Rachel Held Evans, an Easter reflection over an unusual Lenten discipline

If Lent were a competitive sport, Rachel Held Evans, author of the bestselling and delightful book A Year of Biblical Womanhood, would win this year. She gets points for creativity, vulnerability, simplicity, and a distinctly Paschal practice.

Luckily, Lent, like origami, isn’t a competitive sport, but a cooperative endeavor of becoming more and more the body of Christ. So go reap the fruit she (and her friends – and her enemies!) have sown.

Kimberly Hope Belcher

Kimberly Belcher received her Ph.D. in Liturgical Studies at Notre Dame in 2009. After teaching at St John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota, she returned to Notre Dame as a faculty member in 2013. Her research interests include sacramental theology (historical and contemporary), trinitarian theology, and ritual studies. Her interest in the church tradition is challenged, deepened, and inspired by her three children.

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3 responses to “Rachel Held Evans, an Easter reflection over an unusual Lenten discipline”

  1. Fran Rossi Szpylczyn

    Beautiful – her blog is fantastic. I have not read the book yet, but I will get to it!

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  2. Ellen Joyce

    I’ve finally ordered the book–I’ve been enjoying her blog for a while, but this particular post floored me.

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  3. Jim Pauwels

    That is astonishing – thank you!

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