Sarah Bessey's Field Notes

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In-Dwelling
if God is with us then perhaps God is staying put with us, too.
 • Sarah Bessey
My Favourite Books of 2025
The pseudo-hermit bookworm checks in
 • Sarah Bessey
The books I've been reading lately
My recent ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ reads of autumn and winter, plus all the books I finished recently from novels to popular memoirs to spiritual non-fiction and more
 • Sarah Bessey
Why Everything You Know About the Nativity is Probably Wrong
Sorry for wrecking your Christmas pageants
 • Sarah Bessey
Does Advent even matter when the world is on fire?
But here’s the thing: we enter into Advent precisely because we are paying attention.
 • Sarah Bessey
A Simple Advent for the Exhausted Ones
A minimal guide for all of us who know the dark nights, who know what it means to wait, who know what it means to yearn for love and for light and also…
 • Sarah Bessey
The Christian Bookstore Rejects
A few messy thoughts on being a devout Christian author who writes books geared for Christians and yet almost never stocked in the Christian bookstore
 • Sarah Bessey
A Prayer: for the ones who were turned into an object lesson
A Prayer/Meditation inspired by Part 8 of our Unexpected Jesus Series
 • Sarah Bessey
The Woman Who Was Not Collateral Damage
The Unexpected Jesus: Part 8 on The Woman Saved From Stoning
 • Sarah Bessey
Sarah Bessey's Field Notes
Sarah Bessey's Field Notes
The bestselling newsletter from writer Sarah Bessey with exclusive essays, book conversations, good things, special devotional series, theology deep dives, community conversations, and so much more.
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No Trifling Matter
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Reading & Eating
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Liturgies for Parents
Liturgies for Parents
Kayla Craig
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Field Notes for the Wilderness
Practices for an Evolving Faith
A Rhythm of Prayer
A Collection of Meditations for Renewal
Miracles and Other Reasonable Things
A Story of Unlearning and Relearning God
Out of Sorts
Making Peace with an Evolving Faith
Jesus Feminist
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