Walking with someone through grief, or through the process of reconciliation, requires patience, presence, and a willingness to wander, to take the scenic route. But the modern-day church doesn't like to wander or wait. The modern-day church likes results. Convinced the gospel is a product we've got to sell to an increasingly shrinking market, we like our people to function as walking advertisements: happy, put-together, finished - proof that this Jesus stuff WORKS!
Rachel Held EvansScripture doesn't speak of people who found God. Scripture speaks of people who walked with God.
Rachel Held EvansWhat millennials really want from the church is not a change in style but a change in substance.
Rachel Held EvansLike all who search for truth out of fear, I desperately wanted someone else to tell me exactly what to do.
Rachel Held EvansGod's ways are higher than our ways not because he is less compassionate than we are but because he is more compassionate than we can ever imagine.
Rachel Held EvansThe truth is, a man can choose to objectify a woman whether sheโs wearing a bikini or a burqa. We donโt stop lust by covering up the female form; we stop lust by teaching men to treat women as human beings worthy of respect.
Rachel Held EvansPerhaps the most radical thing we followers of Jesus can do in the information age is treat each other like humans-not heroes, not villains, not avatars, not statuses, not Republicans, not Democrats, not Calvinists, not Emergents-just humans. This wouldn't mean we would stop disagreeing, but I think it would mean we would disagree well.
Rachel Held Evans