Rachel Hughes: Finding God in the ‘radical middle’

Rachel Hughes, senior pastor of Gas Street Church, Birmingham, and co-founder of women’s ministry The Orchard, speaks about bringing Spirit-filled purpose through our suffering and failure as well as our joy

“I think it’s so frustrating when things are made to be binary,” Rachel Hughes shares, acknowledging the complexities of our humanity and the beautiful, dynamic ways in which God works. “It’s rarely just this or that…often there are two – or more – things happening at once.” Be it joy and hardship coexisting, or feeling both compelled and resistant at the same time, or witnessing abuse and grace unfold simultaneously, Rachel sees God at work. He is present in the “radical middle”, as she calls it, enabling all our experiences to flourish in their season, for the sake of his kingdom.