Practicing Pilgrimage: On Being and Becoming God’s Pilgrim People

by Brett Webb-Mitchell

Practicing 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 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.

222 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 4, 2016

About the author

This latest (eighth) book, ON BEING A GAY PARENT, is a practical, down-to-earth, guide that answers the questions unique to the Christian gay parenting experience, with a mixture of concrete information, illuminating anecdotes, and creative solutions.

After teaching at Duke Divinity School for over a decade, I am currently the Director of the religious non-profit, the School of the Pilgrim, leading pilgrimages around the world. I have written two books on pilgrimage: FOLLOW ME (Seabury Press, 2006) and SCHOOL OF THE PILGRIM (W/JKP, 2007). I am also an ordained clergyperson in the Presbyterian Church, USA; am a Benedictine oblate; am a father of two children; and am in a long term relationship."