Bigger and Wilder

Life, loss and learning to be a pilgrim

Jill Baker

• Publisher: Sacristy Press
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781789592948
• eBook ISBN: 9781789592962
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Denominations

Having experienced the ancient spiritual practice of pilgrimage as a lifeline following tragic bereavement, Jill Baker  discovered more about being a pilgrim not only by making journeys but also by identifying and developing attitudes and perspectives which help her and others to travel well through this journey of life, with all its ups and downs, green pastures and desolate spaces.

In this book, she encourages us to step into the pilgrim spirit and discover more about the big, wild God who constantly calls us to follow. The book dips into the biblical roots of pilgrimage and takes a cursory voyage through the history of the practice, particularly asking the question about how pilgrimage fits into a Methodist theology and culture.

Jill Baker invites us to explore pilgrim words, such as restlessness, encounter, attentiveness, courage, liminality, to suggest ways in which seeing our lives as pilgrimage may help us to navigate through them, reflects on how the experience of and thinking about pilgrimage has affected her own ongoing journey with grief.

Table of contents

• Preface
• Introduction
• Part 1. In the footsteps of saints and scoundrels
• Part 2. Day by day as a pilgrim
• Epilogue: A pilgrimage of grief
• Appendix: Pilgrimage on the doorstep
• Pilgrimage resources