It doesn’t feel very difficult to draw a direct line between the messages many of us received from the church and the harm we’ve experienced in our bodies and spirits as a result. So my argument in this book is this: we should not be more loyal to an idea, a doctrine, or an interpretation of a Bible verse than we are to people. If the teachings of the church are harming the bodies and spirits of people, we should rethink those teachings.
— Nadia Bolz-Weber, Shameless, p. 5
Photo: Bluebell Trail, Bull Run Regional Park, Virginia, April 17, 2014