Immersed in God and the World: Living Priestly Ministry

In increasingly busy and diverse lives what might it mean to live as priests, immersed in God and the world? This book explores a personal experience of ordained priesthood shaped by the Jesus Prayer in the context of the Catholic, charismatic and evangelical traditions. It explores the contemplative disciplines of Presence and Attentiveness to the overflowing life of God in all things. There is an invitation to all, ordained or not, to enter into a life stretched through the abundance of God. While realistic about the challenges we face, this book seeks to nurture hope in the God who is always at work in Christ by the Spirit.

Revd Dr Andy Lord is Vicar of All Saints’ Didcot and Area Dean of Wallingford. He is a visiting lecturer at the London School of Theology and the author of Living Healing: The Spirituality of Leanne Payne (SLG Press, 2023), River of the Spirit: The Spirituality of Simon Barrington-Ward (SLG Press, 2021), Transforming Renewal: Charismatic Renewal Meets Thomas Merton (Pickwick Publications, 2015), Network Church (Brill, 2012), Spirit-Shaped Mission (Authentic Media, 2005) and Spirit, Kingdom and Mission (Grove Books, 2002).