Stop & Listen
Listening is not an advanced spiritual skill. It is the ordinary pleasure of being someone’s child.
Author · Vallée de la Clarée
Most of what matters arrives quietly.
Books and writing about following Jesus, paying attention, and the ordinary life in front of you — from a valley in the French Alps.
Stop. Listen. Then keep walking.
The book
The Follower
Following is the plain, daily part of discipleship. This book asks what it actually looks like.
The art of following Jesus daily is learning to live life to the full. The author takes us on a journey through Matthew’s Gospel to help us understand how to do it. Letting Jesus be the lead makes sense of who we are and of our place in a chaotic world. He transforms us into the agents of change and hope he’s called us to be. This book will show you how to be a follower and give you a fresh love for the Bible.
Books
Baron Stanislav von Cockadoo
Written with Julie Hodson. For children, and for anyone who has met a Stanislav.
About the author
James Hodson writes from a valley in the French Alps, where he lives with his wife Julie. Three books so far: two on following Jesus, and one about an extremely self-important cockerel.
James Hodson lives in the French Alps with his wife Julie. Together they have run businesses and community projects, and have spent many years training and mentoring young disciples of Jesus.
About JamesLatest writing
All writing14 September 2023
Prayers that change your world
Before you pray, listen. You may find you have been praying for the wrong things.
9 September 2023
It doesn’t matter where you’re from, it matters who you are
A French breakfast is mostly Austrian, Chinese and south-east Asian. Nobody sends it back.
9 September 2023
Joy that lasts a lifetime. Laughter that lasts a moment.
Laughter is circumstantial, and I love it. Joy is something else, and it survives the circumstances.