“Be it unto me,” says the Mary, the mother of Jesus. Or “let it be,” as some translations of Luke 1:38 put it. (Cue the Beatles.) Mary is responding to the angel Gabriel’s announcement of her impending pregnancy. I believe the story of Mary’s willingness to conceive has great theological import. It portrays God as […]

In our book God After Deconstruction, Tripp Fuller and I explore the problems of both certainty and absolute mystery. The loss of certainty is common among most deconstruction stories. But the alternative — absolute mystery — makes almost as little sense. Our experience and the experiences of others—in multifarious forms—provide reasons to believe in God. […]

Tripp Fuller and I are writing a book, doing a podcast class, and holding an in-person lecture tour on the theme, “God After Deconstruction.” Doubt is a common thread among the deconstruction stories we hear. Here’s a draft of our book-in-progress that explores certainty, doubt, and deconstruction. Biblical Certainty Sarah grew up in a “Bible-believing” household. […]