Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church

by Rachel Held Evans

Most days I don’t know which is harder for me to believe: that God reanimated the brain functions of a man three days dead, or that God can bring back to life all the beautiful things we have killed.

what makes the gospel offensive isn’t who it keeps out, but who it lets in.

It seems those most likely to miss God’s work in the world are those most convinced they know exactly what to look for, the ones who expect God to play by the rules.

This is what God’s kingdom is like: a bunch of outcasts and oddballs gathered at a table, not because they are rich or worthy or good, but because they are hungry, because they said yes. And there’s always room for more.

The marginalized are always the first to comprehend death and resurrection.