Book Review: A Faith of Many Rooms by Debie Thomas

Rating: 5 stars of 5

Debie is a gifted writer and storyteller. She weaves beautiful descriptions of place and heritage into rich tapestries I can see in my mind as if I were standing in front of them. In A Faith of Many Rooms, she shares her journey into a more spacious faith in such an inviting and transparent way.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book the whole way through. It has a resonance and an intersectionality to it that I appreciated. I loved the way she spoke of Thomas and his story in one of the chapters too.

Here are a couple of the quotes that I marked in my copy:

“God’s response to every form of oppression, enslavement, marginalization, and diminishment is specific, enfleshed solidarity. Full-bodied bridging, joining, and becoming. Whenever and wherever specific human bodies are deemed “less than,” Jesus says, “Here. Right here. This is my body.”

“What’s the point of a gospel that claims to topple earthly kingdoms, powers, and hierarchies if it simply baptizes those same hierarchies and reasserts them within the beloved community of the church?”

“Wrestling…is not an irreverent thing, because it’s the opposite of apathy, the opposite of resignation, the opposite of quitting, the opposite of complacency… To fight is to stay close, to keep my arms wrapped tight around my opponent. Fighting means I haven’t walked away - and God hasn’t, either.”

I wish I could share the whole epilogue with you here as well because it’s lovely, but you’ll just have to read it for yourself. I think you’ll be glad you did! It’s a thoroughly wonderful book.

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