A Story to Tell is written by Richard Frost MBE.
Married to Jane, who is a retired Anglican priest, they live in Devon with Daisy, a cocker spaniel, and have two adult children. A Christian since 1979, Richard has been a Lay Minister (Reader) in the Church of England since 2003. Richard is a Chaplain to Spiritus Theological College and an Oblate (a ‘third order’, lay member of a Benedictine monastic community) at Mucknell Abbey.
Richard started work as an employment advisor in 1979 and specialised in supporting people with mental health conditions to remain in work. Working for Devon Partnership NHS Trust at Workways from 2002, he previously worked for what is now Dept for Work & Pensions including in Jobcentres helping people who were long-term unemployed and those who have a disability. In his work for the NHS he also developed and led Mindful Employer, an international ground-breaking initiative helping employers to support staff experiencing mental ill health. Richard moved on from this work in December 2018 to begin the next stage of life (some call this ‘retirement’).
Showing how it’s never too late to learn, having failed A-levels at school, he passed his driving test at the age of 38 and 15 years later, gained an MSc Vocational Rehabilitation. Richard was appointed MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2018 for services to mental health.
Richard is the author of four faith books and three contemporary fiction novellas. His website at richardfrostauthor.com gives details of his books: Loving Yourself, Life with St Benedict, Finding Stability in Times of Change and (in book form) A Story to Tell; and the Eastwood Story series: Looking to Move On, Living the Difference and Hopes and Expectations.
Thank you to members of the churches in the Totnes Team Ministry and the Diocese of Exeter’s former Clergy Spouses’ Group who ‘road-tested’ aspects of the stories in Autumn 2018.