Scott Gough

I write about what happened when a sceptic started asking questions.

Faith memoir and honest writing for evidence-minded readers – people who want the account to stand up, not just sound good.

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About

An ordinary life, an unexpected turn

I’m a project management consultant from Swindon. A husband, a father of six, and for most of my life, not a believer. I spent years trusting evidence, process, and things I could verify – and then found myself asking questions I couldn’t put down.

In early 2026 I was baptised, alongside my wife, at St Philip’s in Upper Stratton. My first book tells the story of how that happened – plainly, honestly, and without asking the reader to take anything on trust that I didn’t have to.

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The book
Front cover of The Unexpected Path to Faith by Scott Gough

The Unexpected Path to Faith

A first-person account of a conversion nobody saw coming, least of all me. Written for the reader who is sceptical by nature – because I was one. No pressure, no polish, just what actually happened and the questions that got me there.

Publication details coming soon
ISBN 9798186268055
Articles & publications

Writing along the way

Alongside the books, I’ll be publishing shorter pieces here – reflections on faith, doubt, and the questions that started it all.

First articles coming soon. If there’s a question about faith you’d like an honest, non-preachy answer to, I’d like to hear it – it may become a piece here.
what I’m writing now
In production

Two books underway

The Unexpected Path to Calling Working title

The sequel to The Unexpected Path to Faith, covering the second year: what happens after baptism, when belief stops being a private conclusion and starts asking things of you. It follows a first year of church life from the inside – and a growing, unexpected sense of calling. Raw material is being captured now; drafting begins later this year.

The Interpreter Literary fiction

A novel following Jack, an autistic hospital cleaner in Hull who begins experiencing vivid dreams drawn from the prophetic books of the Bible. Is it neurology, or is it a calling? The book holds that question open to the final page. Currently at full chapter skeleton, heading into drafting.

My church

St Philip the Deacon, Upper Stratton

St Philip the Deacon church on Beechcroft Road, Upper Stratton

St Philip’s is the Church of England parish church for Upper Stratton, Swindon – and the place where much of this story happened. Sunday service is at 11am on Beechcroft Road, and everyone is welcome, wherever you are with faith. It’s where I was, when I first walked in.

Contact

Get in touch

If the book helped you, made you think, or left you with a question – I’d like to hear from you. That’s the whole reason it exists.

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