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Books like Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church

12 books with a reading profile close to Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church by Rachel Held Evans. Inward-looking; an easy read.

1

Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

by Anne Lamott

Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir

Anne Lamott details her transition from a chaotic, addiction-fueled upbringing into a singular practice of Christianity centered at St.
2

Reasons to Stay Alive

by Matt Haig

Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir

At twenty-four, Matt Haig experienced a physical and mental breakdown in Ibiza that led to years of severe depression and panic disorder.
3

Untamed

by Glennon Doyle

Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir

Glennon Doyle recounts the moment she realized her life was constructed around societal expectations rather than her own desires.
4

Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living

by Shauna Niequist

Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir

Shauna Niequist documents her transition from a life of constant performance and exhaustion to one rooted in stillness and connection.
5

Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar

by Cheryl Strayed

Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir

Cheryl Strayed compiles a series of anonymous advice columns written under the pseudonym Sugar, originally published on the website The Rumpus.
6

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

by Cheryl Strayed

Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir

At twenty-six, Cheryl Strayed faced the collapse of her world following her mother’s sudden death from cancer and the subsequent disintegration of her marriage.
7

Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved

by Kate Bowler

Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir

At thirty-five, Kate Bowler was a professor at Duke Divinity School researching the prosperity gospel when she received a diagnosis of stage IV colon cancer.
8

The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help

by Amanda Palmer

Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir

Amanda Palmer examines the mechanics of reciprocity and the psychological barriers that prevent individuals from requesting assistance.
9

One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are

by Ann Voskamp

Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir

Ann Voskamp centers her narrative on the Greek concept of eucharisteo, which connects grace, thanksgiving, and joy.
10

The Choice: Embrace the Possible

by Edith Eger

Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir

In 1944, sixteen-year-old Edith Eger was deported from Hungary to Auschwitz, where she survived the manual labor camps and a death march by clinging to her internal mental landscape.
11

Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

by Katherine May

Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir

Katherine May presents wintering as a recurring, inevitable season of life characterized by personal crisis, illness, or professional failure.
12

Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion

by Gregory Boyle

Also inward-looking · personal growth, memoir

Gregory Boyle shares twenty years of experiences running Homeboy Industries, a gang-intervention program in Los Angeles.

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