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Bill Kees
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“Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they
enkindle and melt the soul.”
- St Teresa of Avila
“Those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount
up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk
and not faint.”
- Isaiah 40:31
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“The fewer the words, the better the prayer.” - Martin Luther
Bill Kees is a spiritual companion and retreat leader who has served in both
congregational and national settings in Minnesota, California and Illinois. As a
pastor and leader in the national ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church of
America), he has a particular passion for contemplative practices of spiritual
formation for youth. A life-long Lutheran grounded in the goodness of faith
community, Bill entered and completed the formation program for spiritual
companionship at Shalem Institute, in Bethesda, MD.
Since participating in the first gathering of Lutherans attending to spiritual
formation and direction, he has found himself attracted to how God is present
everywhere - in time, space, person and beyond. Bill is still on the journey of
noting God’s presence, and is presently active in companioning others in their
journey with God.
He also participates with his wife in leading retreats that focus on experiencing
God through the disciplines of prayer. In retirement Bill and his wife are living in
Chico, near to his birth home, where they delight in being with family, a key
element in his own spiritual growth over the years.
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