Faith Unraveled

Freshman Work Shows the Potential Author... Held. As I write this review, those who knew Rachel Held Evans during her nearly 38 years of life are gathering a few hundred miles away for her funeral, and numerous fans across the world are bringing up a site to watch the service on a livestream. But that's just it, I consciously chose to read this book today as my own way of saying goodbye to Rachel - though I'm told that she had finished writing one final book before the illness struck her nearly two months ago and ultimately took her life.

The book itself was Rachel's first, and it truly shows how good of a writer she was and it shows the beginnings of the transcendence that was Searching for Sunday, her third book. If you've ever wandered what Christianity might be like, if you've ever found yourself as a Christian doubting what you'd been raised to believe, if you've ever wondered if Christians truly are that... whatever, read this book. Rachel has a way of telling the story of her life but showing through her own journey just what Christianity might be like if we can just ignore the blowhards.

Truly an excellent work, and very much recommended.