Taking flight is a triumphant chapter in, So You Don’t Want to Go to Church Anymore covers. After the long process of poking holes in Jake’s illusions about God and what it means to follow him, Jake is finally finding his footing on a better trailhead as he begins to learn how to live out a life in Jesus free from guilt and personal performance.
Here’s a brief excerpt from that chapter:
Jake speaks, “As I read the life of Jesus now, I see more clearly that’s what he was doing-freeing people from shame so that they could embrace his Father. And I’m seeing that with increasing freedom in my own life too. That’s probably the greatest gift you’ve given me, John. I no longer labor under the oppressive guilt of how short I fall nor under the demanding obligations of self-produced righteousness. And I’m no longer putting that on others.”
“That’s fabulous,” John smiles.
“I never realized how much of what I thought was ministry was only manipulating people’s…
