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