Tiger in a Lifeboat: Discovering India, Deconstructing Faith, and Deciding to Trust Again

When her certainties crumbled, she found a fierce new truth far from home.

After a shattering betrayal tore through her faith and identity, writer Lauren Cibene clung to the fragments of a life once totally defined by evangelicalism. In the wake of her betrayal, she wrestled with anxiety, borderline agoraphobia, and depression while her faith community tried to rush through her grief. That's when Cibene spontaneously abandoned the familiar for the unpredictable: India.

As she journeys through...