“And now for me, faith is less of a brick edifice of belief and doctrine and right answers than it is a wide-open sky ringed with pine trees black against a cold sunset, an altar, a welcome, bread and wine,… — Sarah Bessey Copy Share Image
“When Jesus finished teaching in a synagogue one day, a woman called out from the audience, 'God bless your mother—the womb from which you… — Sarah Bessey Copy Share Image
“...here is, very simply, what I learned about Jesus and the ladies: he loves us. He loves us. On our own terms. He treats… — Sarah Bessey Copy Share Image
“I want to be outside with the misfits, with the rebels, the dreamers, second-chance givers, the radical grace lavishers, the ones with arms wide… — Sarah Bessey Copy Share Image
“God has a global dream for his daughters and his sons, and it is bigger than our narrow interpretations or small box constructions of… — Sarah Bessey Copy Share Image
“I won't desecrate beauty with cynicism anymore. I won't confuse critical thinking with a critical spirit, and I will practice, painfully, over and over,… — Sarah Bessey Copy Share Image
“Perhaps it is no wonder that the women were first at the Cradle and last at the Cross. They had never known a man… — Sarah Bessey Copy Share Image
“We reject the lies of inequality, we affirm the Spirit, we forgive radically, we advocate for love and demonstrate it by folding laundry, and… — Sarah Bessey Copy Share Image
“Our faith is often embodied in the relationships and neighborhoods where we live. In our world of globalization, technology, and mobility, we've misplaced the… — Sarah Bessey Copy Share Image
“People want black-and-white answers, but Scripture is rainbow arch across a stormy sky.” — Sarah Bessey Copy Share Image
“The night that our friend's wife died, my brokenhearted husband called his mother: "What do I say?"... There is nothing to say. Stop thinking… — Sarah Bessey Copy Share Image
“Miracles sometimes look like a kapow! lightning-strike revelation; and sometimes miracles look like showing up for your counseling appointments.” — Sarah Bessey Copy Share Image
“We pit our pain against God, holding tally and requiring meaning, instead of saying the truth: This isn't God's will.” — Sarah Bessey Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, yes, we do speak to a mountain and it will lift up and be cast into the sea. But I've also learned over… — Sarah Bessey Copy Share Image
“I know now that the Spirit is trying to birth something in my life when I find myself craving silence and darkness, when I… — Sarah Bessey Copy Share Image
“Whether we admit it or not, as people of faith, we sift our theology through Scripture, Church history and tradition, our reason, and our… — Sarah Bessey Copy Share Image
