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ejpreads's review against another edition
5.0
Sometimes you pick up a map to plot a course to your destination. Other times, you find yourself somewhere, and you turn on your GPS to get confirmation that you aren’t lost. Just to make sure. Because you haven’t come exactly in this neighborhood from this direction before, but you are pretty sure you recognize the street names and some of the landmarks. Out of Sorts is like a map book for me. With every chapter, I saw where I have been but from a slightly different angle.
My relationship with the Body of Christ has grown more and more into a journey, rather than a destination. Out of Sorts is a journey story and in the pages I found a companion walking alongside me.
Out of Sorts is not a how-to book. It is not a devotional book. It is not an exercise in theology or Bible study. It will not give you black and white - because SB respects her readers and Jesus so much. Through the chapters of Out of Sorts, I got to witness Sarah Bessey’s wholehearted and honest journey with God and his Body.
Sarah Bessey writes her journey in such a way that you get glimpses of yourself and your own journey in the words and the white-space. You will laugh and you will cry. Sometimes you will feel exposed and other times you will feel drawn into tender comfort. I can’t recommend this book enough.
My relationship with the Body of Christ has grown more and more into a journey, rather than a destination. Out of Sorts is a journey story and in the pages I found a companion walking alongside me.
Out of Sorts is not a how-to book. It is not a devotional book. It is not an exercise in theology or Bible study. It will not give you black and white - because SB respects her readers and Jesus so much. Through the chapters of Out of Sorts, I got to witness Sarah Bessey’s wholehearted and honest journey with God and his Body.
Sarah Bessey writes her journey in such a way that you get glimpses of yourself and your own journey in the words and the white-space. You will laugh and you will cry. Sometimes you will feel exposed and other times you will feel drawn into tender comfort. I can’t recommend this book enough.
ajcain92's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
allisonh59's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
meginhumboldt's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Really appreciate her candor and sense of love and messiness
juliasilge's review against another edition
4.0
I loved Sarah Bessey's first book [b: Jesus Feminist|17570843|Jesus Feminist An Invitation to Revisit the Bible's View of Women|Sarah Bessey|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1401057157s/17570843.jpg|24510358] and this is another warm, hopeful, gentle exploration of what it means to be a follower of Jesus at this particular time in history, in a cultural context that is quite similar to mine. Bessey's writing and perspective makes space for people like me who have grief and a lot of complicated feelings around our faith journeys.
collinaj's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
3.75
Not for me in this particular season, but some good nuggets to reflect and think on. It's another deconstructing and reconstructing text.
My personal takeaways are to pray more/always, to be okay with non-ministry vocation, and to appreciate the diversity of denominations and church practices that I may not fit into.
I upped this by .5 because I've thought about it so much over the last few weeks. The good nuggets have stuck in my mind and the bad parts have faded.
My personal takeaways are to pray more/always, to be okay with non-ministry vocation, and to appreciate the diversity of denominations and church practices that I may not fit into.
I upped this by .5 because I've thought about it so much over the last few weeks. The good nuggets have stuck in my mind and the bad parts have faded.
jedwardsusc's review against another edition
3.0
I'm not the audience for this book, but I understand the value.