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…

— Sarah Bessey

“...here is, very simply, what I learned about Jesus and the ladies: he loves us. He loves us. On our own terms.…

— 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…

— Sarah Bessey

“God has a global dream for his daughters and his sons, and it is bigger than our narrow interpretations or small box…

— 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…

— Sarah Bessey

“Perhaps it is no wonder that the women were first at the Cradle and last at the Cross. They had never known…

— Sarah Bessey

“We reject the lies of inequality, we affirm the Spirit, we forgive radically, we advocate for love and demonstrate it by folding…

— 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…

— Sarah Bessey

“People want black-and-white answers, but Scripture is rainbow arch across a stormy sky.”

— 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.…

— Sarah Bessey

“Miracles sometimes look like a kapow! lightning-strike revelation; and sometimes miracles look like showing up for your counseling appointments.”

— Sarah Bessey

“We pit our pain against God, holding tally and requiring meaning, instead of saying the truth: This isn't God's will.”

— 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…

— Sarah Bessey

“I know now that the Spirit is trying to birth something in my life when I find myself craving silence and darkness,…

— Sarah Bessey

“Whether we admit it or not, as people of faith, we sift our theology through Scripture, Church history and tradition, our reason,…

— Sarah Bessey

“It's the treasure in the empty field; it's worth selling everything to own--your entertainment, your 401(k) or your registered retirement savings plan,…

— 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…

— Sarah Bessey

“There is no more hateful person than a Christian who thinks you’ve got your theology wrong.”

— Sarah Bessey

“Whether it's racism, patriarchy, warmongering, greed, or child trafficking, it's counter to God's Kingdom. But the people caught in those systems are…

— Sarah Bessey

“May we be...the ones who hold our opinions loosely and yet love ferociously.”

— Sarah Bessey

“God’s vision is a call to move forward into the future in the full operation of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,…

— Sarah Bessey

“Many of the seminal social issues of our time - poverty, lack of education, human trafficking, war and torture, domestic abuse -…

— Sarah Bessey

“I saw how Jesus didn’t treat women any differently than men, and I liked that. We weren’t too precious for words, dainty…

— Sarah Bessey

“Yes, we need scholars and academics, leaders and ministers. And we need people like me—low-church, untrained laity who are a bit sloppy…

— Sarah Bessey

“But as long as I know how important maternal health is to Haiti’s future, and as long as I know that women…

— Sarah Bessey