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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