Seeking Heart

Ian Mobsby has worked as a lay pioneer/missioner and as an ordained pioneer practitioner particularly with missional forms of new monastic communities and the experimental alongside the traditional. Ian has written a number of books on aspects of contemporary mission and spirituality, recently completing a research PhD part exploration of the 'Spiritual But Not Religious’. He is currently working in Canada as the Diocesan Community Missioner to the Bishop of Niagara and remains a member of the Church of England's College of Bishop’s Advisory Council for the relations of Diocesan Bishops and Religious Communities.

• Acknowledgements vIntroduction 1Part One: Why Do We Need a More Contemplative Model and Approach to Christian Mission? 51 The Challenge of Living in a Post-Secular Market Society Context 72 The Crisis of Personal Identity and the Rise of Spiritual Seeking and the ‘Spiritual But Not Religious’ 223 How the ‘Spiritual But Not Religious’ Seek for Spirituality 45Part Two: A Contemplative Theology and Model of Mission 714 Developing a Missional Contemplative Theology 735 Developing a Contemplative Model of Mission: ‘God’s Kenosis, Our Theosis’ 106Part Three: The Christian Contemplative Missional Journey 1416 Awakening: The Beginning of the Spiritual Journey 1437 Purgation: The Crisis Stage 1638 Illumination: The Insight Stage 1779 Union: The Transformation Stage 18810 Afterword 202Appendix 1 Script for the meditation group using an adapted John Main Approach 206Appendix 2 Contemplative Worship Service Liturgy (adapted Anglican Version of the Service of the Word) 210References 214

"For many years, I have had great respect for Ian Mobsby, not only for the good work he does, but for the good spirit in which he does it. Now, seeing his newest book, my respect grows even deeper. He is integrating missiology with contemplative spirituality, and I think it's a match made in heaven. He's a writer worth taking to heart, and this is a book deserving your attention."