Inspired

I have found it hard, over the years, to love the Bible. It seems to have become a battering ram, bashing “truth” over the heads of those who don't conform. A surgeon's knife, excising the ones who “don't belong”. Or, more recently, a paintbrush, to whitewash the horrors being perpetrated in a coat of “God said it”. It has been hard, for me, to reconcile this Bible with the faith I have come to profess.

So thank God for Rachel Held Evans. With a writer's ear for a beautiful phrase, and a theologian's intellect and curiosity, Evans delivers an ode to the believer who just can't quite make it all make sense. This book gave me permission to jump into the struggle, feet first, and the strength to believe I will come out the other side. This is a magnificent work, and one I know I will return to over and over again.