“So when a little girl asks her father where the moon came from, he might tell her that the moon circles around… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
“Once there was a new bride who wanted to prepare a special roast for her husband. Before putting the roast in the… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
“We tend to take whatever’s worked in our particular set of circumstances (big family, small family, AP, Ezzo, home school, public school)… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
“That a woman who managed to be both a virgin and a mother is often presented as God’s standard for womanhood and… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
Evangelicalism is like my religious mother tongue. I revert to it whenever I’m angry or excited or surrounded by other people who… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
“The word on the street was that I had two options when it came to caring for my future baby: I could… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
“I don’t know,” [my father] said, after clearing his throat. “But I know that he loves you.” . . . Twenty years… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
“One need not be a saint, or even a mother, to become a bearer of God. One needs only to obey. The… — 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
![“I don’t know,” [my father] said, after clearing his throat. “But I know that he loves you.” . . . Twenty years later, I’m convinced it is the most important thing my father ever told me. . . . I used to think that the measure of true faith is certainty. Doubt, ambiguity, nuance, uncertainty…” quote by Rachel Held Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a12/rachel-held-evans-2876_doubt_i-don-t-know-my-father-said-after-cleari_2734372.jpg)
