Book Review: ReWilding the Way: Break Free to Follow an Untamed God by Todd Wynward

A tamed world in desperate need of being untamed. This one sentence gets to the heart of the argument Wynward makes in this book. He argues, rightly so, that the way of Jesus has become far too much like the way of culture. That the path Jesus calls us on no longer looks like the counter-cultural trek through the wilderness it was created to be, but rather more like the billboard plastered interstate highways of today. It is an argument that other scholars and authors have made, that Christianity has been diluted down into some form of synthetic uber-AmeriChristianity, but none that I have read employ the skillful language and imagery Wynward uses in Re-wilding the way. Latching on to biology and the science of physical “re-wilding” he lays out a superb case that just a modern science has taught us if we don’t take better care of our planet it will no longer be able to take care of us, if we don’t take care of faith and return it to its roots, it too is danger of dying.

I would recommend this book to any Pastor or lay leader who is serious about reclaiming Christ’s vision for His disciples and is looking for some inspiration in how to start in that direction as well as anyone who looks at modern Christianity and thinks “there isn’t a problem”. If you find yourselves in either of those categories, read the book. It will either inspire you or challenge you, and just maybe, a bit of both.

You can find the book on Amazon or your favorite bookseller.

You can learn more about the author here.

JP Harris

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