Leaving and Finding Jesus

Trading a Punishing God for Reconciling Love

"In this beautifully accessible spiritual memoir, Jason flips the tables of any faith far too small and narrow to contain the all-expansive love of God. I'm grateful for any witness whose deconstruction doesn't discard (or rob others of) the truly good news of Jesus. Here, Jason shares with us a living person who's guided him forward, not merely an idea to be left behind."
-Bradly Jersak
Author, Out of the Embers: Faith after the Great Deconstruction

"Jason is a master storyteller and has crafted a series of personal parables into a cohesive journey of deconstructing into the solid foundation of early church Christology. This journey shouldn't be unfamiliar to any reader who has invested time and energy navigating the framework of Western evangelical Christianity.

This book gives language to the questions many have but are too afraid to ask. Far beyond merely taking a sledgehammer to religion, Leaving and Finding Jesus is a deeply moving exposé of the heart of the Father that Jesus revealed. It will leave you richer with wonder and at a deeper place of rest - if you'll let it."

-BILL VANDERBUSH
Speaker, Author, Unveiled Horizon: Reflections on the Nature of God www.billvanderbush.com

• the millions of Christians exhausted by the 'for or against' paradigm that seems to rule and define the Christian narrative today.
• those who are moving from a transactional approach to God toward a relational approach defined by other-centered, self-giving love.
• those who reject the image of God as a violent, retributive Being and embrace God's image as the kind, reconciling Spirit at work within us, and our world, for good.
• the faithful followers of Jesus who may no longer identify with organized religion but are passionate about the work of reconciliation.