Sight-Seeing: The radical inclusion of Jesus
NILS VON KALM looks at how what he once thought was exclusive about Jesus is actually inclusive…
Podcasts: A place for the alienated to connect
NILS VON KALM listens to ‘Evolving Faith’…
Lifestory: Rachel Held Evans’ father on his daughter’s final days and the ongoing impact of her life
A year-and-a-half after her death, MAINA MWAURA, of Religion News Service, speaks with Peter Held, father of the late US author and blogger Rachel Held Evans, about his daughter’s career, legacy and the hope he feels thanks to his faith and the support of his daughter’s community…
THE INTERVIEW: BARBARA BROWN TAYLOR – REFORMATION IS A “DELICIOUS” BUT LONELY WILDERNESS
ROXANNE STONE, writing for Religion News Service, spoke with US Episcopal priest, teacher and author Barbara Brown Taylor at the Evolving Faith conference in the US last month…
At her funeral in Tennessee, Rachel Held Evans is memorialised with quotes from her own writings
RNS After her unexpected death at age 37 at the beginning of May, Rachel Held Evans’ loved ones gathered Saturday to remember her in a funeral service. The service was held at First Centenary United Methodist Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Many of the writer’s friends followed along from a livestream of the service hosted on her website. […]
Rachel Held Evans, US Christian writer of honesty and humour, dies at age 37
RNS Rachel Held Evans, a popular progressive Christian writer and speaker, died Saturday morning at age 37 after a brief illness. Evans had been in a medically induced coma for several weeks and never returned to an alert state. Author Rachel Held Evans. Writer and collaborator Sarah Bessey tweeted that Evans was surrounded by close friends and […]
In the US, supporters of hospitalised Christian author pool funds to cover medical costs
RNS Friends, family and supporters of prominent Christian author Rachel Held Evans are pooling funds to help cover her medical expenses after she was hospitalised over the weekend and placed into a medically induced coma. Sarah Bessey and Jeff Chu, authors and faith leaders who co-curate the Evolving Faith Conference with Evans, called on her […]
BOOKS: RACHEL HELD EVANS’ “HONEST AND BRAVE” ACCOUNT OF HER WRESTLE WITH THE BIBLE
NILS VON KALM reads Rachel Held Evans’ latest book about her own personal wrestle with the truths of the Bible…