Returning to the Heart of God – A 7-Day Devotional for Deconstructing and Decolonizing Christianity
Returning to the Heart of God is a powerful 32-page devotional workbook created for truth-seekers, spiritual rebels, and those who are ready to break free from the oppressive chains of colonial religion and reconnect with the Divine within.
Rooted in Scripture, psychology, and ancestral wisdom, this 7-day journey guides readers through the sacred work of deconstructing Christianity as it has been historically weaponized and reclaiming faith as a liberating, embodied, and inner path back to God.
Through daily reflections, prayers, and journal prompts, you’ll explore:
What it means to seek the Kingdom within instead of chasing validation through works, guilt, or performance
How to embrace stillness, self-love, and divine identity as sacred practices
Why the teachings of Jesus were never meant to uphold systems of control, but to initiate personal and collective liberation
How to begin reparenting your inner child, healing from religious trauma, and living from a place of grace
The difference between colonized religion and Christ consciousness, and how to return to the truth that God lives within you
Written by Octavia Brown, LCSW-C, clinical director of the Urban Institute of Mental Health, this devotional is especially crafted for BIPOC, QTBIPOC, and marginalized individuals who have been spiritually harmed by traditional faith structures and are ready to experience healing through a lens of decolonization and divine wholeness.
This workbook is not about abandoning faith. It’s about reclaiming it.
You don’t need to perform to earn God’s presence.
You don’t need to be perfect to be worthy of peace.
You only need to return — to your body, your spirit, and to the God who never left you.
Returning to the Heart of God is a powerful 32-page devotional workbook created for truth-seekers, spiritual rebels, and those who are ready to break free from the oppressive chains of colonial religion and reconnect with the Divine within.
Rooted in Scripture, psychology, and ancestral wisdom, this 7-day journey guides readers through the sacred work of deconstructing Christianity as it has been historically weaponized and reclaiming faith as a liberating, embodied, and inner path back to God.
Through daily reflections, prayers, and journal prompts, you’ll explore:
What it means to seek the Kingdom within instead of chasing validation through works, guilt, or performance
How to embrace stillness, self-love, and divine identity as sacred practices
Why the teachings of Jesus were never meant to uphold systems of control, but to initiate personal and collective liberation
How to begin reparenting your inner child, healing from religious trauma, and living from a place of grace
The difference between colonized religion and Christ consciousness, and how to return to the truth that God lives within you
Written by Octavia Brown, LCSW-C, clinical director of the Urban Institute of Mental Health, this devotional is especially crafted for BIPOC, QTBIPOC, and marginalized individuals who have been spiritually harmed by traditional faith structures and are ready to experience healing through a lens of decolonization and divine wholeness.
This workbook is not about abandoning faith. It’s about reclaiming it.
You don’t need to perform to earn God’s presence.
You don’t need to be perfect to be worthy of peace.
You only need to return — to your body, your spirit, and to the God who never left you.
Returning to the Heart of God is a powerful 32-page devotional workbook created for truth-seekers, spiritual rebels, and those who are ready to break free from the oppressive chains of colonial religion and reconnect with the Divine within.
Rooted in Scripture, psychology, and ancestral wisdom, this 7-day journey guides readers through the sacred work of deconstructing Christianity as it has been historically weaponized and reclaiming faith as a liberating, embodied, and inner path back to God.
Through daily reflections, prayers, and journal prompts, you’ll explore:
What it means to seek the Kingdom within instead of chasing validation through works, guilt, or performance
How to embrace stillness, self-love, and divine identity as sacred practices
Why the teachings of Jesus were never meant to uphold systems of control, but to initiate personal and collective liberation
How to begin reparenting your inner child, healing from religious trauma, and living from a place of grace
The difference between colonized religion and Christ consciousness, and how to return to the truth that God lives within you
Written by Octavia Brown, LCSW-C, clinical director of the Urban Institute of Mental Health, this devotional is especially crafted for BIPOC, QTBIPOC, and marginalized individuals who have been spiritually harmed by traditional faith structures and are ready to experience healing through a lens of decolonization and divine wholeness.
This workbook is not about abandoning faith. It’s about reclaiming it.
You don’t need to perform to earn God’s presence.
You don’t need to be perfect to be worthy of peace.
You only need to return — to your body, your spirit, and to the God who never left you.