Reluctant Pilgrim: A Moody, Somewhat Self-Indulgent Introvert's Search for Spiritual Community

Love God; Hate Church? That's what many contemporary spiritual but not religious types might describe their feelings about faith. Such readers will find trustworthy companion in Enuma Okoro, a purse-shopping, tea-drinking, colon-cleansing postmodern friend of Jesus who just wants to find a godly man with good hair. But after her father's unexpected death, her grief seems to morph into the panicky feeling that God wants something more from her, like maybe becoming a nun.

As she seeks to unr...