Table of Contents
Introduction: It's Kind of Like a Survival Guide 8
Chapter 1 What Happened to My Faith? 15
Nothing. You've Still Got It, and It's Working Great
Chapter 2 Forsaking the Foundation of Certainty 27
Letting Go of the Need to Get It Right
Chapter 3 Six Tools for Survival 39
Packing for the Wilderness of Progressive Christianity
Chapter 4 Talking, Thinking, and Feeling about God 53
What to Do When the idea of God Stops Making Sense
Chapter 5 Believing (in?) Jesus 69
What to Do with the Question "Who Is Jesus?"
Chapter 6 Inspired by Old, Dusty Books 89
What to Do with the Bible
Chapter 7 I Can't Stand Church … Where Can I Find One? 105
What to Do with Your Love/Hate Relationship with Church
Chapter 8 Waging the War Within 123
What to Do When Your Old Self Sabotages Your Efforts to Grow
Chapter 9 Relax, You've Come so Far 139
What to Do When You're Mortified by Your Past Beliefs and Behavior
Chapter 10 Shaking the Dust from Old Relationships 155
What to Do with Your Conservative (and "Concerned") Family and Friends
Chapter 11 When Progressives Attack 171
What to Do When Fellow Progressives Get Critical
Chapter 12 Stay Open, My Friends 189
Why I Remain a Christian
