Welcome to Bill’s Desk!
Here you’ll find the latest from Bill’s Substack “Thoughts Along the Way” and our weekly podcast, as well as featured writings, teachings, and contemplative offerings. We’re so glad you’ve joined us on the journey!
“Thoughts Along the Way” Substack
Bill’s musings on the contemplative life, justice, culture, faith, art, nature, current events…and always trying to figure out how Jesus shows up in all of it and "finding God in all things".“For the Journey” Podcast
A weekly podcast offering formation and inspiration to Christians longing for more of God in their lives and in the world.On the Contemplative Life
Why Not Become All Flame?
In this offering, Bill shares realizations of some of the deeper truths of the life in God. In his words, “If you’re wanting to know what it’s actually all about (at least my take on it!), or are hungry for more of God, want your heart to burn with brighter love for Jesus, are feeling stagnant in your faith, or newly aware of limitations of the sort of Christianity you were raised with or are currently in, I invite you to join me.”
Essential Christianity
A 15-part journey through the beautifully expansive story of God’s love and coming Kingdom.
At the end of 2020, Bill asked “What is the Essence of Christianity, and how can we incarnate that?” It was true then—and remains undeniably true today—that in spite of the beauty that is Christ and Christianity, many Christians are weary of what they see in the church right now. Many confess that they are experiencing what feels like a flattened, narrowed, obscured vision of the Christian faith and life. We hear these questions often: Is this really all there is to Christianity? Isn’t there something more to my life with God in the world? Can I keep on believing in Jesus when the church doesn’t look like him? From those deep questions, those places of longing and grief, we developed Bill’s original writing into an expanded book with audio and video teaching, as a free offering to all who are searching.


