Strength for the Journey: A Pilgrimage of Faith in Community.  Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2002.

Diana’s memoir of her experiences in eight different Episcopal congregations over a twenty-year period—and in her move away from conservative evangelical religion toward a broader, more open understanding of Christian faith. Quirky, funny, honest, and sad, Strength was named one of the best religion books of 2002 by Publishers Weekly. 


“A compelling intertwining of a personal spiritual journey and the recent history of Protestantism. Diana Butler Bass makes the case that baby boom seekers are drawing the church into a new, more authentic Christianity.”
Nora Gallagher, author, Things Seen and Unseen:  A Year Lived in Faith

“With the insights of a mystic, Diana Butler Bass recounts her spiritual pilgrimage from Methodism to evangelicalism to the benumbing diversity of the Episcopal Church, where she found a spiritual home.  Along the way, she offers a guided tour of the crises and controversies afflicting mainline Protestantism over the past several decades.  For anyone looking for evidence that the glass of mainline Protestantism is half full rather than half empty, Strength for the Journey offers a persuasive case.”
Randall Balmer, author, Thy Kingdom Come