After Doubt: How to Question Your Faith Without Losing It

Are you struggling with doubt in your Christian faith? Are you afraid to voice your questions? Are you looking for practical tools to support someone on their journey through doubt?

Pastor, professor, and award-winning author A. J. Swoboda has witnessed many people wrestle with their core Christian beliefs and doubt. Too often he has seen people enter a period of legitimate questioning only to end up abandoning their faith altogether, especially if the church fails to take up its role as a companion in questioning.

Doubt and questioning present us an opportunity to deconstruct and reconstruct ideas and beliefs—to deepen in understanding about who we are and what we believe about God. The church and Christian companions have positive roles to play in this deconstruction and reconstruction process. The questioner, too, has real reason to be encouraged to navigate the terrain of doubt, equipped with the proper tools and a healthy dose of honesty.

Drawing on his own experience of deconstruction, Swoboda will share tools to help people navigate their faith in what might feel like a hostile landscape. He will show us how deconstruction is a legitimate space to encounter the living God.

Whether you are questioning your own faith, leading those through a doubt journey, or care deeply about the church and how we respond to those who question their faith, Upper House invites you to join the discussion. After Doubt offers a hopeful, practical vision of spiritual formation for those in the process of faith deconstruction—and those who serve them.