Listening for hope
David Crawley
Writing
Most of my writing over the years has been in the context of academic research. I am not active in research now, which means less writing. Most of what I have written relates to spirituality, spiritual direction and other forms of spiritual care. A particular focus of my academic writing was the application of ideas from narrative therapy to the work of spiritual care. I have also had an interest in the way power relations operate within this space, and in life and ministry more generally.
Some of the academic writing I have done in the last few years can be found here: https://laidlaw.academia.edu/davidrcrawley.
Some earlier writing, less academic, was in Reality magazine, and can be found via these links:
The Hope of Glory... - (Issue # 43)
A Mirror... a Riddle - (Issue # 45)
VIRUS ALERT! WARNING: INFECTED FILE! - (Issue # 47)
The Green-Fingered God - (Issue # 52)
God is Watching Us - (Issue # 54)
Your Move - (Issue # 55)
To Dream or not to Dream - (Issue # 63)
Wielding and Yielding - (Issue # 64)
Of Traffic Lights and Tuis - (Issue # 66)
Meekness and Majesty - (Issue # 67)
Another earlier article, from the December 2005 Refresh journal, 'Failure as Sacrament,' can be read here:
More recent contributions to Refresh can be found in these issues in the archive: July 2023, July 2025, and July 2026 (forthcoming).