Roland Ashby

Roland Ashby is the founder and contributing editor of Living Water. He is a spiritual director, teacher of meditation and mindfulness in the Christian tradition, and also Coordinator of the World Community for Christian Mediation in Victoria, Australia.

He lives in Melbourne, Australia. He was Communications Director for the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne and Editor of The Melbourne Anglican Newspaper for over 23 years, until he retired from those roles in December 2018. He has been a member of the World Community for Christian Meditation since 2001 and is a Benedictine Oblate. He has also undertaken a 30 week program reflecting on and applying the spiritual exercises of St Ignatius in daily life.

​He has a Master’s degree in theology, majoring in contemplative spirituality, and he is author of  A faith to live by (Vol. 1) published by Darton Longman and Todd and Morning Star Publishing; and A faith to live by (Vol. II), published by Morning Star Publishing. He is also editor of Heroes of the Faith – men and women whose lives have proclaimed Christ and inspired the faith of others, and A Reckless God? – Currents and Challenges in the Christian Conversation with Science, both published by Garratt Publishing.