Rachel’s Christianity is a daily discipline of boundless grace – for herself, for the church, for those the church leaves out. The faith she describes … is less of a club to belong to and more of a current to enter into – a current that continuously carries her toward the people and places she’s been taught to fear.”
-- Glennon Doyle Melton (Forward)

Importance: This quote from the book's Forward sums up the perspective of the book's author, as developed and portrayed throughout the book as a whole. It suggests that for the book's author, faith is less of a certain, singular, immutable and unchangeable thing and more of a process, more of an evolution, more of an experience of growth and knowledge and possibility.

The church tells us we are beloved (baptism). The church tells us we are broken (confession). The church tells us we are commissioned (holy orders). The church feeds us (communion). The...
-- The Author (Narration) (Prologue)