In a literary landscape often searching for voices that blend raw authenticity with unshakable faith, Sarah Dickens stands apart as an Author whose work is both a testimony and a calling. As the visionary behind Sarah’s Walk With Jesus and the “A Victory Song” book series, she has carved a unique space where mental health and Christianity are not separate conversations but deeply intertwined journeys. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder and having walked through institutionalization, she brings a rare credibility rooted in lived experience rather than theory.
Her anointing to write, a gift she believes God placed within her before birth, breathes life into every manuscript and blog post, offering readers more than stories a divine connection to the Holy Trinity. In a world saturated with polished messages and fleeting content, Sarah Dickens offers something far more lasting: a light-filled perspective that grants permission to embrace both struggle and faith, and a leadership model rooted entirely in dependence on God rather than human approval.
The Seed of a Dream and the Birth of a Digital Ministry
Sarah Dickens wanted to become an author since Kindergarten, a desire activated into a calling in 2018 when the Holy Spirit led her to a women’s conference. There, she met her book coach and declared, “I want to become an author.” Her coach’s assistance sharpened her writing skills, though she did not use a coach for her second book, “A Victory Song: Thoughts of Peace,” because God used that season to prepare her to write independently. She published her first book, “A Victory Song: Beneath the Veil,” in 2022 after four years of writing, editing, and community feedback. Her second book followed in 2025 without a coach, as will all future books.
She was inspired to create her blog, “Sarah’s Walk With Jesus,” after a mission trip to Lebanon in 2016 with First Baptist Atlanta. Originally titled “Sarah’s Spiritual Walk,” the name changed around 2022 after seeking God and being led by the Holy Spirit. From 2016 to 2021, she shared her life experiences in her walk with the Lord. From 2022 onward, she stopped sharing personal experiences and instead creates short, divinely inspired writings, only as the Holy Spirit leads. Occasionally, she writes prayers, but only when led by the Holy Spirit to do so.
Battling Doubt and Learning to Depend Solely on God
Some of the most difficult moments Sarah Dickens faced while building her voice as an author were the attacks of the enemy in her thought life, making her think negative thoughts and doubt her purpose. These attacks came directly through a family member who discouraged her from publishing “A Victory Song: Beneath the Veil” after reading parts of the manuscript and disagreeing with some content. Sarah had to find peace, personally and spiritually, with that perspective and still move forward. Not all of her friends supported her choice either, as the enemy used them to make her doubt her calling at first.
As time went on, she did not heed the enemy, using her family members or friends to stop her from publishing “A Victory Song: Beneath the Veil” in 2022. These moments taught her a profound lesson: to be solely dependent on God, not people, for approval and guidance. She does seek counsel from the Body of Christ or family, but only as the Holy Spirit leads, going to God in prayer first because her relationship with the Lord is very deep and personal to her, just as her books and her blog, “Sarah’s Walk With Jesus,” are very deep and personal to her.
A Faith Tested in the Valley:Ft. Institutionalization, Humility, and Promotion
Sarah Dickens recalls a season when her faith was deeply tested during the coronavirus pandemic, a period she explores more in depth in her second book, “A Victory Song: Thoughts of Peace.” She was institutionalized twice: first in 2020 for battling thoughts of suicide, and again in 2021 for not taking her bipolar disorder medication. These moments truly tested her faith, teaching her that she is more than an overcomer of suicidal thoughts and reinforcing the importance of taking her medication every single day without refraining.
From both instances of being institutionalized, she learned it is okay to admit when she is not strong and needs mental health services, as well as a gentle push to take her medication daily without skipping, because her bipolar disorder medication is necessary for her body to function properly as a temple for God, others, and herself.
She also learned that admitting she is depleted is a sign of great humility before God, which He uses to position her to the next level. When she admitted this, God promoted her for choosing to be humble before Him. Furthermore, these experiences allowed God to refine her writing skill more than ever before, leading to the publication of “A Victory Song: Thoughts of Peace.”
The Evolution of a Daily Walk
For Sarah Dickens, walking with Jesus is a daily act of surrendering all approval from people and turning off the noise, while making the wilful choice to walk side by side with Him during good times and bad. It means obeying God even when it inconveniences others or they disagree with how God is leading her. It also means not compromising her Christian values for the values of the world or the enemy through temptation. Overall, it simply means walking and living a righteous life before God and others as a light for Jesus, for Christians and non-Christians alike.
