Rewilding Prayer

""There is deep pastoral and biblical wisdom in these honest, unfussy prayers and reflections. Accept Douglas's invitation to plunge into prayer anew!"" --Amy Plantinga Pauw, Henry P. Mobley Professor of Doctrinal Theology, Louisville Presbyterian Seminary, USA ""In Rewilding Prayer, Sally Douglas weaves theological reflection with practical resources: blessings, liturgies, and daily prayers designed to anchor the spiritual life in honesty, silence, and community. It is both a critique of how prayer has been tamed by habit and hierarchy, and a gentle yet insistent call to rediscover prayer as wild encounter with the divine."" --Tim Nash, Founder, Nomad Podcast ""Sally Douglas teaches us that prayer is a 'call to the real.' With passion and honesty, she invites us to 'live close to the fire' of liberating divine grace. She challenges us to shake off habits of rote words and exclusively male imagery for God. Her prayers and liturgies are deeply scriptural and wildly poetic. These are living springs, to which I will return again and again."" --Steven Shakespeare, Professor of Continental Philosophy of Religion, Liverpool Hope University, United Kingdom ""Rewilding Prayer invites the reader into a deep and honest conversation about our understanding of prayer. Encouraging us to be authentic, embedded in Scripture, and theologically engaged, Douglas brings to the fore the important questions of how and why we pray. Rewilding Prayer offers fresh language, gentle promptings, and ways to embody prayer individually and in community. More than a book about prayer--Douglas has gifted us a challenge, an invitation, a treasury."" --Cathie Lambert, Director of Pastoral Theology and Ministry Studies, Uniting College for Leadership and Theology, Adelaide, Australia ""Rewilding Prayer is a gift and rich resource! Sally Douglas inspires us to pray with 'guts and integrity amidst the chaos' of everyday life. The book is a wonderful blend of theology, praxis, and personal experience. Indeed, a rich resource that inspires prayer and brings us back to the heart of praying to a 'God beyond gender' and to 'faith beyond formulas.'"" --Seforosa Carroll, Acting Principal, United Theological College, Charles Stuart University, Australia ""In Rewilding Prayer, Sally Douglas turns the eyes of prayer to the world. Here are prayers for insomnia, tea breaks, confession, change and receiving terrible news. Sally's vast intellect--linguistic, theological, secular, prayerful--is attuned to human experience, and concerned with shaping language that is sensitive, straightforward, devout, and daring."" --Pádraig Ó Tuama, Host, Poetry Unbound