Becoming Who You Already Are

Rachel Held Evans once wrote that the Bible is not a sword to be wielded but a story we are invited into. For many who have been told their identity is a problem to be solved — queer Christians pushed to the margins, women silenced in sanctuaries, people of color whose bodies were deemed less-than by the theology of empire — Paul's words in 2 Corinthians 5:17 land differently than the way we were taught.…