I think maybe God was trying to tell me that gentleness begins with strength, quietness with security. A great tree is both moved and unmoved, for it changes with the seasons, but its roots keep it anchored in the ground. Mastering a gentle and quiet spirit didnโt mean changing my personality, just regaining control of it, growing strong enough to hold back and secure enough to soften.
Rachel Held EvansWhat millennials really want from the church is not a change in style but a change in substance.
Rachel Held EvansEvangelicalism is like my religious mother tongue. I revert to it whenever Iโm angry or excited or surrounded by other people who understand what Iโm saying. And itโs the language in which I most often hear Godโs voice on the rare occasion that it rises above the noise.
Rachel Held EvansDoubt is a difficult animal to master because it requires that we learn the difference between doubting God and doubting what we believe about God. The former has the potential to destroy faith; that latter has the power to enrich and refine it. The former is a vice; the latter a virtue.
Rachel Held Evans