Howard Grace was born in Newbury, UK in 1940. After studying physics at university in the 1960s he volunteered for 14 years, mostly overseas, with MRA. This included four years in South Africa during apartheid times. In 1979, he fell foul of the security police there, and on returning to the UK trained as a teacher at the age of forty.
He then spent 15 years teaching mathematics in a comprehensive state school. Following that he founded and led a programme conducting workshops in hundreds of senior high schools around the UK on issues related to purpose in life and motivation.
In 2010 Howard and his Dutch wife Maria changed their spiritual home the Quakers. Also, with Muslim, Evangelical Christian, and non-religious friends he was one of the founders of the West Berkshire Peace and Integration Forum.
In 2019, he became the Newbury coordinator of the Progressive Christianity Network UK. He is also the executive producer of the film Beyond Forgiving. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inghPuBNSEE .
Howard and Maria have two daughters, Wendy and Karen.
