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.”

an inspiring vision for an integrated and transformed Christian life

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.

Space for God

An invitation to encounter God more deeply through different types of prayer, spiritual practice, scripture study, and beauty.

“Epiphany: To Become Luminous”

In this "Space for God: Beauty," Rev. Bill Haley offers an Epiphany reflection on the power of light in nature to draw us toward God and to inspire us in our Christian lives to shine out into the dark places of the world.  We hope you are blessed by the...

“Sitting with Songs for Advent” with Bill Haley

In this "Space for God: Advent" devotional, Rev. Bill Haley offers a distinction between songs for Christmas and songs for Advent.  He invites us to sit with the anticipatory yearning and musical beauty of six of the season's most beautiful songs, ancient and...

“The Bible in Stone: La Sagrada Familia & El Camino”

In this "Space for God: Beauty," Rev. Bill Haley guides us through some photos from a recent trip he took to Spain.  Starting with some reflections on Antoní Gaudí's masterful basilica, La Sagrada Familia, Bill then takes us along El Camino de Santiago,...

“Creation Praising God”

In this "Space for God: Beauty" devotional, Rev. Bill Haley introduces us to the doctrine of continuous creation and its ability to shift our posture towards the natural world. Drawing upon Catholic Nun and theologian Elizabeth Johnson's writings on...

“The Litany of Trust”

In this "Space for God" devotional, Rev. Bill Haley introduces us to simple yet powerful prayer, The Litany of Trust.  Written by the Sisters of Life and distributed across the globe, the Litany invites us to confront our fears and insecurities,...
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