Braving the Truth Quotes

“It seems to me that one of the greatest gifts of friendship is that we get a chance to borrow those qualities that don’t come naturally to us. We get to sort of draft off another person’s faith or wisdom or playfulness. Whatever we have, whatever’s been long-planted inside us, it’s not just for us—it’s for anyone who crosses our path,”
― Rachel Held Evans, Braving the Truth: Essential Essays for Reckoning with and Reimagining Faith

“And something tells me we would all be a little more careful and a little more gentle, if we knew how long our words linger in one another's lives, if we imagined those works sitting on one another's kitchen tables, shaped like foxes.”
― Rachel Held Evans, Braving the Truth: Essential Essays for Reckoning with and Reimagining Faith