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indigo is the joy and lament of a father, theologian, human being, fashioning new ideas about the divine within the painful loss of his daughter, within the constraints of his own intelligence, within the constraints of what religion had been telling him his whole life—some of which was good and some of which wasn't.

"Great movies are rarely perfect movies." — Pauline Kael

The world is changing, along with our ideas around sexuality, authority, patriarchy, and truth. Despite the Church's best attempts at downplaying the changes, millions of intellectually honest people are entering into a process often referred to as deconstruction. In The Reconstructionist, pastor, and author Jonathan Foster offers up his own deconstruction story, how it stirred up the fear of his denomination, his subsequent expulsion, and how the insights gleaned might just point a way forward. It's based on three simple ideas: people > text, mercy > sacrifice, and love > fear.

Memory: A Very Short Introduction explores the fascinating intricacies of human memory. Is it one thing or many? How does memory change as we age? And what about so-called recovered memories - can they be relied upon as a record of what actually happened in our personal past? This book brings together our most recent knowledge to address (in a scientifically rigorous but highly accessible way) these and many other important questions about how memory works, and why we can't live without it.

When you pull at the thread of questions woven into the fabric of institutionalized thinking, you get a collection of short fictional stories called The Hope and Melvin of Humanity and Other Surprising Short Stories. In the title story, the protagonist, Hope, uncovers common denominators between the powers of big business and the powers of big religion. Along the way, Hope is compelled to decide what she believes.

I write, have a doctorate in mimetic theory and open and relational theology, been a pastor, founded lovehaiti.org with my son, have an awesome wife, three kids, and as it's turning out, an intense if not interesting life. Season 1: LGTBQ+ stuff S2: Ideas arond being a human being. S3: Why I Still... S4: Story S5: F.A.Q.'s S6: Random stuff connected to my substack/patreon page S7: People I'm listening to S8: A bunch of open and relational theology discussions Track me down at jonathanfosteronline.com Make sure to hit the follow or subscribe. And if you dig it, you're welcome to leave a review....

I write, have a doctorate in mimetic theory and open and relational theology, been a pastor, founded lovehaiti.org with my son, have an awesome wife, three kids, and as it's turning out, an intense if not interesting life. Season 1: LGTBQ+ stuff S2: Ideas arond being a human being. S3: Why I Still... S4: Story S5: F.A.Q.'s S6: Random stuff connected to my substack/patreon page S7: People I'm listening to S8: A bunch of open and relational theology discussions Track me down at jonathanfosteronline.com Make sure to hit the follow or subscribe. And if you dig it, you're welcome to leave a review....