The Quilt of What Remains
When Rachel Held Evans wrote about faith unraveling, she described something many of us know intimately — the experience of watching certainties come apart at...
This is tradition perspectives on hope, drawing on Romans 8:28.
When Rachel Held Evans wrote about faith unraveling, she described something many of us know intimately — the experience of watching certainties come apart at the seams. Romans 8:28 has often been weaponized, turned into a spiritual bypass that dismisses real suffering with a shrug and a "God has a plan." But Paul wasn't writing from a place of comfort.…
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