Perhaps 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 EvansI'm a Christian because Christianity names and addresses sin. It acknowledges the reality that the evil we observe in the world is also present within ourselves. It tells the truth about the human condition - that we're not okay.
Rachel Held EvansWe're (millennials) looking for a truer Christianity, a more authentic Christianity.
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