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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️I love Bessey‘s worldview, it is very similar to my own, but while there were strong chapter messages, there wasn‘t a strong book message. I do think Bessey allows readers in to see different aspects of her faith& how her relationship to God/church/spirit has changed &that could help readers who haven‘t really delved in, look at what they believe& make the necessary changes. It‘s a good one that I‘d recommend but not my fav in this genre.

Booo 1 for #superseptember is done! I will read everything Bessey ever writes. She makes me want to know Jesus better, to live more bravely and boldly. Her words are a true gift and this book about the grace and beauty of not having the answers is so deeply needed right now.

I've been having a blah day so I'm going spend the night with this book from the amazing @MatchlessMarie along with a new flavor of beer I'm going to try! #booksandbooze #backtoreading

The liturgy of the charismatic evangelicals is empty to me. Dead religion perhaps. Every prayer begins with Father, we just... And I find myself admitting, Father, I just can't hear you here anymore. Maybe I never did.

Totally having a Holy holy ? moment with this book. I started reading this 2 years ago when my "sorting" was in its infancy. I put it down just a few paragraphs before this passage. Just wow. #springcleaningreadathon

Ironically my first pick for #springcleaningreadathon also accurately describes my #springcleaning style 😱

It was somehow easier when life and faith and God were an exercise in rule making and literalism, in black-and-white cause and effect.

Such a beautiful book! Her way with words always leaves me in awe.

"Perhaps we are never really free from the ones who came before us; we simply make our peace with the ways they haunt us still."

I loved this book. I had it out from the library but I want to get it on kindle so I can underline all the things. Sarah's writing is gorgeous and this was all really relatable. For anyone who has ever felt out of place in the church or in their own faith, Sarah breathes grace into those spaces that are so difficult to talk about. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Loving this ❤️

Loved this book. Really some great things. I think Bessey keeps getting better!

Kurt Vonnegut, 'create stable communities to cure loneliness.' ❤️

We let each other be wrong for a long time.
Marriage!

I'm a recovering know-it-all

A rainy 4th here in Illinois! But I just started this and it's very intriguing! This girl can write!

The author speaks bravely ( at least to a raised-in-a-small-southern-church-girl) about our responsibility to really question and test our faith and beliefs. It's the only way to live authentically. Great thought-provoking book. I will be rereading this one for sure.

" I had to learn that taking the Bible seriously doesn't mean taking everything literally. I had to learn to read the whole Bible through the lens of Jesus, and I had to learn to stop making it something it wasn't- a glorified answer book or rule book or magic spell."

Loved going through this with friends and talking about what we're going through and learning!