A review by reemeyer
Field Notes for the Wilderness: Practices for an Evolving Faith by Sarah Bessey

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5.0

Sarah Bessey never disappoints. This book is like a warm cup of tea that surprises you with spice. Sarah holds space for hard stories, doubt, faith questions, walking away. And she offers a gentle invitation to think again, to find beauty, to hold on. I don't know how she does it - wading all the way into really hard topics like grief and inclusion/exclusion and the collective rage over, you know, ALL THE THINGS in Christianity, all with such grace and truth. I suspect it's because she really does love Jesus and trust God'sgoodness and believe it's the Spirit's job (not hers as an author) to change and transform us into whatever God wants us to be.

I loved this book, and plan to buy the study guide (I never do that as I'm snobby about questions and reflection prompts, but I need to process some things this book stirred up for me and I trust SB.) The audiobook is excellent except there are SO MANY passages I wanted to underline. I might need a paper or kindle copy also. Sigh.