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  • Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church
  • Written by: Rachel Held Evans
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  • Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (59 ratings)

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Are you struggling to connect with your church community? Do you find yourself questioning the core beliefs that you once held dear? Searching for Sunday, from New York Times bestselling author Rachel Held Evans is a heartfelt ode to the past and a hopeful gaze into the future of what it means to be a part of the modern church.

Like millions of her millennial peers, Rachel Held Evans didn't want to go to church anymore. The hypocrisy, the politics, the gargantuan building budgets, the scandals--to her, it was beginning to feel like church culture was too far removed from Jesus. Yet, despite her cynicism and misgivings, something kept drawing Evans back to church.

Evans found herself wanting to better understand the church and find her place within it, so she set out on a new adventure. Within the pages of Searching for Sunday, Evans catalogs her journey as she loves, leaves, and finds the church once again.  

Evans tells the story of her faith through the lens of seven sacraments of the Catholic church--baptism, confession, holy orders, communion, confirmation, the anointing of the sick, and marriage--to teach us the essential truths about what she's learned along the way, including:

  • Faith isn't just meant to be believed, it's meant to be lived and shared in community
  • Christianity isn't a kingdom for the worthy--it's a kingdom for the hungry, the broken, and the imperfect
  • The countless and beautiful ways that God shows up in the ordinary parts of our daily lives

Searching for Sunday will help you unpack the messiness of community, teaching us that by overcoming our cynicism, we can all find hope, grace, love, and, somewhere in between, church.

©2015 Rachel Held Evans (P)2015 Thomas Nelson Publishers

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Every Christian needs to read this

I could relate so much with her. She gave me hope in a time when I was struggling to hang on. I will listen to this over and over and have my teenagers listen to it as well. So much hope and truth in this book!

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I laughed, I cried, I felt understood

In this book, I heard some of my own never-voiced thoughts articulated clearly and thoughtfully. I am now and likely always will be a committed member of an evangelical faith community, but I've been realizing for a few years now that there must be something I'm missing. Rachel's journey lived out my deepest longings and desires... and her experiences can offer wisdom and insight to anyone willing to receive.
I was so sad to learn that she died suddenly a year ago, and I'm thankful she was brave enough to live a life that ignites transformative change in myself and so many others.

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Blessed by Rachel's Honesty

As someone who has grown up in the church and now works in ministry, I could relate to Rachel's honest conversation about facing her doubts and questions while still loving and desiring community in the form of church. This book was such a blessing to read. I love that she doesn't answer all the questions (as many Christian writers attempt to do) but rather allows some to remain unanswered as I, the reader, search alongside her on this journey. Sadly, I discovered her ministry in the twilight of her time here on earth with us. She has left such a legacy behind in her books and online presence. May God bless her husband and children as they move on from their great loss.

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Redefining Christianity

This book was SO amazing. On every level! I’ve been recommending it to all my friends and family. Rachel Evans was an amazing woman!

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