Books

My new book is out!

You can purchase here or at your local bookstore.

The cover image was taken on a foggy morning at the farm where I grew up—a place rooted in love, hospitality, and quiet generosity. At the center of the scene is a small hill rising behind a still pond. Decades ago, my father planted three trees there, drawn by the spiritual resonance of “three trees on a hill.” On this morning, veiled in fog, the hill and its trees appear both softened and luminous, their reflection mirrored perfectly in the pond below—real and yet ethereal.

The best-selling author Brian D. McLaren, who wrote the Foreword for this book, describes Rooted this way: “There’s a lot of madness overheating the world at this moment. I know something sane and savory that will help you survive and catch your breath. Christy Berghoef’s new memoir, Rooted, takes you back home: to childhood, to adolescence, to your first job, your first child, your most awkward transitions, your moments of transcendence and triumph. Christy tells her story in a way that will help you get in touch with your own, and it will help you understand home as never before. Homespun yet beautifully crafted, Rooted will bring healing and a smile to the deepest parts of you.”

With the curiosity of a pilgrim, Christy discovers that while the world wounds, the earth heals. She invites us all to root ourselves in love, land, and life as it is.

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I have also just released a new edition of my first book: Cracking the Pot: A Spiritual Memoir of Expansion.

You can purchase here or your local bookstore.

From the back cover:
In this engrossing memoir, Christy Berghoef takes us on a journey exploring the simplicity and complexity of faith. Growing up certain she knew what life with God entailed, Berghoef soon found out otherwise. This vivid account, beginning in a conservative religious subculture that valued knowing the “right” answers over asking questions, will take readers on a voyage beyond dogmatism. No topic is off-limits, no stone is left unturned in this quest to discover what one really can know about God and faith, life and politics. In her winsome and witty style, the author candidly reveals to us her own doubts and struggles, which will leave you at times laughing, at other times in tears. Cracking the Pot is sure to provoke deep thinking and needed conversation about the substance of faith!