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Sprinting Backwards to God by Duncan Sings-Alone

Sprinting Backwards to God: Native American Spirituality

Sprinting Backwards to God is a story of hope and healing. Part autobiography, part story-telling anthology, it could only have been written by a man who has both the gifts of healing and humor in such equal parts as does Duncan Sings-Alone. If you care about journeys of body and spirit, you will love this book.

"When I skip forward, following the light of my dreams and the direction of my spiritual visions, often the gravity of my intent slams my feet solidly back to earth.  Hard as I try, the way becomes too difficult, too humiliating to continue slogging that God is laughing at us." Duncan Sings-Alone
 

Reviews

In an act of sheer bravery (or candid folly), Duncan Sings-Alone invites us into those moments of his life journey.   His collection of stories clearly illustrates the mirages we create for ourselves by our spiritual hungers, our overactive imaginations.  These mirages become a banquet for Coyote, the Trickster Spirit. What he reminds us in his delightful, humorous tales of tribulation is that Coyote was sent to put us human beings back into balance with the Creation, any way he can!
    Duncan's well-told stories teach us that if we keep our eyes open, if we pay attention to signs, and if we maintain a sense of humor and humility, we will end up learning about ourselves and the ever mysterious Sacred world that surrounds our existence.  So when the forward way to the Sacred becomes impossible, try turning around and walking backwards to God, laughing. At that moment, gravity loosens its grip and we can shake off weighty preconceptions, hone our sense of awe, and fully enter into the heart of Creation.  Maybe only then can we truly hear God's laughter.  -- Priscilla Cogan, storyteller and author of the Winona Series and Double Time

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Sprinting Backwards to God is a story of hope and healing.  Part autobiography, part story-telling anthology, it could only have been written by a man who has both the gifts of healing and humor in such equal parts as does Duncan Sings-Alone.  If you care about journeys of body and spirit, you will love this book.  -- Joe Bruchac, Abenaki storyteller and author of Eagle Story, The Wind Eagle, Nature Wisdom, and numerous other books of Indian tales and legends

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Sprinting Backwards to God was delightful and a joy to read. I loved its simplicity and the wonderful stories of Coyote.  Sings-Alone has captured the use of storytelling.  I loved it  -- Sharon Manuelito, Navaho social worker

Contact Information

Two Canoes Press, PO Box 334, Hopkinton, MA 01748 or TwoCanoesPress@TwoCanoesPress.com.

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