"When I think of you as She Who Is, I feel your motherly exuberance and vitality passing from you to me, and the force of your patient loving-kindness in urging my best self into action," writes William Cleary in this superb collection of poem-prayers evoked by Elizabeth A. Johnson's pathfinding theological work She Who Is: The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse. The author, who has an imaginative way of reframing devotional life, calls these pieces "pondering prayers."

Here Cleary celebrates the expanded repertoire of images of the Divine-Mother of the Universe, Sister, Grandmother, and Midwife God. These names are more than word changes; they signal "a world change" that includes women.

With illustrations by Jean Morningstar, Cleary celebrates the mystery that surrounds human life, the female figure of wisdom, womb-love for us, the grace to shout, and an exodus to freedom. These prayer poems are perfect for use with small devotional groups.