Lauren

“Jesus didn't just "come to die." Jesus came to live- to teach, to heal, to tell stories, to protest, to turn over tables, to touch people who weren't supposed to be touched and eat with people who weren't supposed to be eaten with, to break bread, to pour wine, to wash feet, to face temptation, to tick off the authorities, to fulfill scripture, to forgive, to announce the start of a brand-new kingdom, to show us what that kingdom is like, to show us what God is like, to love his enemies to the point of death at their hands, and to beat death by rising from the grave.”
― Rachel Held Evans, Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again

“An institution can still be destructive even if its members are good people.”
― Becky Cooper, We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence

“Evangelical culture primes women to repress their sexuality but then turns around and chastises them when they are married for doing that very thing.”
― Sheila Wray Gregoire, The Great Sex Rescue: The Lies You've Been Taught and How to Recover What God Intended

“So much of love is about who you are with someone.”
― Emily Henry, People We Meet on Vacation