Struggling to be Holy

Holiness can sound like something lofty and abstract, beyond the reach of ordinary people. Judy Hirst says that in reality ‘holiness is about learning to entrust yourself to the God who loves you. It is about taking the risk of allowing God to interact with the truth of ourselves, no strings attached’. In her much-loved book Struggling to be Holy she explores the reality of where we might find holiness, and says it’s in such things as friendship and forgiveness, as well as in our desires, successes and failures – our real lives with all their joys and disappointments.

The Revd Canon Judy Hirst is the Diocese of Durham’s Local Church Growth and Development Adviser and the author of Struggling to be Holy and A Kind of Sleepwalking (both DLT).