CONTEMPORARY GUIDES (1932 – PRESENT)
Trevor Hudson (b. 1956)
INFLUENCE ON FORMATION CHURCH’S PERSPECTIVE ON SPIRITUAL FORMATION:
Hudson reinforces Formation Church’s language of friendship with God. Formation is relational, accessible, and rooted in lived experience.
- Spiritual friendship
- Story and healing
- Simple, approachable practices
Key Works: Discovering Our Spiritual Identity, Friendship with God
Core Teachings:
- God invites us into a lived friendship, not just belief from a distance.
- Our stories, wounds, and desires are places where God meets us.
- Spiritual practices are simple ways of opening to God’s transforming friendship.
Signature Themes:
- Friendship with God
- Narrative and healing
- Accessible practices
Primary Writings & Major Editions:
- Trevor Hudson, Discovering Our Spiritual Identity.
- Trevor Hudson, Friendship with God.
- Trevor Hudson, Beyond Loneliness.
- Trevor Hudson, In Search of Godʻs Will
