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I imagine my faith surrounded with “Under Reconstruction” roadsigns. I am among multitudes of “Former Christians.” We move along a broad spectrum including “new atheists,” “nones” (no religious affiliation checking the “none” box on certain forms), “spiritual but not religious,” to a number of people like me who find meaning in the ancient journey of reconnecting with Jesus and his early community but in a way that is non-hierarchical, non-patriarchal, non-heteronormative, anti-systemic-racist, very friendly with science, while taking seriously the “prophetic call” to be radically inclusive, non-oppressive, always liberative, and mutually empowering. In my road reconstruction work (and prayer), Ilia Delio’s thinking oxygenates my soul (yes, I switched metaphors).   Here’s a life-expanding taste: “The Center for Christogenesis is oriented toward...