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A late-night, coffee-fueled conversation about the messy, beautiful reality of faith outside the church walls. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Blue Like Jazz.

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01
Grace (Eventually)
Anne Lamott
A funny, bittersweet, and poignant exploration of faith and the wild adventure of being fully alive.
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- vulnerable
02
Finding God in the waves
Mike McHargue
A vulnerable, science-minded journey through the dark night of the soul into a reconstructed, expansive spirituality.
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- introspective
- conversational
- earnest
- vulnerable
03
Love does
Bob Goff
A joyful, high-energy invitation to stop overthinking faith and start living it out through whimsical, radical action.
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- earnest
04
Crazy love
Francis Chan
An urgent, passionate wake-up call that challenges comfortable believers to trade religious routine for a radical, all-consuming devotion.
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- conversational
- earnest
05
Falling upward
Richard Rohr
A reassuring and contemplative exploration of how our greatest failures and the aging process actually propel us into deeper spiritual fullness.
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- earnest
06
The Spirit of the Disciplines
Dallas Willard
A philosophically rich and deeply practical invitation to transform your inner life through intentional, embodied habits.
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- earnest
07
The Jesus I never knew
Philip Yancey · 1995
A thoughtful, journalistic stripping away of cultural varnish to reveal a startlingly radical historical figure.
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- earnest
08
Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus
Nabeel Qureshi
An intimate, intellectually rigorous memoir of spiritual upheaval and the agonizing collision of family loyalty and personal conviction.
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- earnest
09
The Ragamuffin Gospel
Brennan Manning · 2003
A fiercely compassionate, deeply personal meditation that offers a warm embrace to the spiritually exhausted.
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- earnest
- vulnerable
10
Hardcore Zen
Brad Warner
A loud, no-nonsense crash course in mindfulness that trades meditation cushions for mosh pits.
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- conversational
- self-deprecating
- earnest
11
The Irresistible Revolution
Shane Claiborne
A challenging yet deeply hopeful invitation to bridge the gap between spiritual belief and radical, on-the-ground compassion.
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- earnest
12
Black like me
John Howard Griffin · 1961
A raw, real-time diary of a man stepping across the color line to experience the crushing weight of systemic hatred firsthand.
Shares:
- earnest

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