We could not become like God, so God became like us. God showed us how to heal instead of kill, how to mend instead of destroy, how to love instead of hate, how to live instead of long for more. When we nailed God to a tree, God forgave. And when we buried God in the ground. God got up.
Rachel Held EvansPerhaps we could push beyond these legalistic gender roles if we spent less time worrying about โacting like menโ and โacting like women,โ and more time acting like Jesus.
Rachel Held EvansThe church is the last place we want to be sold another product, the last place we want to be entertained.
Rachel Held EvansWhen [Jesus] wanted fully to explain what his forthcoming death was all about He didn't give a theory. He didn't even give them a set of Scriptural texts. He gave them a meal.
Rachel Held EvansWhat I love about the ministry of Jesus is that he identified the poor as blessed and the rich as needy...and then he went and ministered to them both. This, I think, is the difference between charity and justice. Justice means moving beyond the dichotomy between those who need and those who supply and confronting the frightening and beautiful reality that we desperately need one another.
Rachel Held Evans