Metta Valley Gospel, Book 1 - Paperback

by Zachary Helton (Author)

"For anyone healing from fundamentalism, this book feels like freedom."

-Cindy Wang Brandt, author of Parenting Forward: How to Raise Children with Justice, Mercy, and Kindness

Raised in a world of rules and shame, Jesus has always been the one to question what others accept. But when his defiance leads to exile, he must leave behind everything familiar and journey across cultures, wisdom traditions, and inner landscapes. Disillusioned and guarded, he finds himself determined to find a deeper truth-even if it means unlearning everything he was once taught to believe.

Metta Valley Gospel is a spiritually raw and emotionally layered novel about faith deconstruction-a reimagining of the Jesus story for seekers, mystics, and anyone standing at the edges of inherited religion. Blending progressive Christian fiction with insights drawn from Buddhist and contemplative traditions, it invites readers into a redemptive exploration of doubt, awakening, and transformation.

For fans of Sue Monk Kidd (The Book of Longings), Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist), and Hermann Hesse (Siddhartha), this novel speaks to those who are deconstructing religion, exploring spiritual-but-not-religious fiction, or searching for a new way to tell a familiar story.

Begin the journey today with Metta Valley Gospel, Book I of II in The Metta Valley Gospel Series.