Rachel Held Evans was a New York Times best-selling author who wrote about faith, doubt, and life in the Bible Belt. Her work explored the tensions between traditional faith and modern life, characterized by honesty and vulnerability. Evans brought a fresh and challenging perspective to religious and cultural issues, resonating with a wide audience.
The narrative invites children to explore the connection between God's story and their own lives, presenting it as a delightful adventure. It emphasizes that God's story is both vast, reaching across the globe, and intimate, residing within each person's heart. Parents and children will uncover the intertwining of divine and personal narratives, fostering a deeper understanding of faith and its relevance in everyday life.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The late, beloved Rachel Held Evans answers many children's first question about God in this gorgeous picture book, fully realized by her friend Matthew Paul Turner, the bestselling author of When God Made You.Children who are introduced to God, through attending church or having loved ones who speak about God, often have a lot of questions, including this ever-popular one: What is God like? The late Rachel Held Evans loved the Bible and loved showing God's love through the words and pictures found in that ancient text. Through these pictures from the Bible, children see that God is like a shepherd, God is like a star, God is like a gardener, God is like the wind, and more. God is a comforter and support.And whenever a child is unsure, What Is God Like? encourages young hearts to "think about what makes you feel safe, what makes you feel loved, and what makes you feel brave. That's what God is like."
A new collection of original writings by Rachel Held Evans, whose reflections on faith and life continue to encourage, challenge, and influence. Rachel Held Evans is widely recognized for her theologically astute, profoundly honest, and beautifully personal books, which have guided, instructed, edified, and shaped Christians as they seek to live out a just and loving faith. At the time of her tragic death in 2019, Rachel was working on a new book about wholeheartedness. With the help of her close friend and author Jeff Chu, that work-in-progress has been woven together with some of her other unpublished writings into a rich collection of essays that ask candid questions about the stories we've been told--and the stories we tell--about our faith, our selves, and our world. This book is for the doubter and the dreamer, the seeker and the sojourner, those who long for a sense of spiritual wholeness as well as those who have been hurt by the Church but can't seem to let go of the story of Jesus. Through theological reflection and personal recollection, Rachel wrestles with God's grace and love, looks unsparingly at what the Church is and does, and explores universal human questions about becoming and belonging. An unforgettable, moving, and intimate book.
If the Bible isn't a science book, instruction manual, or position paper, then what is it? New York Times bestselling author Rachel Held Evans invites readers on a journey of rediscovery as she explores the magic of the Bible, engaging the old, familiar stories in new ways that honor the past and enlighten the present.
New York Times bestselling author Rachel Held Evans embarks on a quest to find out what it really means to be part of the Church.
In Faith Unraveled, Rachel Held Evans shares her experiences growing up in Dayton, Tennessee, during the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925. Exploring everything from evolution to religious pluralism to heaven and hell, Evans challenges readers to separate faith from false fundamentals and to trust in a God big enough to handle our toughest questions.
New York Times bestselling author Rachel Held Evans embarks on an exercise in scriptural exploration and spiritual contemplation when she vows to take all of the Bible's instructions for women as literally as possible for a year.