What 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 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 EvansIt is a tragic and agonizing irony that instructions once delivered for the purpose of avoiding needless offense are now invoked in ways that needlessly offend, that words once meant to help draw people to the gospel now repel them.
Rachel Held EvansChurch is a moment in time when the kingdom of God draws near, when a meal, a story, a song, an apology, and even a failure id made holy by the presence of Jesus among us and within us.
Rachel Held EvansChristianity isn't meant to simply be believed; it's meant to be lived, shared, eaten, spoken, and enacted in the presence of other people.
Rachel Held EvansThe Proverbs 31 woman is a star not because of what she does but how she does itโwith valor. So do your thing. If itโs refurbishing old furnitureโdo it with valor. If itโs keeping up with your two-year-oldโdo it with valor. If itโs fighting against human trafficking . . . leading a company . . . or getting other people to do your work for youโdo it with valor. Take risks. Work hard. Make mistakes. Get up the next morning. And surround yourself with people who will cheer you on.
Rachel Held Evans