Author, blogger, and speaker, Rachel Held Evans, will be speaking at an event hosted by Valley Wesley and The Arizona Foundation for Contemporary Theology on Saturday January 21. More about Rachel from her website:

I'm a writer, skeptic, and Christ-follower from Dayton, Tennessee—home of the famous Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925. My first book, a spiritual memoir entitled Evolving in Monkey Town, released with Zondervan in July of 2010. My second book, an experimental memoir (tentatively) titled A Year of Biblical Womanhood will be released by Thomas Nelson in 2012 (at the earliest). I enjoy speaking, blogging, traveling, playing poker, and talking theology over coffee.

Rachel will also preach at Tempe First UMC on Sunday January 22. We are excited to be hosting Rachel and can't wait for this event! Stay tuned to the blog for more info as we draw closer to the event date.