Decolonising Prayer: Resources for Discipleship and Ministry course
Prayer is a very personal, private, intimate affair and at the same time it is a public, ritual act of service. Both of these spheres of the life of faith – personal and public – are influenced in different ways by the world that surrounds us and the traditions that we have absorbed as we grow along the path of faith.
This day offers a chance to step back, take stock, and contemplate the various influences on our personal and collective lives of prayer, as well as the forces that might narrow our gaze as we perceive the wonders of God. It extols the value of consciously widening our gaze by drawing on global and diverse voices as partners and allies as we listen and speak to God. It introduces a range of creative resources to decolonise and diversify our prayer lives, both as individuals and as communities of faith.
As part of this day there will be a book launch of Jarel Robinson-Brown and Elizabeth S. Dodd, Hurricanes Roar: 30 Reflections on Black Spiritual Poetry, which is published by SCM Press.
Jarel Robinson-Brown is an Anglican priest and theologian who is part of the African diaspora as a citizen of Jamaica and the United Kingdom. Elizabeth Dodd runs the ministry MA at Sarum College, teaches doctrine and writes on lyric and spiritual poetry.
