“This beautiful book is rich with wit and humanness and honesty and loving detail. It is a book about the wonderful mess of being alive in this world, and about the wonderful and terrible things that happen to us in it, and about the dream of God. I cannot overstate how liberating and transforming I have found Leaving Church to be.”
- Frederick Buechner,
“Eat this book. And you will be satisfied. Here is a story of a life told with the clarity, beauty, and honesty of a mountain stream. Those who attend church, those who do not, and everyone in-between will find here a feast, and the satisfaction of an eloquent voice speaking the truth.”
- Nora Gallagher,
“Here the reader will find an awesome reverence for mystery. This book comes as a refreshing challenge to reconnect with the longings in the depths of the soul. Many will read this book with relief and recognition.”
- Alan Jones,
“Leaving Church is a canticle of praise to creator and creation. It is a blessed and a blessing text.”
- Thomas Lynch,
“[This] beautiful, absorbing memoir will bless countless readers, helping us see God in the church, and out in the world, and in the small interstices in between.”
- Lauren Winner, The Dallas Morning News
“A finely crafted memoir . . . a rich evocation of [a] lifelong love affair with God.”
Publishers Weekly
“This is an astonishing book. . . . In a word, she is the best there is.”
Living Church