Life's Too Short to Pretend You're Not Religious
Reframed and Expanded

Dark's book is an insightful, meandering redefinition of "religion" with the goal of bringing everyone under its scope, whether they belong to a faith tradition (or perhaps whether they even believe in a traditional "God") or not. Dark argues that religion is constituted by our relationships—with fam......more

This is an absorbing, entertaining, challenging book. It's a poetic conversation, rather than an argument about or defense of belief. It's a call for thinking critically, seeing more clearly, and acting kindly (not the expected sort of altar call). I came away thinking it could have just as aptly be......more

David Dark is the author that most frequently and eloquently names my specific little anxieties when it comes to the possibility of undivided living. In this book, he invites us to poetically consider that which enlivens us to see the other as a gift.......more

I first heard about Dark through an episode of the podcast Sacred Tension called “Overcoming the Faith Cartel” in which he was a guest - I don’t remember much about it, but whatever he said intrigued me enough to buy his book and continue to be excited about it years later. ok so overall, this book w......more

Paints one of the best pictures I've seen of how to live honestly, intentionally, and relationally. The book is not so much about religion as it is about a way of living life, but Dark would argue that what you value determines how you live life, which is your religion.......more