20ish Verses to Help Rebuild Your Faith
TL;DR: I'm writing a short devotional book tentatively titled "20ish Verses to Help Rebuild Your Faith" for people who have a complicated relationship with the Bible. Starting Saturday week, paying subscribers get first access to chapters that explore Scripture through the lens of love, inclusion, and justice—plus the chance to help shape what this becomes through feedback and discussion. Once finished, it will go public as an ebook.
So here's the thing: I've been talking about writing a book since I was a kid. I have a whole folder on my computer called "Book Ideas" that's basically a graveyard of half-formed thoughts and ambitious outlines that died of neglect.
But I'm tired of being that person who "has a book in them" but never actually writes the damn thing.
Which brings me to what I'm starting: "20ish Verses to Help Rebuild Your Faith"—a devotional book for people who aren't sure what to do with the Bible anymore. I don't want to make this sound like some grandiose book announcement, because honestly that feels too big for what this actually is. But it's something I know I have inside me, and I'm making the process public because, apparently, shame is my primary motivator 💀
We're going to look at roughly 20 verses (I've got the rough plan of an outline, but it will get updated as we go) that can help rebuild a theology worth believing in. One centered in love, inclusion, and justice. One that's willing to wrestle with the text instead of just proof-texting our way through life.
The series has four parts:
- God's character (because if you get this wrong, everything else falls apart)
- Basic interpretive principles
- Practical reading methods (how to actually engage Scripture without losing your mind)
- How the Bible argues with itself (and why that's a feature, not a bug)
Why I'm Doing This Publicly
Here's my confession: I'm not great at long-term goals. I get too easily caught up in the next-immediately-needed thing (tyranny of the urgent), but ask me to write something over the course of a year and suddenly I'm reorganizing my sock drawer instead.
So I'm trying something the public accountability. Weekly chapters and deadlines.
Starting later this week, I'll release one devotional chapter every week. They'll be for paying subscribers first. These pieces are open to your feedback and revision. Comment on the chapters. Email me your questions. Tell me when something doesn't make sense or when you think I'm missing something important.
Your input will genuinely make this better. Once the series is finished, I'll release it as an ebook and audiobook for everyone. But subscribers get first access and the chance to shape what this becomes.
How This Works
If you want in on this journey:
- Subscribe to become a paying supporter
- Read the weekly chapters as they come out
- Engage with comments, questions, and feedback
- Help shape what this devotional series becomes
I could be wrong, but I think there are a lot of people out there who want to love the Bible again—or maybe for the first time. People who've been told they have to choose between their brain and their faith, between scholarship and devotion, between progressive values and biblical authority. But if you didn't have to choose?
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