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August 2026

August 08, 2026

Why Rachel Held Evans Still Reads Like a Prophet

Braving the Truth If you're someone who read everything that Rachel Held Evans ever wrote,...

May 2022

May 02, 2022

Wholehearted Faith

I have loved every single one of Rachel Held Evans' books. I have never been...

June 2021

June 15, 2021

New Book: #WhatIsGodLike by Rachel Held Evans and Matthew Paul Turner

There was one person who was immediately at the top of my list of possible...

May 2019

May 05, 2019

RIP Rachel Held Evans, Eshet Chayil

I assume that most if not indeed all readers of my blog will have heard...

July 2018

July 13, 2018

Conscience and the Bible

Yesterday I shared some things that came up in my Sunday school class, and since...

January 2018

January 08, 2018

Mistaking Fear for Faith

If your faith is so fragile it cannot handle questions, doubts, and honest inquiry, if...

May 2016

May 20, 2016

What Comes From God

Rachel Held Evans wrote on Facebook, and gave me permission to quote it: I confess....

March 2016

March 04, 2016

Historical Amnesia and Hindsight

Rachel Held Evans wrote in a recent blog post: It’s easy to comfort ourselves with...

December 2015

December 31, 2015

Leaving American Christianity Behind?

Rachel Held Evans shared the above words, in a post which also says "even the...

December 01, 2015

Holiday Season PSA

From Rachel Held Evans. HT Brian LePort for this year's reminder.  

May 2015

May 15, 2015

The Very Condition of Humanity is to be Wrong about God

When Rachel Held Evans shared these words on Facebook, I was immediately struck by how...

April 2015

April 07, 2015

Searching for Sunday

I'm delighted to have the chance to review Rachel Held Evans' forthcoming book, Searching for...

March 2015

March 27, 2015

Churches: Safe Spaces or Self-Destructing Temples?

The above quote from Rachel Held Evans came to my attention soon after a New...

December 2014

December 03, 2014

A Friendly Reminder

Courtesy of Rachel Held Evans

October 2014

October 22, 2014

A Test it is Better to Fail

Rachel Held Evans blogged about the story of Abraham trying to sacrifice Isaac, on the...

April 2014

April 26, 2014

It’s Wisdom

The quote from Rachel Held Evans ("It's not capitulating to culture to change your mind...

March 2014

March 01, 2014

Culture Wars

The truth is, evangelical Christians have already "lost" the culture wars.And it's not because the...

February 2014

February 26, 2014

Walking the Extra Mile With Pastries for Gay People

Rachel Held Evans has written about the legislation currently under discussion in Arizona. Her words...

February 19, 2014

Slippery Slope

I like the most recent XKCD cartoon and its take on the "slippery slope" idea....

November 2013

November 21, 2013

Holiday Persecution?

I hope the above diagram by Rachel Held Evans helps more people find clarity about...

September 2013

September 12, 2013

A Time To Refrain From Speaking

Rachel Held Evans posted an interview with Derek Webb on her blog. It includes the...

August 2013

August 30, 2013

Animate Bible

Through the Patheos network, it was suggested that I ought to take a look at...

August 27, 2013

Look for the Surprise

Aric Clark has a very useful post about approaching ancient literature - in particular the...

August 18, 2013

Millennials and the Church (Rachel Held Evans, Hemant Mehta, and Admiral Ackbar)

Rachel Held Evans and Hemant Mehta appeared on CNN talking about why millennials are leaving...

August 03, 2013

The First Millennials

The conversation about millennials and church decline continues - see for instance posts by Richard...

June 2013

June 27, 2013

Mind-Changing as Religious Imperative

Paul writes about being transformed through the renewing of your mind (Romans 12:2). But for...

March 2013

March 15, 2013

And The Award For Best Blog Post Title Goes To…

I think Rachel Held Evans definitely deserves an award for the title of her post...

December 2012

December 05, 2012

Review of Rachel Held Evans, A Year of Biblical Womanhood

I'm grateful to Rachel Held Evans for having sent me an advance review copy of...

July 2012

July 31, 2012

What’s the Matter, Chick-fil-A Protesters? Chicken?

Ever since the hubbub about Chick-fil-A started, I've been looking for a way to work...

July 26, 2012

A Year of Living Justly?

There have been several excellent books in the genre "A year of" doing this or...

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