Hello
About me
My work centres around the question of how we create the spiritual communities we need for these times.
Since 2019, I’ve been Chief Officer of the Unitarian movement in Britain, supporting a decentralised network of 150 free and inquiring churches in a process of transformation - for the sustainability of the Unitarian tradition, and to meet the deep hunger for meaning and belonging in our secular society.
Before this, I co-created pilgrimages that treated beloved novels as sacred texts, and helped lead Sunday Assembly’s global network of secular congregations.
My earlier career was in health care improvement and medical publishing - before I realised that community, power, and belonging have a much more direct impact than medicine on whether we are living healthy lives.
Writing, speaking, events
A piece from 2019, a few months into my leadership role with the Unitarians, explaining why I’m doing this work [6 min read]
An interview in July 2025 with Liam Kavanagh (The Raft, Climate Majority Project) reflecting on my decade or so of leadership [1h15 video] - using my 2017 essay for Dark Mountain, The God-Shaped Hole as a jumping off point [~15 min read]
An interview in 2024 with People So Bold, the Unitarian social action podcast on my journey from science to spirituality and creativity [27 min audio]
Greenbelt festival, August 2025, in conversation with Brian Eno on the relationship between art and religion
Contact me
I always love hearing from people who are holding similar questions. Do drop me a line if you’d like to get in touch.