Spiritual Vision of Sister Wendy Beckett

Michelle Jones (Author) Michelle Jones lives a life of prayer in the foothills of the Porongurups, an ancient mountain range in Western Australia. She writes, edits and teaches in the field of Christian spirituality and is the author of The Gospel Mysticism of Ruth Burrows: Going to God with Empty Hands.Philip Law (In-House Editor) Philip Law is Publishing Director for SPCK and Lion Books. His previous books include The One Hour Bible (SPCK, 2018), A Time to Pray: 365 classic prayers to help you through the year (Lion, 2002) and The SPCK Book of Christian Prayer (SPCK/Crossroad, 1995/ 2009). He is also a contributor to the 6th edition of The Lion Handbook to the Bible (Lion, 2025).

"Reading this book, I almost felt like I was encountering one of those wonderful women mystics of the Middle Ages. But Sister Wendy was one of us moderns. And that's a comfort, because her attunement to the current of the divine running through the physical world, and her affection for both humanity and humanity's creations, are powerful antidotes to the dismal cruelty of our late-stage-capitalist moment. As Jones invites us into the nun and art historian's generous, scintillating and at times daring theological vision, she reminds us why we fell in love with Sister Wendy Beckett in the first place."