Vindication in the Parables of Jesus, by Robert Farrar Capon
Curveball: When Your Faith Takes Turns You Never Saw Coming, by Peter Enns
See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love, by Valarie Kaur
The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World, by Sharon Brous
Field Notes for the Wilderness: Practices for an Evolving Faith, by Sarah Bessey
Everything is Spiritual: Finding Your Way in a Turbulent World, by Rob Bell
Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women’s Anger, by Soraya Chemaly
How the Bible Actually Works: In Which I Explain How An Ancient, Ambiguous, and Diverse Book Leads Us to Wisdom Rather than Answers—and Why That’s Great News, by Peter Enns
Love Matters More: How Fighting to Be Right Keeps Us from Loving Like Jesus, by Jared Byas

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