When we refer to 'the biblical approach to economics' or the biblical response to politics' or 'biblical womanhood,' we're using the Bible as a weapon disguised as an adjective.
Rachel Held EvansThe Holy Trinity doesn't need our permission to carry on in their endlessly resourceful work of making all things new. That we are invited to catch even a glimpse of the splendor is grace. All of it, every breath and every second is grace.
Rachel Held EvansImagine if every church became a place where everyone is safe, but no one is comfortable. Image if every church became a place where we told one another the truth. We might just create sanctuary.
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 Evans