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Carolyn and I recently left for a month-long summer retreat at our mountain cabin. As is my usual habit, I brought with me a stack of books to catch up on some reading. Right now I am reading Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again by New York Times best-selling author and popular blogger Rachel Held Evans. I recently received a copy in the mail from Thomas Nelson, Rachel’s publisher.

Rachel is a self-described skeptic, creative and Jesus follower and in her new book really goes into some great and deep questions about the Bible. It reminded me of a conversation I had with Rachel in 2015 after she spoke at Ginghamsburg Church’s Change the World conference. It’s well worth another listen. Click here to hear part of our conversation about living within the tension between faith and doubt.

Mike Slaughter, pastor emeritus and global church ambassador for Ginghamsburg Church, served for nearly four decades as the lead pastor and chief dreamer of Ginghamsburg and the spiritual entrepreneur of ministry marketplace innovations. Mike is also the founder and chief strategist of Passionate Churches, LLC, which specializes in developing pastors, church staff and church lay leaders through coaching, training, consulting and facilitation services. Mike’s call to “afflict the comfortable” challenges Christians to wrestle with God and their God-destinies. Mike’s newest book is Made for a Miracle: from your ordinary to God’s extraordinary (Abingdon Press).