Rachel Held Evans

Strong Enough to Be My Man - And Run My Web Site

It isn’t easy being married to a strong-willed and outspoken woman. Looking back over nearly five years of marriage, I think my husband and I could have safely included in our wedding vows the promise to remain faithful through richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, through conservativism and liberalism, through orthodoxy and “heresy,” through hard work and harder work, in faith and in doubt. I’m living proof that the person you marry has a frightful tendency to cha

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On a Lighter Note - How Unfair is This?

My husband Dan went in for a check-up the other day, and came back with strict instructions from his doctor to eat a bowl of ice cream before bed every night. Those who know Dan know that he’s a little on the thin side. This year he burned some extra calories fixing up and re-selling an old house in downtown Dayton, so he really needs to put on a few pounds. I have a hard time feeling sorry for him. Dan can eat an entire sleeve of Oreos in one sitting and wash them down with a giant glass

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No gay jokes please

The other day, a co-worker told a “joke” about physically hurting gay people. It was his third gay joke of the day, (he’d already cracked two about women), so I decided I ought to let him know it bothered me. No one else in the room objected to his remarks. I’ve found myself in this awkward position several times before, especially when working with my more conservative evangelical clients. It seems that among this group, gays are fair game. Now, I understand that there i

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Second Honeymoon in LeGrange

Hello from LeGrange, Georgia! Never heard of it? Neither had we until we got stuck here in an attempt to avoid the hail, tornados, and flash floods plaguing Atlanta today. On our way back from a conference with one of my clients at Calloway Gardens (about 70 miles south of the city), Dan and I got word of the weather and decided to call it a day. So we’re hanging out at the Hampton Inn in LaGrange, enjoying cable TV, room service, and (lucky me) free Wi-Fi. We haven’t even see

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Welcome to my "Fantasy Dinner Party"

I might be the only person in the world who ever thinks about this, but sometimes when I can’t fall asleep at night I like to imagine who I would invite to my fantasy dinner party. It’s sort of like playing fantasy football, only the “sport” is conversation and my “players” are interesting people. These are the people who have made it to my list so far: 1. Condoleeza Rice: Smart and powerful, she’s traveled the world and met some of its most notable figu

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Books and Bicep Curls

Friends James and Michelle recently donated a new clothes line…er…exercise machine to our home. It was my idea to accept it, (Dan was skeptical), so I made space for it my office, where I have vowed to use it at least three times a week before swimsuit season. As we set it up, Dan’s face betrayed his thoughts. His “I’m looking at a liability” expression is unmistakable to me. But he didn’t say anything because, as Christian married people who have read

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