I recently finished Curveball: When Your Faith Takes Turns You Never Saw Coming (or How I Stumbled and Tripped My Way to Finding a Bigger God) by Peter Enns, and I really appreciated it.
The book is part memoir, part theological reflection. Enns walks through the unexpected shifts his faith has taken over the years—starting from his time as a seminary professor, through professional setbacks, and into a more open, evolving view of God. He’s honest about the discomfort that comes with that kind of shift, but also hopeful about where it can lead.
What stood out to me most was how grounded he was in the idea that growth in faith often looks like struggle. That was refreshing. There’s a tendency in church circles to frame doubt or change as failure; Enns leans the other way. At one point he writes, “Adjusting our understanding of God isn’t a sign of weak faith, nor is it an attack on faith—it is faith.” That stuck with me.
There’s a strong thread throughout the book that wrestles with how we read the Bible, how we think about God in light of science, and how mystery plays into a maturing faith. If that sounds heady, it doesn’t read that way. Enns keeps it accessible, sometimes with a dry sense of humor, sometimes with self-deprecating honesty. It’s thoughtful without being dense.
Curveball doesn’t offer tidy answers or formulas, but that’s the point. It’s a book for people who’ve been surprised by their own spiritual questions and are trying to find a faithful way forward. Definitely worth reading.
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