Faith can be difficult to examine when someone feels they must already have an answer before asking the question. In ‘Thirty Days: An Honest Experiment in Christianity,’ Douglas Borgas offers another starting point: spend one month engaging with Christianity, pay attention to the experience, and decide afterward what it meant.
Giving Curiosity Somewhere to Go
‘Thirty Days: An Honest Experiment in Christianity’ is written with people on the edges of faith in mind. Released on October 18, 2026, the 139-page Christian nonfiction book welcomes atheists, agnostics, curious readers, and those who once identified with Christianity before walking away. Douglas frames the journey as an experiment, giving readers a specific period in which they can explore Christian ideas and practices without needing to arrive with established beliefs.
This framework acknowledges something important about spiritual curiosity. A person may have serious questions about Christianity while feeling unsure about attending a church, speaking with a religious leader, or entering a conversation where persuasion might become part of the experience. The book creates a private environment for that investigation. Readers can work through the material independently, allowing their observations to form without feeling responsible for satisfying someone else’s expectations.
The thirty-day commitment also gives the experience a practical shape. Readers know exactly what they’re agreeing to when they begin, which can make an enormous subject feel more approachable. Christianity carries centuries of history, theology, tradition, and debate, yet the book focuses attention on what can be explored today. Douglas encourages participants to engage with each day’s activity and notice what happens in their own lives as the month unfolds.
What the Daily Experiment Looks Like
Rather than asking readers to absorb lengthy theological arguments, the book organizes the journey around simple daily participation. Each day contains a short reading, a question for reflection, a practice to try, and space for writing observations. These elements give the reader something concrete to do. The result is a devotional-style experience shaped for people who may still be deciding what they think about Christianity itself.
The reflective questions play an important role because they encourage readers to slow down and examine their reactions. Someone may encounter an idea that feels familiar, challenging, surprising, or difficult to accept. Writing those responses down creates a record that can be revisited later in the experiment. By the final days, participants can look across their notes and consider patterns, changes, recurring questions, and moments that stayed with them.
There is also freedom built into the format. Douglas doesn’t require readers to make a public commitment, join an organization, or sign anything at the end. The experiment belongs to the participant from beginning to finish. After completing the month, each person can evaluate the experience based on what they actually observed, giving the book a conversational quality that may appeal to readers who prefer investigation over instruction.
About the Author
Douglas Borgas was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1981 and moved to the United States with his family when he was ten. Arriving in a different country meant adapting to a new language and culture while still a child. He remembers what it felt like to stand outside conversations that seemed natural to everyone around him, an experience that has continued to influence how he approaches people and communication.
Douglas is married and has two children. For twenty-five years, he has followed a personal order of priorities centered on God first, family second, and everything else afterward. He sees that structure as a source of steadiness during difficult periods. His conversations about faith tend to happen naturally through daily life, including interactions at work, on the street, and wherever an ordinary conversation develops.
An entrepreneur with a strong interest in cars, Douglas makes his living in the automotive field. He writes from the perspective of a working man rather than presenting himself as a pastor, theologian, or professional speaker. He values taking meaningful questions seriously and examining them through experience. His company also supports nonprofit organizations serving people in need locally and in communities farther away.
Thirty Days to Reach an Individual Answer
‘Thirty Days: An Honest Experiment in Christianity‘ offers a structured starting place for people who have questions about faith yet may have hesitated to explore them. Available as a Kindle eBook and paperback, it turns thirty ordinary days into an opportunity for reading, practice, reflection, and honest observation.
The final answer remains personal. Douglas simply invites readers to give the experiment a month, record what they discover along the way, and determine for themselves what deserves further exploration.
We had the privilege of interviewing the author. Here are excerpts from the interview:
Thank you so much for joining us today! Please introduce yourself and tell us what you do.
I’m Douglas Borgas. I was born in São Paulo, Brazil, and moved to the United States when I was ten. I live in Cumberland, Rhode Island, with my wife and our two kids. I’m an entrepreneur, and I love cars, books, and people, probably in that order for the first two and the reverse for the last. I’m also the author of Thirty Days: An Honest Experiment in Christianity. I’m not a pastor or a theologian. I’m an ordinary person who likes talking to people, and the book came out of those conversations.
Please tell us about your journey.
Moving to a new country at ten means learning what it feels like to be the one who doesn’t know the words yet, standing outside something everyone else seems to understand. I’ve never forgotten that feeling. It’s a big part of why I wrote this book. I run my life by three rules, in order: God first, family, then everything else. I’ve kept that order for about twenty-five years, and it’s been the steadiest thing in my life. For years I’ve had honest conversations about God with people I care about, including people who don’t believe. Those conversations usually turned into arguments, and nobody ever changed their mind. So I stopped arguing and wrote down something I’d want a skeptic to try instead: thirty days, one practice a day, and then you decide for yourself.
What are the strategies that helped you become successful in your journey?
I don’t think of it as strategies so much as priorities. Put first things first. When God and family come first, the harder decisions get easier, because you already know what matters most. Show up daily. Almost everything that’s worked in my life worked through small, ordinary habits repeated for a long time. The book is built on the same idea. You don’t think your way into a new life, you live your way into a new way of thinking. Keep learning. I read constantly and usually have an audiobook going while I work. Treat the person in front of you with respect. Most of what matters happens in ordinary conversations, at work, on the street, in line somewhere. Give. I believe God blesses us so we can be a blessing, so my company gives to vetted nonprofits that help people in need, in our community and beyond.
Any message for our readers?
You are not an accident. You’re not a mistake, a coincidence, or an afterthought. Whatever you believe today, you’re loved and you matter. If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like inside faith, I’d invite you to test it honestly for thirty days. Nobody decides for you, and if your answer is no, the book says that’s an honest answer.
Thank you so much, Douglas Borgas, for giving us your precious time! We wish you all the best for your journey ahead!
