In a time of stress, crisis and the pandemic, one of the greatest needs that is being uncovered in us is simply this: We need a WAY to get through this? That’s the question we tackle in this important podcast with Chad Hollowell. Chad is the Global Director for United World Mission located in Charlotte. Steve and Chad are forging a friendship and this conversation is the fruit of their questions about how to we find a way to move forward.
This conversation is based on the historic way of life called, a “Rule of Life” developed by St. Benedict 1600 years ago. Benedict developed a “regula” or “rule” to help establish healthy boundaries for people intending to live in community.
We hope and trust that this podcast will be a helpful encouragement as well as much needed resource.
It may be helpful to do an EMERGENCY RULE OF LIFE right now during our world pandemic but what we already know is that you’ll want to return to this time and time again when the “new normal” is defined for you!
Chad has the dual roles of Director of Field Leadership and the Director of Christian Spiritual Formation at United World Missions. As Director of Field Leadership, he oversees seven UWM Regional Leaders based in Asia, Europe, Africa, and Latin America. As Director of Spiritual Leadership, he provides an organizational strategy for a UWM DNA of spiritual formation. His role is to equip their missionaries to work with nationals in spiritually formative ways, to offer spiritual formation as a core ministry of UWM with other Christian organizations within each of their regions. Chad is married to Serina and they have four kids; Avery, Claire, Bridget, Andrew, and one grandchild.
RESOURCES
Moment to Breathe - Such Silence by Mary Oliver - combined with Creating Space for our Souls in a Critical Time, where we listen to the snowy footsteps of Joe and he shares how he creates space with a walk outside.
As deep as I ever went into the forest
I came upon an old stone bench, very, very old,
and around it a clearing, and beyond that
trees taller and older than I had ever seen.
Such silence.
It really wasn’t so far from a town, but it seemed
all the clocks in the world had stopped counting.
So it was hard to suppose the usual rules applied.
Sometimes there’s only a hint, a possibility.
What’s magical, sometimes, has deeper roots
than reason.
I hope everyone knows that.
I sat on the bench, waiting for something.
An angel, perhaps.
Or dancers with the legs of goats.
No, I didn’t see either. But only, I think, because
I didn’t stay long enough.
– Mary Oliver, “Such Silence,” from Blue Horses
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