Book Review: Field Notes for the Wilderness by Sarah Bessey

Rating: 5 stars of 5

This book feels like warmth and welcome and goodness - like being wrapped up in a quilt fresh from the dryer and layered cozy socks on a cold evening. I don’t think I’ve ever read anything that made me feel as seen and known and beloved as this book made me feel. It gave me hope and made me cry.

You know that verse in Psalm 84 that talks about people journeying through the Valley of Weeping, their tears transforming the landscape into a place of springs (the implication being that those who follow after will then find sustenance along their own way)? This book is that.

It’s a sweet, honest collection of letters to spiritual wrestlers, wanderers, and path-finders, written from the heart of someone walking ahead who has dug a deep well. What a healing, refreshing read this was. I cannot recommend it enough.

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