“I am writing because sometimes we are closer to the truth in our vulnerability than in our safe certainties, and because in… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
Imagine if every church became a place where everyone is safe, but no one is comfortable. Image if every church became a… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
“But if the world is watching, we might as well tell the truth. And the truth is, the church doesn’t offer a… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
The truth is, a man can choose to objectify a woman whether she’s wearing a bikini or a burqa. We don’t stop… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
But if the world is watching, we might as well tell the truth. And the truth is, the church doesn't offer a… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
Like all who search for truth out of fear, I desperately wanted someone else to tell me exactly what to do. — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
“And what they find is when they bring their pain or their doubt or their uncomfortable truth to church, someone immediately grabs… — 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
