Amy Boucher Pye

Hi, I’m Amy!

As a writer and spiritual director, I love helping people encounter the living God. Welcome to this space of prayer practices, opportunities to retreat, and resources to strengthen your spiritual life.

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Encounter God through my writing, including my devotional articles and my seven books and resources. Still Finding Myself in Britain has just been released – the updated ten-year anniversary edition of this award-winning book.

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Accompanying people as they walk with God is a privilege and a joy, as we notice together the movements of their soul. Find out more about this hidden work of God.

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I’ve led retreats and pilgrimages for over a decade in the UK and beyond, including at Lee Abbey, Devon, the island of Iona, and Penhurst on England’s south coast. I love helping people unwind and receive God’s love. Join me!

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Meet Amy

Amy Boucher Pye is a London-based writer, speaker, retreat leader, and spiritual director. She’s the author of seven books and resources, including 7 Ways to Pray and Holding onto Hope, featuring her dad’s artwork. She loves helping people encounter the living, loving God.

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Recent blog posts

  • “God to Enfold Me” – an ancient Celtic prayer

    I love Celtic-flavored prayers; the repetition and poetry is beautiful helps me connect to God. Here’s one about the enfolding love of God, which I invite you to ponder and prayer through: Carmina Gadelica III, p. 53, in David Adam, The Path of Life: Meditations on prayers from the Celtic tradition (London: SPCK, 2009), p.…

  • A prayer to the Triune God

    Today in the church we celebrate Trinity Sunday, a day to mark the glorious mystery of the God who is Three-in-One (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). I love this Celtic prayer: I am bending my knee In the eye of the Father who created me, In the eye of the Son who purchased me, In…

  • A Meditation on Love

    On this feast of Pentecost, I’m pondering love—the greatest of the gifts of the Spirit. Join me as we gaze on a little stream near Lee Bay in north Devon and pray through 1 Corinthians 13. Feel free to pause the recording as you encounter our living, loving God.

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