Clive Johnson

Clive Johnson is an interfaith minister, nomad and life-long spiritual seeker based in Essex, UK. He was trained, ordained, supervised and supported by the One Spirit Interfaith Foundation and is a member of its Interfaith Ministers' Association. His work draws on ceremony, words, listening, prayer, stories, guided meditation and spiritual counselling, shaped to suit the people he works with and the language of spirituality, or none, that is right for them.

His own faith is what he calls mixed spirituality, taking meaning from several faiths, from poetry, from the beauty of Nature and from archetypal tales. He grew up on a Christian path that remains important to him, has a particular interest in the gnostic and wisdom tradition of Christianity, and is a student of Kabbalah. He practises Transcendental Meditation alongside other meditative practices, and ends each morning meditation with a prayer asking where he is to go and what he is to say. He aims to help people connect with their own "God", whoever or whatever that may be, and never to convert anyone.

Before ministry, Clive worked in management consultancy, IT and conflict management, and trained as a coach. He is a writer, and his books include The Heart of Lovingkindness, Tales of Old, Picturing God, Being Spiritual and Understanding Interfaith. He has built online communities hosting chanting and prayer groups, a weekly vigil, a daily lovingkindness meditation and a daily group intercession. He also co-hosts the podcast Impact, on intercession and the news, and started Labyrinth Around America and A Prayer for America.

His ministry is itinerant and not tied to one place. He goes where he feels led.