Church is a moment in time when the kingdom of God draws near, when a meal, a story, a song, an apology,… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
You can't get too far into the Gospels without noticing that Jesus made a pretty lousy apologist. — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
When [Jesus] wanted fully to explain what his forthcoming death was all about He didn't give a theory. He didn't even give… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
Perhaps the most radical thing we followers of Jesus can do in the information age is treat each other like humans-not heroes,… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
It wasn't shared social status or ethnicity that brought Jesus' followers together either, nor was it total agreement on exactly who this… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
Walking with someone through grief, or through the process of reconciliation, requires patience, presence, and a willingness to wander, to take the… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
What I love about the ministry of Jesus is that he identified the poor as blessed and the rich as needy...and then… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
Millennials aren't looking for a hipper Christianity. We're looking for a truer Christianity, a more authentic Christianity. Like every generation before ours… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
Perhaps we could push beyond these legalistic gender roles if we spent less time worrying about “acting like men” and “acting like… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
“So what did God say to me in the silence that morning? I’m not sure, but I think God said something like, Don’t try… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
I'm a Christian because Christianity names and addresses sin. It acknowledges the reality that the evil we observe in the world is also present… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
“Some rabbis say that, at birth, we are each tied to God with a string, and that every time we sin, the string breaks.… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
One of the most destructive mistakes we Christians make is to prioritize shared beliefs over shared relationship, which is deeply ironic considering we worship… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
“My robust lexicon notwithstanding, I struggle to find the right words to describe just how much I despise, hate, abhor, revile, detest and categorically… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
This is what God's kingdom is like: a bunch of outcasts and oddballs gathered at a table, not because they are rich or worthy… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
“I don’t know for sure, but I think maybe God was trying to tell me that gentleness begins with strength, quietness with security. A… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
Whenever we show others the goodness of God, whenever we follow our Teacher by imitating His posture of humble and ready service, our actions… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
Faith isn't about having everything figured out ahead of time; faith is about following the quiet voice of God without having everything figured out… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
Christianity isn't meant to simply be believed; it's meant to be lived, shared, eaten, spoken, and enacted in the presence of other people. — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
“In the years preceding the Civil War in America, Christian ministers wrote nearly half of all defenses of slavery.” — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
“Cynicism may seem a mild transgression, but it is a patient predator that suffocates hope, slowly, over many years,” — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
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