This understanding of walking with Jesus has evolved through real-life experiences, especially through writing and publishing her first and second books. Even though friends and a family member disapproved of her first book, she published it anyway because God’s leading mattered more than their attempts to sway her from a decision that was in God’s will. Further, even though more people liked her second book, she learned that their approval came not from them, but from God, since He led her to publish it after much prayer and in walking with Jesus side by side in that decision.
The Anointing That Sets Her Apart
What Sarah Dickens brings to faith-based writing is not just a faith-filled approach, but a light-filled perspective, which comes from her anointing to write. This anointing is a gift and sets her apart from others in this space because the Lord made the choice to plant the seed to write within her, which comes from having an original spirit and gift of creativity since she was a young child. She believes that God gives all people on this earth gifts when they are born, and for her, it just so happened to be writing derived from the spirit of creativity.
Her anointing to write is what sets her work apart from others in this space since it is a talent that God chose to give unto her because He trusted and knew that she would be good at writing before the day of her birth. God knew before she was born into the world that she would be good at writing and that this gift would set her apart from others in the field of writing and creativity.
She was called and she was chosen by the Lord to write and to be set apart from others in the spaces of writing and creativity because it is her anointing that sets her apart from others in these two spaces and makes her fully unique in and of itself.
The Disciplines That Guide Her Creative Process
Several disciplines consistently guide the creative process for Sarah Dickens. These include drinking coffee, going on nature walks, praying to God out loud and journaling prayers to God, and listening to worship music and certain secular music. Drinking coffee helps her mind to think clearer as she writes. Going on nature walks helps her to stay connected to God as she connects herself to nature, such as trees, leaves, and flowers, and burns off negativity whenever she is not in a good mood so that she can think clearer and gain more inspiration from the Holy Spirit as He uses nature to inspire her as she writes.
Praying out loud and journaling prayers to God guide her creative process by empowering and preparing her to be fully and divinely inspired by the Holy Spirit to write on her blog, “Sarah’s Walk With Jesus,” and her book manuscripts. She combines this with listening to worship music and certain secular music, which allows her to gain great inspiration as she continues to be divinely inspired by the Holy Spirit to write.
Creating Space for Authentic Connection
People in all parts of the world yearn for divine and holy connection. For Sarah Dickens, it is a divine connection with the Holy Trinity: God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit. She believes that her work allows for people to connect with not just her personal testimonies and stories of which she tells in her writings, but to God so that people can yearn for a divine and holy connection with God as they get to know Jesus on a personal level in and through her writings. Because her writings are authentic, people are drawn to her writings for this reason as they yearn for a connection to God from reading her writings.
People not only yearn for a connection to God, but stories that provide a sense of realness, which her “A Victory Song” series delivers by giving readers in her target audience a full sense of what faith in Christ looks like from a mental health aspect, including struggles and battles with bipolar disorder. By combining discussion on faith and mental health, both of which are important, she connects fully to God through the authenticity of her stories. This gives permission to any person from any walk of life, Christian or non-Christian, to talk about and hold discussions on mental health and Christianity as she shares how she handles both in her walk with God.
Reader Impact Ft. Feedback and Testimonials
The following captures the measurable feedback Sarah Dickens has received for her books from reviews and her community.
Amazon India & Goodreads Reviews
- One reviewer, after reading both books, eagerly awaits the third, “A Victory Song: Thoughts of Power,” and the fourth, “A Victory Song: Declarations of Light,” because she thoroughly enjoyed both previous books.
Feedback from First Baptist Atlanta Community
| Source | Book | Feedback |
| Church Members | “A Victory Song: Beneath the Veil” | “They could relate to the content because they either have a mental illness themselves or know someone who does.” |
| A Good Friend | “A Victory Song: Thoughts of Peace” | “The second book showcased the depth and development of your writing skills beyond the first.” |
Testimonials Snapshot
- “She cannot wait until my third book and my fourth book come out because she really enjoyed the content for both of my other books.”
— A Book Reviewer - “They could relate to the content of my first book because they either are diagnosed with a mental illness themselves or know people who are diagnosed with a mental illness like myself.”
— People from First Baptist Atlanta on “Beneath the Veil” - “She enjoyed the content for my second book more than the content of my first book because it showcased the depth and development of my writing skills.”
