Mavis Crispin
ArticleLife Lessons: ‘I was hit over the head with a Bible’: The extraordinary faith journey of Mavis Crispin
Born into an agnostic family, Mavis Crispin was determined to explore faith for herself – a journey that would eventually take her from North London to Peru, where she was ordained in her 50s. Now 80, the former teacher and Church of England priest reflects on a lifetime of following God, from being hit over the head with a Bible as a child to discovering that “the Lord never leaves a place without His light”.







