Mommy Brain

This is precisely why I value Phillip Yancey’s books so highly:

When I began writing openly about my faith, I concluded that I had only one thing to offer: honesty. I had heard enough church propaganda growing up. I would cling to the stance of a pilgrim, not a propagandist, describing life with God as it actually plays out, not as it is supposed to play out. Not everyone agrees. A publisher once asked me to consider changing a book title from Disappointment with God to something cheerier, perhaps Overcoming Disappointment with God. I thought about it, and decided to keep the title, because disappointed people were the ones I most wanted to address.

I nearly despaired of the usefulness of any writing about faith, until I discovered Beuchner. It seemed to me at the time that Christians were reading primarily for the experience of nodding agreement, “Yes, that’s true,” whereas great literature makes us stop and ponder: “I’ve never imagined it that way before.”
from Soul Survivor: How My Faith Survived the Church