ABSTRACT
Women's ritual making has developed, for the most part, in small groups, creating sacred space and embodied action in domestic or private settings. This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book talks about the stories of a number of women who create rituals and liturgies with their friends. The women whose stories are told are well-educated and articulate; many are in ministry, lay or ordained, and some are involved in theological education; some are published writers. Several of them are involved in creating liturgy or ritual for others, whether in a Christian or Goddess-spirituality framework. The book suggests that renewing and life-giving energy for the church may come from groups who are creative at the margins, and if pastoral liturgy is to be renewed, it needs to listen to those voices.
