Evolutionary Rituals are ways to show how religion, humanity, and divinity evolve.

From New York Times bestselling author Rachel Held Evans comes a book that is both a heartfelt ode to the past and hopeful gaze into the future of what it means to be a part of the Church.

“For Simrit, singing is not a performance, it is a sacred worship of the Divine. Her voice, her music, and her teaching, reflect this devotion which seems to come from her so effortlessly. This devotion is a gift, a talent beyond any, that will lead thousands into the lightness of being and awareness that is so vital to humanity in this day and age.”

Can we get inside this story, Try to think as lepers thought? Totally despised, rejected; Life for them was worse than naught.

Jesus travelled from town to town, healing people who were sick All: Help us to heal broken bodies

The Patience Stone ... about a stone into which you can shed your misfortunes, your complaints, and your troubles until it's so full it bursts.

Wholeness is a process rather than a static state: it is not an end to the journey but the journey itself.

We are made to bless! We are "supercharged" by God to make all things new, to make all things better.

I believe in a soothing impulse, where Healing restores what is Good

I hope it will be a long time from now; I am grateful to be occupying this body today. But when you see this body lying before you in your gross anatomy lab, don't call it mine. It will be for you, and for all the patients you will serve in your career as a doctor. Cut this body open with deep reverence, not for me, but for the living people whose bodies you will work to heal. My experience of eternal life during the process of my death will transcend this body completely.

The time for healing is now...