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title: "2 Fresh air Quotes By Sarah Bessey"
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> [“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, patience and peace until my gentle answers turn away even my own wrath. I will breathe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bessey/i-won-t-desecrate-beauty-with-cynicism-anymore-i-won-t-confuse/)

[Sarah Bessey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bessey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df9/sarah-bessey-11185_beauty_i-won-t-desecrate-beauty-with-cynicism-a_225337.jpg)

> [“who wants to live in an ivory tower when there is fresh air to breathe anyway? 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bessey/who-wants-to-live-in-an-ivory-tower-when-there-is-fresh-air-to/)

[Sarah Bessey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bessey/)

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## More by Sarah Bessey

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bessey/when-jesus-finished-teaching-in-a-synagogue-one-day-a-woman-called/)

[Sarah Bessey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bessey/)

> [“...here is, very simply, what I learned about Jesus and the ladies: he loves us. He loves us. On our own terms. He treats…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bessey/here-is-very-simply-what-i-learned-about-jesus-and-the-ladies-he/)

[Sarah Bessey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bessey/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bessey/i-want-to-be-outside-with-the-misfits-with-the-rebels-the-dreamers/)

[Sarah Bessey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bessey/)

> [“God has a global dream for his daughters and his sons, and it is bigger than our narrow interpretations or small box constructions of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bessey/god-has-a-global-dream-for-his-daughters-and-his-sons-and-it-is/)

[Sarah Bessey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bessey/)

> [“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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bessey/i-won-t-desecrate-beauty-with-cynicism-anymore-i-won-t-confuse/)

[Sarah Bessey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bessey/)

> [“Perhaps it is no wonder that the women were first at the Cradle and last at the Cross. They had never known a man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bessey/perhaps-it-is-no-wonder-that-the-women-were-first-at-the-cradle-and/)

[Sarah Bessey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bessey/)

> [“We reject the lies of inequality, we affirm the Spirit, we forgive radically, we advocate for love and demonstrate it by folding laundry, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bessey/we-reject-the-lies-of-inequality-we-affirm-the-spirit-we-forgive/)

[Sarah Bessey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bessey/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bessey/our-faith-is-often-embodied-in-the-relationships-and-neighborhoods/)

[Sarah Bessey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bessey/)

> [“People want black-and-white answers, but Scripture is rainbow arch across a stormy sky.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bessey/people-want-black-and-white-answers-but-scripture-is-rainbow-arch/)

[Sarah Bessey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bessey/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bessey/the-night-that-our-friend-s-wife-died-my-brokenhearted-husband-called/)

[Sarah Bessey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bessey/)

> [“Miracles sometimes look like a kapow! lightning-strike revelation; and sometimes miracles look like showing up for your counseling appointments.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bessey/miracles-sometimes-look-like-a-kapow-lightning-strike-revelation-and/)

[Sarah Bessey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bessey/)

> [“We pit our pain against God, holding tally and requiring meaning, instead of saying the truth: This isn't God's will.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bessey/we-pit-our-pain-against-god-holding-tally-and-requiring-meaning/)

[Sarah Bessey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bessey/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bessey/sometimes-yes-we-do-speak-to-a-mountain-and-it-will-lift-up-and-be/)

[Sarah Bessey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bessey/)

> [“I know now that the Spirit is trying to birth something in my life when I find myself craving silence and darkness, when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bessey/i-know-now-that-the-spirit-is-trying-to-birth-something-in-my-life/)

[Sarah Bessey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bessey/)

> [“Whether we admit it or not, as people of faith, we sift our theology through Scripture, Church history and tradition, our reason, and our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-bessey/whether-we-admit-it-or-not-as-people-of-faith-we-sift-our-theology/)

[Sarah Bessey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-bessey/)

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