Sarah Bessey

Sarah Bessey is the author of the best-selling and critically acclaimed books Jesus Feminist (2013); Out of Sorts: Making Peace with an Evolving Faith (2015); and Miracles and Other Reasonable Things (2019).

Her new collaborative book, A Rhythm of Prayer: A Collection of Meditations for Renewal is a New York Times, Publisher’s Weekly, and Globe and Mail Bestseller.

Along with her friends, the late Rachel Held Evans and Jim Chaffee, Sarah co-founded Evolving Faith. She now co-leads the community and conference alongside Jeff Chu. Sarah is also the co-host of The Evolving Faith Podcast.

Sarah writes the weekly newsletter Field Notes with exclusive essays, devotional series, conversations, and more.

She is a sought-after speaker at churches, conferences, and universities around the world. She also serves as chair of the board for Heartline Ministries in Haiti. Based in Port au Prince, Heartline is committed to empowering Haitian families through complete maternal and infant health care, education, vocational training, and economic development.

Sarah was born and raised in the prairies and foothills of western Canada. Now living in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada (on the traditional land of the Stó:lō), Sarah and her husband of twenty years have four children ranging in age from high school to kindergarten. She’s a pseudo-hermit bookworm, an enthusiastic knitter, tea-drinker, hockey fan, total hugger, endlessly fascinated with Jesus, an embarrassing fan-girl for the tv programmes Doctor Who and Schitt’s Creek, and she lives with chronic illness.