— A Good Friend from First Baptist Atlanta on “Thoughts of Peace”
Recognition and Collaborations
Front cover features in De Mode and L’Heure magazine inspired Sarah Dickens to pursue more collaborations, with her growing visibility affirming her mission as an author.
| Category | Details |
| Front Cover Features | De Mode, L’Heure Magazine |
| Magazine & News Article Collaborations | The Hollywood Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar Weekly, Billboard Fashions, New York Weekly, LA Weekly, Voraka Magazine, and more. |
| Impact on Platform Growth | Signaled growing visibility and platform growth across the web and social media. |
| Mission Affirmation | Affirmed her mission to touch lives and make an impact through her books, blog, and social media platforms. |
| Catalyst Moment | Featured on front covers of De Mode and L’Heure magazine, inspiring her to pursue more collaborations. |
How Feedback Shapes Her Writing and Message
Sarah Dickens incorporates reader feedback into all her books, both written and currently in progress. The feedback from her first book, “A Victory Song: Beneath the Veil,” prepared her for the writing of and the feedback she received for her second book, “A Victory Song: Thoughts of Peace.” It is also why the writing style of her second book is better and more profound than the first, because she took it into account and into the preparation of the writing as she wrote it, for her readers.
As a result of reader feedback, the message of her writing improved over time as she sought the leading of the Holy Spirit as well as incorporated reader feedback into her writings. Even in the face of criticism from family members who did not understand or friends who only liked one book over another book, this type of adversity taught her to seek God’s leading first and to obey Him, even when it is inconvenient for others and their understanding of how God is leading her to write books and her blog.
Before and After Ft. A Leadership Transformation
Sarah Dickens began her writing journey as news editor of Atlanta Christian Voice from 2017 to 2022, where five years of independent work prepared her to become her own boss. In April 2022, guided solely by God’s guidance, she stepped into her role as an author. Now four years in, she remains content serving God by impacting and inspiring readers who believe in her work and mission.
| Before Leadership Journey | After Leadership Journey | |
| Role | News Editor, Atlanta Christian Voice | Author, Founder of Sarah’s Walk With Jesus |
| Foundation | Beginner’s foundation in writing | Established independent author |
| Preparation | Five years of training in independence (2017–2022) | Four years of author leadership (2022–Present) |
| Key Qualities | Patience, steady, growing, prayer, diligent, vision | Author, transformation, divine, steadfast, set apart |
| Mindset | Desire, dream, seed, prepare, process | Heavenly perspective, reward, exceptional, precision |
| Core Tools | Reading, writing, journaling, notebook, pen | Books, writer, blogger, pen, notebook |
| Guiding Force | Timely, plan, mustard seed | Holy, planned, goodness, crown |
A Day in a Leader’s Life
A glimpse into the daily rhythm that grounds Sarah Dickens in her faith, fuels her creativity, and guides her work as an author.
- Early Morning: She reads her Bible, journals in her notebook with a pen, listens to worship music or secular music, prays, eats breakfast, and drinks coffee.
- Start of Workday: She works on any collaborations assigned to her and the manuscripts for the books she is writing.
- Midday: She eats lunch, reads her Bible, prays, and works on ideas for the manuscripts of the books she is currently writing.
- Key Work Priorities: She works on writing more manuscripts for her books, goes on nature walks, drinks coffee, and journals in her notebook with a pen.
- Evening: She eats dinner, puts hair rollers in for bed, gets ready for bed, and writes gratitude notes to place in her Gratitude Box to God for all she is thankful for.
- Night / Wind-down: She takes a shower, styles her hair, journals letters to God, prays, and goes to bed.
Advice for Aspiring Authors: Consistency, Craft, and Letting Your Light Shine
To aspiring authors and faith-driven storytellers wanting to build something meaningful, authentic, and lasting, Sarah Dickens advises consistency in building and promoting themselves on social media platforms and keeping writing skills current through blogging, journaling, or another writing outlet. This ensures their skills are at their best as God uses His light to shine through their platforms and books. Ultimately, this allows their God-given creativity to shine forth, helping them stand out and be set apart from their entrepreneurial and business colleagues.
Key Takeaways:
- Be solely dependent on God for approval and guidance, not people.
- Admit when you are not strong, because humility positions you for promotion.
- Obey God even when it is inconvenient for others around you.
- Let your anointing and God-given creativity set you apart from others.
- Stay consistent in building your platform and maintaining your writing skills.
- Authenticity in sharing your struggles gives others permission to do the same.
