Curiosity slows us down, tunes us in for transformation, pushes past shame, activates awe, and rewrites with hope. What if our most accessible resource for healing and transformation is ready and waiting to be harnessed? When everything feels gray and hopeless, curiosity emerges as an unexpected path back to color and life. Sacred Curiosity explores how the simple practice of remaining open to wonder can become a powerful force for personal and communal renewal. Through personal stories, spiritual reflection, and practical ideas, Britney Winn Lee reveals how curiosity slows us down when life feels overwhelming, builds bridges across our deepest divisions, pushes past shame toward liberation, and rewilds our domesticated spirits. Neither a theological treatise nor a scientific study, and yet somehow a wonder-filled blend of the two, this book offers a heartfelt exploration of curiosity as both grace and practice. Lee writes as a fellow pilgrim who has experienced curiosity's transformative power firsthand--hating and fearing less through its freeing and connective guidance. With reflection questions for individuals or groups, the book invites us to experience curiosity not as a luxury or personality trait, but as an indispensable value for navigating our complex world. It's an invitation to follow breadcrumbs of wonder toward a more generous, hopeful way of being. For anyone seeking renewal amid exhaustion or connection across difference, this book suggests that God--and healing, wholeness, and resurrection--might be found not only in being correct, but in being curious.
Britney Winn Lee is an author, editor, and United Methodist pastor living in Shreveport, Louisiana, with her creative husband and big-hearted son. Her books include The Boy with Big, Big Feelings; The Girl with Big, Big Questions; The Kid with Big, Big Ideas; Rally: Communal Prayers for Lovers of Jesus and Justice; Deconstructed Do-Gooder: A Memoir about Learning Mercy the Hard Way; and Good Night, Body: Finding Calm from Head to Toe. With a master's degree in nonprofit administration and her local pastor licensure, Lee has worked for over a decade in faith- and justice-based, creative community-building. She writes to make room for all people of all ages.
Introduction Chapter 1: Curiosity is Accessible Chapter 2: Curiosity Leads to Humility Chapter 3: Curiosity Disarms Us Chapter 4: Curiosity Slows Us Down Chapter 5: Curiosity Tunes Us In for Transformation Chapter 6: Curiosity Pushes Past Shame Chapter 7: Curiosity Infuses Meaning Chapter 8: Curiosity Connects Us Chapter 9: Curiosity Catalyzes Creativity Chapter 10: Curiosity Rewilds Us Chapter 11: Curiosity Activates Awe Chapter 12: Curiosity Rewrites With Hope
