Leave Love with Me

“Memoir, but much more than memoir, William Lawton’s Leave Love with Me belongs to that genre of introspective Christian writing that has given us such classics as Augustine’s Confessions. The voice of a mature and reflective Christian, tried by life and encounter with ‘the other,’ Leave Love with Me offers readers an aid to (re-)finding God and (re-)connecting with the Jesus-story amid the radically changing physical and human environments of our times.”


—Geoffrey R. Treloar, research fellow, The Australian College of Theology





“A gifted theologian and teacher, William Lawton has a singular knack for finding words for the ineffable. He shows us here, in this moving meditation on desire, to do as Rilke said, and learn to ‘live the questions.’ This paean to the beauty of humanity from a ‘village priest and local shaman’ is provoking and comforting in equal measure. It will stay with me for a long time.”


—Julia Baird, author of Phosphorescence





“Beautifully told, and as much a work of poetic beauty as it is a story about what life can hold, Leave Love with Me is a colorful, sensitive, and captivating publication. With strongly ‘other person centered’ themes such as forgiveness and acceptance, it is difficult to imagine any reader emerging from these pages without them being gently challenged to think about fresh perspectives on life itself.”


—Mitchell Landrigan, adjunct professor of law, University of Technology