{"product_id":"orphaned-believers-how-a-generation-of-christian-exiles-can-find-the-way-home-paperback","title":"Orphaned Believers: How a Generation of Christian Exiles Can Find the Way Home - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSara Billups\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Billups is a sharp critic of the evangelical church, and readers will be heartened by her thoughtful advice on how to chart a brighter future for the faith.\"--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn the wake of the culture wars of the 1980s and 1990s, many young evangelical Christians found themselves untethered, disillusioned, and--ultimately--orphaned as they grappled with the legalistic, politically co-opted churches of their youth. Perhaps you are one of them. Perhaps, like Sara Billups, you have felt alone, misunderstood, and maligned in the American church, longing for a more loving, more biblical expression of the faith and discipleship taught by Jesus.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart spiritual memoir of an apocalyptic childhood and part commentary on growing up as an evangelical kid during the culture wars, \u003ci\u003eOrphaned Believers\u003c\/i\u003e follows the journey of a generation of Christian exiles reckoning with the tradition that raised them and searching for a new way to participate in the story of God. Because for all the baggage, we still belong, and a bigger, more beautiful story awaits.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"As American Christianity changes, and as we change along with it, we need guides to remind us who we are and who we're not. Sara has been one such guide for me. She's brutally honest and hilarious, and her heart is wide open to the radical possibility that belonging to Jesus is identity enough for Christians. I couldn't be more grateful for her.\"--\u003cb\u003eJon Guerra\u003c\/b\u003e, singer-songwriter and producer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Billups reminds us that no matter who we are or where we come from, God can move us from a place on the margins to a community of faith.\"--\u003cb\u003eFoxy Davison\u003c\/b\u003e, educator and activist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sara helped me feel more 'found' than I did before--orphaned but also anchored in a much better story than the one the world's been selling me over the past decades. I needed this book more than I knew.\"--\u003cb\u003eChuck DeGroat\u003c\/b\u003e, author, therapist, and professor of pastoral care and Christian spirituality at Western Theological Seminary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHope for the one who is weary, wandering, and wondering where things went wrong\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the wake of the culture wars of the 1980s and 1990s, many young evangelical Christians found themselves untethered, disillusioned, and--ultimately--orphaned as they grappled with the legalistic, politically co-opted churches of their youth. Perhaps you are one of them. Perhaps, like Sara Billups, you have felt alone, misunderstood, and maligned in the American church, longing for a more loving, more biblical expression of the faith and discipleship taught by Jesus. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart spiritual memoir of an apocalyptic childhood and part commentary on growing up as an evangelical kid during the culture wars, \u003ci\u003eOrphaned Believers\u003c\/i\u003e follows the journey of a generation of Christian exiles reckoning with the tradition that raised them and searching for a new way to participate in the story of God. Because for all the baggage, we still belong, and a bigger, more beautiful story awaits.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"As American Christianity changes, and as we change along with it, we need guides to remind us who we are and who we're not. Sara has been one such guide for me. She's brutally honest and hilarious, and her heart is wide open to the radical possibility that belonging to Jesus is identity enough for Christians. I couldn't be more grateful for her.\"--\u003cb\u003eJon Guerra\u003c\/b\u003e, singer-songwriter and producer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Billups reminds us that no matter who we are or where we come from, God can move us from a place on the margins to a community of faith.\"--\u003cb\u003eFoxy Davison\u003c\/b\u003e, educator and activist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sara helped me feel more 'found' than I did before--orphaned but also anchored in a much better story than the one the world's been selling me over the past decades. I needed this book more than I knew.\"--\u003cb\u003eChuck DeGroat\u003c\/b\u003e, author, therapist, and professor of pastoral care and Christian spirituality at Western Theological Seminary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSara Billups\u003c\/b\u003e is a Seattle-based writer and cultural commentator whose work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. Sara is completing her Doctor of Ministry in the Sacred Art of Writing at the Peterson Center for the Christian Imagination at Western Theological Seminary. 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