Becoming Free Indeed was a beautiful book about the journey Jinger Duggar Vuolo went through as she sought to wade through the lies she had grown up believing. I love how she phrased it as a disentangling instead of a deconstruction of her faith. Deconstruction takes every piece apart, throws it away, clear down through the foundation, and seeks to build something new while disentangling is the slow process of sifting out the truth from the lies. Picking out the pieces that don't align with the Bible and who Jesus is while holding fast to the foundations of truth.
Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry...oh my heart, reading this after his death... This memoir is not for the faint of heart. It is gut-wrenchingly honest. He holds nothing back, even his wrestling with God. The way that he could talk about his past, while still completely owning up to and taking responsibility for his own choices, in spite of his disease and misfortunes in childhood, gosh, what a testimony to his character. He offered so much grace for everyone along the way, which can only come from someone who knows just how much grace and mercy has been given to him. I pray this book is truly a life-line for people like Matthew Perry. I pray people come away with a clear vision of God's grace and presence, even if the answers to so many prayers are a "no" or "hang on, not yet". Make sure you've got some tissues for this one, and plenty of time to process it afterwards.
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