12. Rachel Held Evans (Braving the Truth) with Sarah Bessey

12. Rachel Held Evans (Braving the Truth) with Sarah BesseySarah Bessey joins Alexis Rice for a special release-day episode honoring Braving the Truth by Rachel Held Evans - out now.Alexis and Sarah read from Rachel's book, reflect on holy anger, spiritual wilderness, life after evangelicalism many are living in real time, and why Rachel’s voice feels less like nostalgia and more like necessity.Braving The Truth from @HarperCollins https://www.harpercollins.com/products/braving-the-truth-rachel-held-evans💬 In This Episode• Reading: “Life After Evangelicalism” (originally posted Nov 14, 2016) • Sarah on editing Rachel’s work: grief, time travel, and why this book feels like a gift “from the past for the future of the church” • Reading: “Why I Can’t Stay Angry Even Though I Want To” • Women, power, patriarchy — and why Rachel’s work was truly threatening (because it was making change) • For the spiritually tender: you belong, and “there’s always room for more”👥 People/Resources MentionedRachel Held Evans: @rachelheldevans Sarah Bessey: @sarahbessey Evolving Faith: @evolvfaith Glennon Doyle: @glennondoyle Jen Hatmaker: @jenhatmaker Jeff Chu: @jeffchu Matthew Paul Turner: @matthewpaulturner Brian McLaren: @brianmclaren Pete Enns: @peteenns Dan McClellan: @maklelan🎙 Credits: “Come Thou Fount” used with permission by Sara Groves @grovesroad#Christianity #deconstruction #RachelHeldEvans #BravingTheTruthSupport the showAbout The Sacred SlopeWhere the slippery slope becomes sacred ground.For the spiritually tender—raised in or rooted in Christianity.Come explore our global, diverse, inclusive Christian faith, deconstruction, and spiritual identity in a rapidly changing world. Through conversations with clergy, scholars, and cultural voices, the show creates space for people navigating faith after certainty, church harm, or political co-option of religion.🎧 WATCH: YouTube / Spotify     LISTEN: Apple Podcasts + everywhere     FOLLOW: @thesacredslope (IG, FB, Threads, TikTok, YouTube, Bluesky)🔗 Connect🎧 Explore episodes & community: linktr.ee/TheSacredSlope 🎙 Hosted by Alexis Rice 🎵 Music by Brett Rutledge, Eddie Irvin & Sean Spence 📬 Nominate a guest: [email protected]🌿 Community Guidelines 🌿Fruit of the Spirit:  ❤️ love • 💫 joy • ☮️ peace • 🕊 patience • 💝 kindness • 🌿 goodness • 🙏 faithfulness • 🤲 gentleness • 💪 self-control