Hope in the Rubble
When Rachel Held Evans wrote about faith after deconstruction, she described it not as a house rebuilt exactly as before, but as something new growing...
This is tradition perspectives on hope, drawing on Romans 8:28.
When Rachel Held Evans wrote about faith after deconstruction, she described it not as a house rebuilt exactly as before, but as something new growing in the wreckage — wilder, more honest, more alive. That image captures what Paul means in Romans 8:28 better than any tidy sermon outline ever could. A congregation in Portland lost half its members after affirming their LGBTQ+ siblings.…
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