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Bring It Home-here's a spiritual memoir that will make you laugh as it touches your heart. Matt Kendziera knows where to find you, and how to help you find what you're looking for. -Brian D. McLaren, author of Do I Stay Christian? If our quest for faith leaves us disappointed by systems and people who claim to have the corner on the truth, what are we left with? We are left with the place where it all began. For podcaster, speaker, and musician Matt Kendziera, much of life has been spent with people telling him who to be and what to believe, knowing deep inside that he was losing himself. The time came for a new approach. In Bring It Home: The Adventure of Finding Yourself after Being Lost in Religion, Matt will take you along as he discovers that the stories of his life help him unearth the more authentic parts of himself that have been there all along. Through remembering a sense of wonder at his childhood home, his instructive failures at being a teacher, and his sublime moments as a prison chaplain, you'll find stories of discovering faith not through beliefs but through experiences and relationships, through joy, sorrow, success, and failure. With simple takeaways in each chapter, Matt's engaging, often funny and touching stories of rediscovery will perhaps inspire you to see the blueprint of your own life. You were created for a meaningful life and a deep connection to the divine. Time to bring it home.

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Even though people are leaving church systems in droves, the desire is still so strong to seek a deep, meaningful, and simple life of faith. Matt Kendziera's story reflects so many others and he does what he does best-tells honest stories that heal, inspire, and help people feel connected and less alone in our wrestling and in our dreams for a better future, together. Matt is a trusted and seasoned guide on the path home so many are seeking and he encapsulates it so clearly in Bring it Home: maybe we can find God by finding ourselves. Kathy Escobar, co-founder of The Refuge and author of Faith Shift: Finding Your Way Forward When Everything You Believe is Coming Apart and Practicing: Changing Yourself to Change the World Matt Kendziera's tender book is a balm to those who long to come fully alive. In beautifully crafted short chapters, he vividly describes the journey involved in accepting the mystery of the divine in ourselves and finding our own unique, beautiful, flowing river of faith. His tales are filled with energy, humor, and humility. I laughed and cried and couldn't put it down! Anne Evans, leadership group member at Ashoka What a life provoking surprise this turned out to be! I laughed out loud, had moments of reflective tears, but all throughout I was slowly being drawn into the invitation of becoming-more accepting of my own journey, more deeply of others, and more open to the acceptance of God's acceptance of us all. This is not a church bashing piece. This work slowly turns into a mirror and whispers, LIVE! Scott Jenkins, creative director of The Celtic Way, chaplain, and pastor emeritus Bring It Home-here's a spiritual memoir that will make you laugh as it touches your heart. Matt Kendziera knows where to find you, and how to help you find what you're looking for. Brian D. McLaren, author of Do I Stay Christian? Everyone has, at least once, felt the bottom fall out of our worlds, our compasses spinning, with only despair for company. When that happens to someone you love, you'll want them to have a guide as humane, honest, funny, heartbreaking, and heart-enlarging at Matt Kendziera. In his company, all of us can find direction, and a path to bring our full selves home. Raj Patel, author, academic, and filmmaker of The Ants and the Grasshopper The familiar and stable settlements of church, belief, and security are being transformed into unfamiliar and dynamic paths of doubt, deconstruction, and unknowing. Right now, we need guides who have experienced this path, can show us how it unfolds, and even reveal how there is more joy and peace ahead. This is who Matt is and what this book can be for so many people. The wisdom and authenticity within his story can call us further ahead and back home at the exact same time. Kevin Sweeney author of The Making of a Mystic and the forthcoming The Joy of Letting Go

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Matt Kendziera is a full-time speaker, podcaster, writer, and creator. He is the host of the Chasing Goodness podcast, engaging authors, activists, and influencers on questions that most people run from. He's also a collaborator with several other incredible organizations such as Fierce Freedom, Rachel's Challenge, Ashoka, Celtic Way, and Soularize. Matt currently lives in rural Wisconsin with the love of his life, Suzie, and his two teenage children. Learn more and follow him at mattkendziera.com.

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