Practicing Pilgrimage

Practicing Pilgrimage

by Brett Webb-Mitchell
Practicing Pilgrimage

Practicing Pilgrimage

by Brett Webb-Mitchell

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Overview

Practicing Pilgrimage: On Being and Becoming God's Pilgrim People explores both the theological, cultural, and spiritual roots of Christian pilgrimage, and is a ""how-to"" book on doing pilgrimage in our suburban backyards, city streets, rural roads, churches, retreat centers, and our everyday life. Brett Webb-Mitchell takes the ancient practice of Christian pilgrimage and applies it to our contemporary lives. ""This is a wonderful book, deep in its understanding that prayer is a journey--a step at a time. It is Bunyan's progress, updated, still Christian, Catholic and Protestant. At times it struck me as Buddhist. I can imagine anyone--religious or not--finding its insight into the moment under our feet, where we always find ourselves, as important as the place where we think we are headed."" --Richard Rodriguez, author of Darling: A Spiritual Biography Brett Webb-Mitchell is a pilgrim, speaker, writer, teacher, ordained Presbyterian pastor, parent, partner, and pet lover. Currently, Brett is a pastor serving St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Portland, Oregon, having been on the faculty of Duke University and North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina. Author of two other pilgrimage books--Follow Me (Seabury) and School of the Pilgrim (Westminster John Knox)-- Webb-Mitchell directs the School of the Pilgrim (www.schoolofthepilgrim.com), taking people on pilgrimage around the world and in their backyards.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781620329481
Publisher: Cascade Books
Publication date: 11/09/2016
Pages: 220
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Brett Webb-Mitchell is a pilgrim, speaker, writer, teacher, ordained Presbyterian pastor, parent, partner, and pet lover. Currently, Brett is a pastor serving St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Portland, Oregon, having been on the faculty of Duke University and North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina. Author of two other pilgrimage books--Follow Me (Seabury) and School of the Pilgrim (Westminster John Knox)-- Webb-Mitchell directs the School of the Pilgrim (www.schoolofthepilgrim.com), taking people on pilgrimage around the world and in their backyards.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction xi

Part I Framing Pilgrimage

1 A "Pilgrimage" and the "Pilgrimage of Life" 3

2 The Story of Pilgrimage 17

3 Pilgrimage as Biblical and Theological Practice 36

4 Pilgrimage among Different Faith Communities 53

5 Characteristics of Pilgrims and Pilgrimages 65

6 The Art of Hospitality on Pilgrimage 82

7 Being and Becoming God's Pilgrim People: Worship and Pilgrimage 93

Part II Practicing Pilgrimage

8 Labyrinths 110

9 Teaching the Pilgrimage of Life 120

10 A Pilgrimage of New Beginnings 129

11 Pilgrimage of Remembrance 137

12 A Pilgrimage of the Earth 146

13 A Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace 155

14 Pilgrimages of Advent and Lent 164

15 A Daily Pilgrimage 172

Epilogue: "The Church as Resident Pilgrims" 191

Bibliography 197

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"This is a wonderful book, deep in its understanding that prayer is a journey—a step at a time. It is Bunyan's progress, updated, still Christian, Catholic and Protestant. At times it struck me as Buddhist. I can imagine anyone—religious or not—finding its insight into the moment under our feet, where we always find ourselves, as important as the place where we think we are headed."
—Richard Rodriguez, author of Darling: A Spiritual Biography

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