Red Backpack
Hello. My name is Bill Todd and before I established my spiritual direction private practice I was a pastor for most of my adult life.
Email me to set up a schedule for personal/group spiritual direction or to speak at your next event.
Once upon a time, I was a conscientious, career driven, successful minister.
Working on the staff of two mega-churches, I built a career that brought me to the point where speaking on stage and in front of a camera to more than 2000 people a week was normal. Creating new ministries and teaching hundreds of people in classes and ministries during the regular week, and countless one-on-ones over coffee.was a piece of cake. I ran into a couple of problems, though. I couldn’t escape the Voice inside of me that kept insisting that I was created to work in small, focused, and personal ways that freed people up to be who they had been designed to be.
The longer that I stayed in ministry, the more obvious one thing became. If my soul was going to survive, I would have to push past fear of taking a different route the one I had grown to know. I decided to face the fear and pursue the dream that I’ve carried inside of me for years. To tell the story that I was designed to tell.
I am still a conscientious, successful minister. However, my work looks very different today. I serve as a spiritual director for individuals and groups from all walks of life. I speak in corporate, community and church settings. I lead retreats and teach online classes.
There are a lot of us in this same boat, aware that there is an UN-lived life inside of us, but paralyzed by the prospect of doing something about it. We know that it’s time to push past fear. I’ve been there, and I know how to point you toward the change you want.
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Who is George Brett? Anyways, so I heart backpacks more then life itself. I like your blog too and found my way here via Moweezle. Yeah, she rocks.
Posted by kristiapplesauce | August 4, 2009, 2:22 pmit was a surprise to discover your blog, I guess I’m the orthodox redbackpack. If you read some of the poems you’ll understand. Mysterious are the Lord’s ways
and funny sometimes too. God bless you and your family sir!
Posted by the redbackpack | June 10, 2010, 3:53 pmPriceless spam!
Posted by Kevinm | October 27, 2011, 8:16 am