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From popular blogger and author of Jesus Feministcomes a riveting new study of Christianity that helps you wrestle with-and sort out-your faith.
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In Out of Sorts, Sarah Bessey-award-winning blogger and author of Jesus Feminist, which was hailed as "lucid, compelling, and beautifully written" (Frank Viola, author of God's Favourite Place on Earth)-helps us grapple with core Christian issues using a mixture of beautiful storytelling and biblical teaching, a style well described as "narrative theology." As she candidly shares her wrestlings with core issues-such as who Jesus is, what place the Church has in our lives, how to disagree yet remain within a community, and how to love the Bible for what it is rather than what we want it to be-she teaches us how to walk courageously through our own tough questions. In the process of gently helping us sort things out, Bessey teaches us how to be as comfortable with uncertainty as we are with solid answers. And as we learn to hold questions in one hand and answers in the other, we discover new depths of faith that will remain secure even through the storms of life.
Author Biography
Sarah Bessey is the author of the popular and critically acclaimed books, Out of Sorts: Making Peace with an Evolving Faith, Jesus Feminist, and Miracles and Other Reasonable Things. She is a sought-after speaker at churches, conferences, and universities all around the world. Sarah is also the cocurator and cohost of the annual Evolving Faith Conference and she serves as President of the Board for Heartline Ministries in Haiti. Sarah lives in Abbotsford, British Columbia, with her husband and their four children.
Review
"There are so many things that Ilove about this book and I know you will too. I love Sarah Bessey and true toform in Out of Sorts she is transparent, vulnerable, thought provoking,and gracious as she wrestles with things we have all wrestled with, or one daywill. Her message of hope, love, and grace is stunning and my heart resonatesdeeply with the thought that 'we need each other, and we need to learn fromeach stream, because our stories don't happen alone; our roots are all tangledtogether.'" -- Christine Caine, founder of The A21 Campaign and Propel Women"Honest, sober, and encouragingly relatable." -- Frank Viola, co-author of The Day I Met Jesus"This is the truth: Sarah is one of my very favorite writers. The quality of her writing is so inspiring and beautiful and moving to me. And her complicated dance with church and all its tentacles is one that is familiar to so many of us. I love this book." -- Shauna Niequist, author of Bread & Wine"Sarah Bessey writes with the fire of a preacher and the soul of a mother, critical thought without cynicism. Her deepest wounds have come from the church and so has her deepest healing. This book is for all of us who understand, we wonderers who long for Jesus and distrust easy answers. Here Sarah is a brave and faithful guide as we all learn to 'live the questions.'" -- Micha Boyett, author of Found"Touching a raw nerve in contemporary evangelical experience, Sarah Bessey reflects on the inevitable reality of walking the path of faith without having it all worked out—and at times having none of it worked out. Thoughtful, compelling, moving, and real, Bessey models a faith many are seeking but afraid to voice, a faith released of the obligation to be certain. This is the kind of book you'll want to read and tell friends about." -- Peter Enns, author of The Bible Tells Me So"Out of Sorts reads like a love letter to Jesus and to all those desperate to see His true face. Through her indomitable heart, brilliant mind, and vivid writing, Bessey sets an extravagant, cozy table in the middle of the spiritual desert." -- Glennon Doyle Melton, New York Times bestselling author of Carry On Warrior"What you will find in these pages is nothing short of a gift. There are plenty of us out here reimagining, rethinking, reevaluating, restarting. You aren't alone....Thank you, my dearest Sarah Bessey, for helping us find our way back home." -- Jen Hatmaker, author of For the Love, 7, and Interrupted"With refreshing honesty and engaging passion, Sarah Bessey reminds us that cheap certitude is a poor substitute for genuine faith." -- Brian Zahnd, pastor and author of Farewell to Mars"[Bessey] creates a loving, inviting environment from which readers can approach their own questions, beliefs, and maturity." * CBA Retailers & Resources *"Bessey offers a good forum for Evangelical Christians to question what they believe without getting bent out of joint." * Library Journal *"Charming, beautifully expressive" * Publishers Weekly *
Review Quote
"With refreshing honesty and engaging passion, Sarah Bessey reminds us that cheap certitude is a poor substitute for genuine faith."
Excerpt from Book
Out of Sorts 1 Out of Sorts A BEGINNING Once upon a time, you had it all beautifully sorted out. Then you didn''t. * * * Out of Sorts: a state of being in one''s heart or mind or body. Often used to describe one''s sense of self at a time when you feel like everything you once knew for sure has to be figured out all over again. Nothing feels quite right. Nothing is quite where it belongs anymore. Everything moved . . . or maybe you moved. Either way, you feel disoriented. Then: "How''s your walk with God these days, sister?" "Oh, glory to glory, brother! I''m blessed and highly favored!" Now: "How''s your walk with God these days, sister?" "Oh, it''s . . . I''m . . . a bit . . . out of sorts." At sixes and sevens. Bewildered. Baffled. Caught between what-was and what-will-be. Walking away from something, perhaps, but not quite sure where you''re even headed. * * * This book isn''t an argument to make or a point to take. It isn''t a single story with a plot and a climax and a denouement, and it doesn''t have a simple three-step program to follow with nicely spaced headers. I don''t think this book will be turned into a calendar for the gift shop. It''s about loss and how we cope with change. It''s about Jesus and why I love Him and follow Him. It''s about church and church people and why both make me crazy but why I can''t seem to quit either. It''s about embracing a faith, which evolves, and the stuff I used to think about God but I don''t think anymore, and it''s about the new things I think and believe that turned out to be old. It''s about the evolution of a soul and the ways I''ve failed; it''s about letting go of the fear and walking out into the unknown. It''s about the beautiful things we might reclaim and the stuff we may decide to kick to the curb. It''s a book about making peace with unanswered questions and being content to live into the answers as they come. It''s about being comfortable with where we land for now, while holding our hands open for where the Spirit leads us next. It''s about not apologizing for our transformation and change in response to the unchanging Christ. Really, it''s a book about not being afraid. This book is my way of leaving the light on for the ones who are wandering. * * * I''ve heard that most of our theology is formed by autobiography. This is true in my case and maybe it''s true for you too. I think that is why I love reading or hearing other people''s stories of faith--the conversion, the wrestling, the falling away, the calling, the triumphs, the tenderness, the questions, the why behind all of it. I feel like I''ll know Jesus better if I hear about how you love Him or how you find Him or how you experience the divine in your life. Emily Dickinson wrote, Tell all the truth, but tell it slant-- . . . The truth must dazzle gradually, or every man be blind.1 Come at it sideways, let me hear the truth, but let the truth find me too. We''re all still being slowly dazzled. * * * I am still wrestling with some aspects of my Mother Church. Perhaps you are too. Resting in the in-betweens is okay for now. You may find, like me, that you are reclaiming more and more, fighting your way through the weeds of over-realization or extreme cases or weirdness or wounding, to find the seed of the real that is still there. After the fury, after the rebellion, after the wrestling, after the weighing and the sifting and the casting off and putting on, after the contemplation and the wilderness--after the sorting--comes the end of the striving and then comes rest. S
Details ISBN1476717583 Author Sarah Bessey ISBN-10 1476717583 ISBN-13 9781476717586 Format Paperback Short Title OUT OF SORTS Language English Media Book Imprint Howard Books Subtitle Making Peace with an Evolving Faith Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2016-01-14 NZ Release Date 2016-01-14 US Release Date 2016-01-14 UK Release Date 2016-01-14 Pages 272 Publisher Howard Books Year 2016 Publication Date 2016-01-14 DEWEY 248.4 Audience General We've got this
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