FROM THE FOREWORD BY PETE GREIG

'I am so grateful to Charlie Cleverly whose own "divine romance" has provoked the creation of this beautiful love-song in book form.

'This deeply personal book unlocks the secret of one of the most misunderstood and overlooked books in the Bible, drawing on the Church Fathers and other heroes of the faith from Origen to Hudson Taylor. Charlie celebrates both the sacred allegory and the earthy, erotic actuality of the text.

'This book will be an enormous blessing to anyone longing for deeper intimacy with God, to worship leaders looking for fresh inspiration, to pastors who've never yet dared preach on the Song of Songs and to evangelists seeking to convey the passion of Christ to a culture so salted with desire.'

'Engrossing and inspiring, poetic and authentic. To read it will fill your soul.' Mark Bailey

'Touching and tender and deeply moving.' Fr Nick King SJ

'A beautiful and profound meditation.' Simon Ponsonby

Charlie Cleverly is Rector of St Aldates, Oxford. He is the author of several books, including A Passion That Shapes Nations and Epiphanies of the Ordinary.