Exploring Spirit is a guide for those seeking meaning, connection, and wholeness in an age marked by consumerism, disillusionment, and spiritual disconnection. Giles Goddard invites readers on a transformative journey-one that moves beyond religious dogma and toward an inclusive, open-hearted spirituality.
Drawing from the rich well of Christian mysticism and in conversation with global spiritual traditions, Exploring Spirit offers a sacred space for questioning, discovery, and growth. Goddard speaks directly to the longings of today's spiritual seekers - those disenchanted with traditional institutions but still yearning for depth, community, and purpose.
Rooted in the lived experience of his diverse and welcoming central London church, Goddard explores how ancient wisdom can meet contemporary challenges with honesty and grace. With thoughtful insight, he addresses questions of justice, belonging, and hope, crafting a vision of spiritual life that embraces doubt as well as faith, and difference as a source of strength.
This is a fresh and inspiring take on what it means to live spiritually in today's world - a call to explore, to connect, and to flourish.
Industry Reviews
'If you are not sure about the Church (or indeed organised religion in general) but are desirous of journeying deeper into the meaning of life and death, this is the book for you. It is generous, open, grounded and life-giving, commending the spiritual quest over any particular quest, showing that there are great riches to be had if you just take the first step - practicing silence, prayer, reading, giving, listening and sharing.'
Martin Gainsborough, Bishop of Kingston,
"Exploring Spirit is a tremendous walk through faith traditions and experiences. Readers are taken on a journey both ancient and modern, where answers are given and sometimes taken away, and we are called to reflect on who we are in relation to the Divine, one another and in the deepest parts of ourselves."
Halima Gosai Hussain, Former chair, Inclusive Mosque Initiative,