Call to Love

Call to Love

Call to Love explores the ways in which we are called to live in loving and fruitful relationship with God and one another. Taking examples from the Bible and contemporary life, Call to Love is for those who are listening for God’s call and wondering how to respond. For the spiritual traveler, or even the hesitant convert, the book offers gentle but clear direction on faith, prayer, and the discernment of God’s will. Reviews of Call to Love: David Beresford’s wonderful book, Call to Love , is a superb handbook that puts layer upon layer of flesh on Jesus’ gift of love. Using the Holy Scriptures, stories from our Judeo-Christian tradition and characters from his own tenure as a priest in God’s Church, Beresford’s work provides a rich tapestry which will help his readers understand more fully not only the spiritual disciplines, but also how the practice of those disciplines empowers God’s children to do the work He has given them to do. The Reverend Russell J. Levenson, Jr., D.Min., D.D., OStJ, Rector, St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, Houston, Texas In our deeply broken world and at a time when the Western Christian church is divided, declining, and declared unsafe because of abuse, David Beresford’s Call to Love couldn’t be more timely. Jesus means for his followers to be known for how we love one another, but also for how that love spills out into the wider world. He calls us all to serve him as intentionally active agents of the radical self-giving love that reflects his heart for us and for the world. The world is hungry for that brand of love. The book you hold in your hands calls us to rethink our own stories and the opportunities we have to answer God’s call to love and serve others. Carolyn Custis James, author of The Gospel of Ruth, Half the Church, and Malestrom I have called you by name, you are mine, the Lord says to the people of Israel through the prophet Isaiah. In this book David Beresford gives us examples, from Scripture and people he has known, of how the call of God to serve is heard and how to respond to it. Even if, as he puts it, "a willingness to serve God might be the only gift you have", then offer that and life will be transformed. Father Colin CSWG Superior of the Community of the Servants of the Will of God This meditation journeys into who we are as the beloved of God in the context of confusion and challenges. David Beresford walks through Scripture and contemporary stories to examine how Christ’s purpose can echo through each of us. Jane Gober Canon for Transition Ministry Diocese of Pennsylvania David Beresford's wonderful book, Call to Love, is a superb handbook that puts layer upon layer of flesh on Jesus' gift of love. Using the Holy Scriptures, stories from our Judeo-Christian tradition and characters from his own tenure as a priest in God's Church, Beresford's work provides a rich tapestry which will help his readers understand more fully not only the spiritual disciplines, but also how the practice of those disciplines empowers God's children to do the work He has given them to do. The Reverend Russell J. Levenson, Jr., D.Min., D.D., OStJ, Rector, St. Martin's Episcopal Church, Houston, Texas In our deeply broken world and at a time when the Western Christian church is divided, declining, and declared unsafe because of abuse, David Beresford's Call to Love couldn't be more timely. Jesus means for his followers to be known for how we love one another, but also for how that love spills out into the wider world. He calls us all to serve him as intentionally active agents of the radical self-giving love that reflects his heart for us and for the world. The world is hungry for that brand of love. The book you hold in your hands calls us to rethink our own stories and the opportunities we have to answer God's call to love and serve others. Carolyn Custis James, author of The Gospel of Ruth, Half the Church, and Malestrom I have called you by name, you are mine, the Lord says to the people of Israel through the prophet Isaiah. In this book David Beresford gives us examples, from Scripture and people he has known, of how the call of God to serve is heard and how to respond to it. Even if, as he puts it, "a willingness to serve God might be the only gift you have", then offer that and life will be transformed. Father Colin CSWG Superior of the Community of the Servants of the Will of God David Beresford was ordained in the Church of England. In 2015 he moved to the USA, where he served as interim rector in churches across Pennsylvania and Delaware. He is the author of three books, Above & Below (2021), Call to Love (2023) and Blessed by God (2025). He has also contributed articles to Living Church Magazine and The Anglican Digest. He writes a weekly blog at https: //davidberesford.net. "Deeplythoughtful with rich connections to literature and poetry, Fr. David's writings bring the reader closer to God, closer to nature, and closer to a fuller a