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Miracles and Other Reasonable Things
A Story of Unlearning and Relearning God
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In the brief instant Sarah Bessey realized that her minivan was, inevitably, going to hit the car on the highway on the bright, clear day of the crash, she knew intuitively that it would have life-changing consequences. But as she navigated the winding path from her life before the accident—as a popular author, preacher, and loving wife and mother—to her new life after, inhabiting a body that no longer felt like her own, she found that the most unexpected result was how it shook her deeply rooted faith, upending everything she thought she knew and held so dearly.
Weaving together theology and memoir, Sarah delivers "a well-written reminder of seeing the miracles in life's highs and lows" (Library Journal). The road of healing leads to Rome where she met the Pope (it's complicated) and encountered the Holy Spirit in the last place she expected. She writes about her miraculous healing, learning to live with chronic pain, and the ways God makes us whole in the midst of suffering. She invites us to a path of knowing God that is filled with ordinary miracles, hope in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, and other completely reasonable things.
Insightful, profound, and unexpected, "Sarah's writing is so breathtaking, sometimes you think you are reading poetry. The story is so thrilling, sometimes you think you are devouring a novel. And the Spirit she describes is so compelling, you'll swear you experienced a revival. You won't put it down once until you close the last page" (Jen Hatmaker, New York Times bestselling author).
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Release date
October 8, 2019 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781508298359
- File size: 186723 KB
- Duration: 06:29:00
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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September 2, 2019
“I will learn what it is to be an ordinary miracle,” Bessey (Out of Sorts) declares as her goal in this intimate, contemplative investigation of how she rediscovered God in her daily life. By sharing fears, insecurities, and flaws, Bessey will draw readers into her emotional story, which she was inspired to write after a terrible car accident left her with head and spinal injuries and soft tissue damage down her left side. As she begins her recovery, Bessey ponders her relationship with God. While she’s expected to fully heal, her convalescence takes longer than she anticipated. She eventually travels to Rome to briefly meet the pope, where she also encounters miraculous healing during an encounter with two priests. “The pain evaporated like a bad dream upon waking,” she writes. Believing that God had blessed her with a “new normal” Bessey struggles with continued pain and her own stubbornness in believing that she must participate in her healing, as well. She eventually dedicates herself to self-care, including keeping doctor appointments, taking medication and vitamins, and adjusting to what her body tells her. “I began to experience God as mother in my life,” she says. In the end, she learns “to clasp hands with miracles as the spiritual discipline they were perhaps always meant to be.” Bessey’s moving exploration of how trauma changed and strengthened her relationship with God will appeal to fans of Barbara Brown Taylor. Agent: Rachelle Gardner, Books & Such Literary Management.
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