“I have come to regard with some suspicion those who claim that the Bible never troubles them. I can only assume this means they haven’t actually read it.” - @rachelheldevans #RememberingRHE
“...faith isn't about having everything figured out ahead of time; faith is about following the quiet voice of God without having everything figured out ahead of time.” - @rachelheldevans #rememberingRHE
“God's ways are higher than our ways not because he is less compassionate than we are but because he is more compassionate than we can ever imagine.” - @rachelheldevans #rememberingRHE
“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.” - @rachelheldevans #rememberingRHE
“The church is God saying: 'I'm throwing a banquet, and all these mismatched, messed-up people are invited. Here, have some wine.” - @rachelheldevans #rememberingRHE
“But there is a difference between curing and healing, and I believe the church is called to the slow and difficult work of healing. We are called to enter into one another’s pain, anoint it as holy, and stick around no matter the outcome.” - @rachelheldevans #rememberingRHE
“What a comfort to know that God is a poet.” - @rachelheldevans #rememberingRHE
Our personal motto: “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.” - @rachelheldevans #rememberingRHE
“The great struggle of the Christian life is to take God’s name for us, to believe we are beloved and to believe that is enough.” - @rachelheldevans #rememberingRHE
We could share her words all day b/c as @sarahbessey said: "Now that we have to somehow live in a world without Rachel, I’m grateful for every single word she wrote down for us, a trail of breadcrumbs, straight to the generous, inclusive, loving House of God." #rememberingRHE
“The apostles remembered what many modern Christians tend to forget—that what makes the gospel offensive isn’t who it keeps out but who it lets in.” - @rachelheldevans #rememberingRHE
“I am a Christian,” I concluded, “because the story of Jesus is still the story I’m willing to risk being wrong about.” - @rachelheldevans #rememberingRHE
“This isn’t a kingdom for the worthy; it’s a kingdom for the hungry.” - @rachelheldevans #rememberingRHE
“Grace has been out of hand for more than two thousand years now. We best get used to it.” - @rachelheldevans #rememberingRHE
“Scripture doesn’t speak of people who found God. Scripture speaks of people who walked with God.” - @rachelheldevans #rememberingRHE
"I thought God wanted to use me to show gay people how to be straight. Instead, God wanted to use gay people to show me how to be a Christian." - @rachelheldevans #rememberingRHE
