Genre: Nonfiction, Self Help Companion

If your faith is changing…and you are thinking deeply… and writing helps you clarify your feelings and make better decisions, the combination of Field Notes for the Wilderness: Practices for an Evolving Faith reviewed here and Field Notes for the Wilderness: A Guided Journal both by Sarah Bessey will delight you.

Sarah is so careful throughout the entirety of her book to be clear that she is offering notes and suggestions - sharing practices built on her own difficult experiences as her faith evolves, but that the wilderness traveler must find their own way through the wilderness. Her wisdom, combined with the thoughtful reflection provided through journaling responses to the guided prompts will prove an invaluable help to the traveler. How to word this properly? When moving from a faith built on fairly inflexible and prescribed belief systems, the joy of having freedom to make choices and move from “againsts” to “fors,” through study and writing is a gift.

Please - if you are struggling - if you’re not but your faith is transforming - do yourself a favor and get to know Sarah Bessey. Read her letters to you in Field Notes for the Wilderness: Practices for an Evolving Faith. Reflect on the ideas in her Guided Journal. Publishes on 2/20/2024. Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC to review.

Field Notes for the Wilderness A Guided Journal Practices for an Evolving Faith by Sarah Bessey