Debbie

“Sometimes our most holy calling is to listen, to bear witness.”
― Sarah Bessey, Out of Sorts: Making Peace with an Evolving Faith

“The kingdom, Jesus taught, is right here--present yet hidden, immanent yet transcendent. It is at hand--among us and beyond us, now and not-yet. The kingdom of heaven, he said, belongs to the poor, the meek, the peacemakers, the merciful, and those who hunger and thirst for God. It advances not through power and might, but through missions of mercy, kindness, and humility. In this kingdom, many who are last will be first and many who are first will be last. The rich don't usually get it, Jesus said, but children always do. This is a kingdom whose savior arrives not on a warhorse, but a donkey, not through triumph and conquest, but through death and resurrection. This kingdom is the only kingdom that will last.”
― Rachel Held Evans, Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again

“Live counterculturally when the culture, baptized or secular, does not affirm truth, love, faith, mercy, and justice.”
― Sarah Bessey, Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible's View of Women

“There is no more hateful person than a Christian who thinks you’ve got your theology wrong.”
― Sarah Bessey, Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible's View of Women