Field Notes for the Wilderness: Practices for an Evolving Faith
by Sarah Bessey
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"A nurturing and hopeful collection of practices to help an emerging generation of Christians reconnect to their faith, find inner healing, and build spiritual community-from Glennon Doyle's "favorite faith writer" and the New York Times bestselling author of Jesus Feminist and editor of A Rhythm of Prayer. It's hard to leave a faith that has raised us. Maybe it's even harder to stay. But what can feel impossible is living in the tension. Living with a faith that evolves. Sarah Bessey is an show more expert at faithfully stumbling forward. As a New York Times bestselling author and co-founder of Evolving Faith, the foremost community for progressive Christians, she has been trusted by thousands of people to pursue a reconstruction of faith centered on compassion, truth, and inclusion. Bessey has found a deeply underserved and underestimated remnant in the wilderness of Christianity who are still devoted to Jesus, deeply rooted in the Gospel, fascinated with Scripture, and committed to reimagining their faith. Field Notes for the Wilderness guides us through multiple principles to live by for an evolving faith, including: practicing wonder and curiosity as spiritual disciplines, mothering ourselves with compassion and empathy, making space for lament and righteous rage, finding good spiritual teachers, and discovering what we are for in this life, and moving in that direction. In this groundbreaking and nurturing book, Bessey becomes a shepherd for our curiosity, giving us a table for our questions, tools to cultivate what we crave, and a blessing for what was-even as we leave it behind"-- show lessTags
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A welcome respite from the chaos the Church has become. This was a much-needed breather from the insanity that "Christians" have wrought these past years, filled with wisdom and insight to not just stew about what has gone wrong - but including encouragement and thoughtful activities for moving forward. I may not agree with the author point for point theologically, but...isn't that true for anybody?
Highly recommended for those who have left the Church, felt wounded by the Church, or just need some spiritual direction when you have that feeling of endless wandering.
Highly recommended for those who have left the Church, felt wounded by the Church, or just need some spiritual direction when you have that feeling of endless wandering.
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Globe and Mail | Canadian Non-Fiction: March 2, 2024
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Sarah Bessey is the author of the popular and critically acclaimed books Out of Sorts: Making Peace with an Evolving Faith, Jesus Feminist, and Miracles and Other Reasonable Things. She is a sought-after speaker at churches, conferences, and universities all around the world. Sarah is also the cocurator and cohost of the annual Evolving Faith show more Conference and she serves as president of the board of Heartline Ministries in Haiti. Sarah lives in Abbotsford, British Columbia, with her husband and their four children. show less
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