Seeking God

Finding Another Kind of Life with St. Ignatius and Dallas Willard

By: Trevor Hudson

Narrated by: Simon Bubb

Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins

Publisher's summary

Jesus promised, “Seek and you will find!”

Do you long for a transforming encounter with the living God? Jesus assures us that those willing to become seekers will find what their hearts most deeply desire.

Profoundly influenced by his long friendship with Dallas Willard, and his experience guiding people through the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius for the last thirty years, Trevor Hudson offers you a practical tool kit for your seeking journey. Designed to help you move beyond insight to encounter the living God in your life, each chapter invites you to experience the crucified and risen Christ.

Together with a free video series based on the book and a study guide by Dr. Gary Moon, Seeking God makes an an ideal study for individuals and groups longing to discover what following Jesus may look like in our broken and suffering world, as well as for individual reading.

©2022 Trevor Hudson (P)2022 One Audiobooks

Spiritual formation is about encountering God

It has been about 18 months since I finished my spiritual direction training. That training was an Ignatian program, although we were not trained to give the whole exercises as Trevor Hudson has done. Ignatius’ exercises have plenty of depth for a wide variety of introductions, and I think Hudson’s choice to use Ignatius and Dallas Willard as conversation partners was a good choice.

Good spiritual writing is hard. Not just because it is hard to use human language to describe both mystical realities and an indescribable God but because it is hard to say something “new.” I put new in parenthesis because very little is actually new in spiritual writing. Culture is always changing, and the situations and emphasis are changing. But the rough concepts do not change much. Dallas Willard is helpful but can be a bit dense and hard to understand. Ignatius is distant in time and requires help with translation to a modern context. Trevor Hudson has written a fairly short and readable book about what it means to seek after God and how to do that.

I have not read many spiritual formation books this year because I needed a break after spending a couple of years in my spiritual direction program. But I have no problem saying that this was the best spiritual formation book I read in 2022, even if there was not a lot of competition this year.

I listened to this as an audiobook because that was the cheapest purchase method, and I read this as part of Renovaré’s book club. The audiobook was fine, but this book is better read slowly. And I think probably better in print. It is a book that would benefit from rereading as well.

Opened my eyes

Trevor's book was enlightening in many ways. it has stoked a longing to know Jesus more intimately and encouraged me to believe there is so much more abundance to experience in this life and to share with others.

Seek and you will find.

A great perspective on how to authentically seek God. Well done. The guides that are Dallas Willard, Ignatius of Loyola, and Trevor Hudson are a true harmony of wisdom, grace, and love that is found in the knowledge and friendship of Christ Jesus, our Lord. Thank you!

Focused on Jesus

This has been one of the best books to encourage me to live a Christ centered life. I recommend it while heartedly!