The Understory, Lore Ferguson Wilbert
The Understory, Lore Ferguson Wilbert
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The Understory
An Invitation to Rootedness and Resilience from the Forest Floor

Author: Lore Ferguson Wilbert

Narrator: Rachel Perry

Unabridged: 6 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/24/2024

Synopsis

"Walk in the woods with me."

That's the invitation award-winning author Lore Ferguson Wilbert extends to listeners in The Understory.

On this journey, Wilbert shares her story of alienation and disorientation after years of religious and political unrest in the evangelical church. In doing so, she looks to an unlikely place—the forest—to learn how to live and even thrive when everything seems to be falling apart. What can we learn from eroding soil, the decomposition process, the time it takes to grow lichen, the beauty of fiddlehead ferns, the regeneration of self-sowing seeds, and walking through the mud? Here, among the understory of the forest, Wilbert discovers rich metaphors for living a rooted and flourishing life within the complex ecosystems of our world. Her tenderness and honesty will help listeners grieve, remember, hope, and press on with resilience.

About Lore Ferguson Wilbert

Lore Ferguson Wilbert is the author of A Curious Faith and Handle with Care, which won a 2021 Christianity Today Book Award. She writes at lorewilbert.com. Wilbert has written for Christianity Today, Fathom magazine, and She Reads Truth and served as general editor of Broadman & Holman's Read and Reflect with the Classics series. She lives on a river flowing from the Adirondacks in New York with her husband.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kayt on May 13, 2024

As I write this review, I am aware that some people will roll their eyes at my 5-stars. Truthfully, I know that sometimes I am over-zealous or too generous with my ratings, but please hear me when I say -- this book deserves all 5. I've been following the work of Lore Ferguson Wilbert for around a ye......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on May 24, 2024

4.5 stars—minus .5 star because I felt the book leaned too heavily on quotations from other writers. Probably could have summarized more while still giving credit As someone who has followed Lore’s writing for years (primarily on her original blog), walking with her through this book as she remembers......more

Goodreads review by Shawn on June 14, 2024

A beautiful book for these times when everything feels fractured.......more

Goodreads review by Abby on September 16, 2024

I looked forward so much to reading this book - maybe that’s part of the reason I was so disappointed by the reading experience? I’ve been following along with Lore’s writings on Sayable for a while now, and usually love what she has to say and the way she writes. I also really enjoyed her book A Cu......more

Goodreads review by Randy on March 17, 2025

This book was fine, but based on the jacket description I certainly was confused as to what it actually was. I was looking more for a book on Christian deconstruction and then (with the forest floor, understory) a rebuilding of Christian faith. This is more of a nature travel guide and the author’s......more

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