A review by lmwanak
This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us by Cole Arthur Riley

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

Reading this has been so good for my soul. I'm still struggling to find words. Riley writes with the same emotional heaviness that I've been carrying for the past decade--a disillusion to the Christian faith that it is not as perfect and blessed as it crows about. And yet, she also digs deep to find what exactly is at the core of our faith, and why overall, she keeps on believing, although it no longer looks like what it was before. She has help through mentors such as Alice Walker, Howard Thurman, and her own grandmother as to what faith should look like. 

I read this book slowly as I could, and yet I felt like I wasn't slow enough. It was so good and thoughtful. I want to read it again and create practices and rituals that will deepen my faith and help others.