“Telling Our Faith Stories” by Kevin Treston

Kevin Treston is a very experienced adult educator and author. He should be very proud of this book. It demonstrates a great deal of scholarship, breadth of reading and deep personal reflection. It is written in easy-to-understand English and adopts adult education principles by constantly asking questions of the reader about their own experience.

I must admit to a great deal of confirmation bias as he affirmed my opinions. Some of the propositions which appealed to me were:

- our own faith journeys are enriched by learning about and interacting with other religious wisdoms.

- the difficulty of remaining faithful to the core teachings of our Christian faith while being open to how this faith might be understood and experienced in global consciousness and modern science

- original goodness rather than original sin

- compatibility of religion and science

- revelation emanating from two sources, Bible and nature

- synodality requiring an informed and spiritually enhanced laity and an end to deference culture

- tribalism in Christianity betraying the universalism of God’s vision

In this book, Kevin examines Catholicism through the lens of his personal faith journey. In doing so, he stands beside other influential, contemporary writers such as Rohr, Chittester, Cannato, Delio, Fox, O’Leary, O’Murchu, Pagola and Sheldrake.

The book can be purchased directly from Kevin - kevintreston@gmail.com