What do you do when the faith you've known goes up in flames? When it's been commodified, politicized, scandalized, and rebranded beyond recognition? How do you hold onto the good, reclaim what you once loved, and light a match to the rest?
Well, it helps to write it all out.
A companion to her gritty, gut-level-honest book I've Got Questions, this guided journal from author Erin Hicks Moon is filled with prompts to get you thinking (and writing) through your own thoughts and questions about faith, God, the church, and much more. As you sift through the wreckage of your spiritual upbringing, you'll come ever closer to claiming a faith that is all yours--one that you can wholeheartedly embrace and joyfully express.
Because, as it turns out, God's not afraid of your questions. And you shouldn't be either.
Overall I enjoyed the study guide. I think the content aligns well with the book, which is also a good tool on questioning or wrestling with your faith especially as it’s being questioned culturally. The guide offers a way for groups to read the book and reflect a bit more on its topics. I think it is well organized but needs work on its layout (note: I read an ARC so layout may change upon actual publication). Overall I enjoyed the study guide and think it’s a good companion to those wanting to read the main text.
Listen, DOING the work is never as fun as READING about doing the work, but that doesn’t mean it’s not necessary.
In this, the companion to her book I’ve Got Questions: The Spiritual Practice of Having It Out with God, Erin encourages us off our metaphorical arses and into metaphorical gardening gloves because we're about to shovel some metaphorical shite.
Pull the weeds. Burn the chaff. Amend the soil.
Rewild that once depleted plot into something beautiful and real and maybe a little dangerous. I loved the breath prayers, the writing prompts, the Centering prayers, the Liturgies.
I DID NOT LOVE that it made me GET ALL UP IN MY FEELINGS.
Obviously, it doesn’t answer every question. This book is all about question marks, not exclamation points.
It DID make me more comfortable with the process, because if we’ve learned anything it’s: