You are the greatest barrier to your own transformation. I was sitting in a classroom at my seminary with 20+ other pastors hearing these words. All of us in the room had heard this before, but as I reflected on these words, I wondered: how would I life differently if this was so? This question… Continue reading Road blocks or opportunities?
Author: Pastor Bill
Choose your own adventure
A few weeks ago, I sat down with a coach who has been deeply formative in my life the last few years and asked her this: how do you stay hopeful and joyful amidst all that life can throw at you? She wondered with me, Bill, how do you be when you are hopeful and… Continue reading Choose your own adventure
Grateful
This summer a common theme across all I have read and heard from pastors I have met with is the importance of slowing down, reflecting, praying, and the practice of solitude. So I have worked to take this on as a discipline this summer. To slow down, to have space for solitude and reflection. It… Continue reading Grateful
Hurry Up and Wait
Last week I had a wonderful week of learning and connecting with friends in Houston, TX, and as I was waiting at airport I observed something: the Southwest Phenomenon. 10 minutes before any directions were given to pre-board the plane, people were staking out spots near the boarding area. As soon as the directions were… Continue reading Hurry Up and Wait
How Far…
Recently I watched Disney’s hit movie, “Moana,” and if you have not seen it, I highly recommend it. The movie centers around Moana, the young, soon to be queen, fighting the tension between her own culture’s expectations for her, and a stirring she feels inside that tells her she is something more. I have felt the… Continue reading How Far…
What’s Your Story?
For the last few weeks I have been reflecting on my formation. I have been reflecting on formative experiences, people and events, each that have contributed to who I am becoming as a person. I made lists of formative things from my childhood, and things that God has uniquely formed in me. At the same… Continue reading What’s Your Story?
Wisdom from Ferris Bueller
But in the seventh year the land is to have a year of sabbath rest, a sabbath to the Lord. Do not sow your fields or prune your vineyards. 5 Do not reap what grows of itself or harvest the grapes of your untended vines. The land is to have a year of rest. 6 Whatever the… Continue reading Wisdom from Ferris Bueller
Can You Hear Me Now?
I am a type A person in many ways. I like to have a task list, to get things done, to have a sense of order, pattern. part of my pattern is not only activity, but noise. I listen to the radio in the car, regularly interact with people at church and in the office,… Continue reading Can You Hear Me Now?
Summer of being
One of the most life-giving hobbies that I have is distance running. I run 30-50 miles a week as I prepare to run 2-3 races between 13.1-26.2 miles each calendar year. Yet what this habits reminds me is that I am working to grow in not always moving. You can hear it just talking with… Continue reading Summer of being
Lent: Journey to the Cross
Last night I had the joy of sharing in an Ash Wednesday service, and was blown away by what God did in that time. We distributed ashes by having people come forward, and asking that each person would place ashes in the form of the cross on the forehead of the person behind them, being… Continue reading Lent: Journey to the Cross