Deconstruction Resources
Deconstruction is like a grenade. We’re not going in the same direction necessarily, we’re all just going away from the same problem. There are many great tools and resources out there to help with this process. This page will hopefully give you a starting point and several next steps in your deconstruction journey. Enjoy!
In our Ashes mentorship group, Mika guides you in the conversation. She’ll teach and facilitate dialogue to undo damaging beliefs instilled by our theological upbringings.
Books
A well-respected "father" in the deconstuction space for people who still value scripture, Brian McClaren has written an acessible and acocomdating but genuine work rescusing Christianity from its toxic twists.
Peter Ens is witty and down to earth as he helps unpack the problems with the Bible that any critical thinker has to resolve. He does so while also honoring the redemptive purpose the books of the Bible were written for.
Hell is probably one of the most haunting threats in Christianity. Rob Bell wrote a well-presented biblical case for how we've absolutely hijacked the idea of hell and turned it into something it's not.
Written almost like a poem, Rob Bell helps pull apart several nuances of how we read biblical literature and effectively detoxifies interpretations or biases many of us bring to the text. This book helps simplify what the bible is and how we're meant to read it.
Richard Rohr is another "father" in the deconstruction world. This book helps reframe how we understand Jesus and consider hopeful and redemptive interpretations of the life of Christ. He honors the tradition of faith whilst spurring the reader forward into more imaginative and dynmaic interpretations of what the bible even points to.
Purity culture has ravaged generations and stolen from our ability to embody a wholesome and functional sexual ethic. This book helps unlock and empower our perspective on biblical, holistic sexuality whilst faithfully maintaining the priority of liberating captives and marginalized people (PS, if you're a woman, you're going to love this book).
Websites | Podcasts | Videos
GracePointe Church, a progressive Christian church in Nashville, TN
Social media accounts
Josh Scott: IG: @josh_a_scott / Facebook / TikTok
Andrew Kerbs IG: @deconstruct_everything
The New Evangelicals IG: @thenewevangelicals
Deconstruct girl IG: @deconstructiongirl
Jo Luehmann IG: @joluehmann / TikTok: @joluehmann
David Hayward IG: @nakedpastor
Brenda Davies Youtube: God is Grey