Searching for Sunday

I needed this book now. With everything that has gone on in 2020 both in society and in my life, I needed to hear someone else's struggle.
For many years, I have avoided reading blogs and books by this author because I thought I disagreed with all of her stances. When I found out about her death, I grieved for her family and friends. Then 2020 happened and I reached out to her book. I found out that I can relate to many of her doubts. I found out that I agree with some of her stances. I still disagree with some, but this book helped me see where she is coming from and how she developed her beliefs.
The strength of this book is not the stances she takes, but the way she describes her doubts and her struggles. She doesn't give up on faith because of her doubts. She doesn't give up on her doubts because of her faith. This tension and struggle is a breath of fresh air in a world where struggle and tension and doubts are discouraged.
This book is what I needed for this time in my life. I would not have been ready to read it earlier, but I am sad that I wasn't ready when Rachel Held Evans was here.
If you are wrestling with doubts, belief, and what church is, then this book is helpful. If reading about doubts and frustrations are going to make you want to argue, then this book isn't for you.