Brian D. McLaren

In recent years, author and activist Brian McLaren has sensed a widespread emotional shift among growing numbers of people. More and more friends, colleagues, students, and listeners confess their sense of futility, their feelings of frustration bordering on despair.

By celebrating strengths of many traditions in the church (and beyond), this book will seek to communicate a “generous orthodoxy"....

Frederick Buechner has long been a kindred spirit to those who find elements of doubt as constant companions on their journey of faith. He is a passionate writer and preacher who can alter lives with a simple phrase....

If you're brave enough to take an honest look at the issues facing the culture-controlled church - and the issues in your own life - read on....

Best-selling author Brian D. McLaren followed his love of nature all the way to the Galapagos Islands. He paid close attention to the flora and fauna around him but also to what was happening within him, how the natural world awakened his soul in a way that organized religion could not....

Imagine what that might be like - to actually know God in a way that fills your heart and whispers tremendous value and purpose to something deep within you. But how can you experience a being you're not even sure exists? Religious jargon and games can't satisfy such a longing....

Does having faith mean abandoning reason? It's easy to get that impression. Still, it seems reasonable that a supremely intelligent God would want you to use your God-given intellect on your spiritual journey as much as in any other aspect of your life....