iDeconstruction i Trendy brand name for falling away from belief in God Or a process essential to authentic faith pLiberation or trauma Prison break or exile pIts complicated. Just like you. pChristian history records a Great Reformation and a Great Awakening. But todays Great Deconstruction will surely leave an equally profound impact. pIn iOut of the Embers iBradley Jersak explores the inecessity perils and possibilitiesi of the Great Deconstructionhow it has the potential to either sabotage our communion with God or infuse it with the breath of life the light and life of Christ himself. pIn this collection of vulnerable memoirs philosophical memos and candid provocations Jersak resists both the handwringing urge to corral stray sheep and the exultant desire to play the happyclappy iExivangelical cheerleader. He employs the wisdom and expertise of the great deconstructionistsChristianitys ancient influences Moses Plato Paul and the Patristics beloved frenemies from Voltaire to Nietzsche and the masters of deconstruction Dostoevsky Kierkegaard and Weilto double down and deconstruct deconstruction itself. piWhere is faith after deconstructioni The authors heart is to engage and empathize with the bereft and disoriented stoking the brittle ashes for live embers. In this quest for the resilient gospel of the martyrs the marginal and those outside the threshold...inexplicably in this liminal space life stirs. A Light shines through the ashes. We find often for the first time that living connection Jersak calls presence in communion. pThere is a sea change occurring across the Western church and civilization. Whether were watching a radical course correction or a complete collapse remains to be seen and how it pans out will likely depend on ihow we seei whats happening iwho we are becomingi i how we livei in responseand most important iwhere we find Christi situated in this storm.