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Break-free-in-me?

Each day we learn from our experiences and we discover more about what is real and what we make up as we go along. Whether we are willing to claim it or not, we are all passionate about something. I have wondered what would happen if I were to let what God has placed on the inside to actually break-free-in-me — passion, gifts, desire, compassion, thoughts, energy, hopes, dreams, failures, talents, ideas, fear, love, Christ...

And I got to thinking... What if I were to actually let Jesus be me? Strange?

These are uncomfortable questions to ponder... Think of inside-out like this: becoming more comfortable with feeling uncomfortable.

With each step of faith we take our walk becomes as natural as the air we breathe. We certainly can't be Jesus (impossible!), but we can allow Jesus to be us -- We can allow what God is doing on the inside to emerge out. My prayer is that I would get out of God's way and allow Christ to break-free-in-me.

Discover, claim, and live...

 

Bill Gibson is a communicator and the lead & teaching pastor of FaithWalk, a new United Methodist community of faith, located in Gibsonville, NC. His passion is communicating the Gospel message to the skeptical, unchurched, disconnected, frustrated, and the passionate in creative ways, with attention on engaging today's emerging generations in an ever-shifting culture.

He is a second-career pastor who spent more than 16 years working in business and marketing. Specifically, his focus was corporate identity, interactive branding, business development, and image marketing. He is also a former U.S. Marine.

He studied at East Tennessee State University, pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design, and studied Business at Tusculum College. Additionally, he received a Bachelor of Science in Biblical & Theological Studies from Amridge University. Bill attended graduate school at Duke University, where he received his MDiv (Master of Divinity). He is currently in the dissertation phase of his doctorate at George Fox University, focusing on semiotics and future studies. His research thesis centers on the 'dialogic' formation of Christian identity in an American consumer iCulture.

Bill is an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church. He loves to hike, write, and create, and has a special connection to the mountains. His two favorite places are Walt Disney World and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. He classifies himself as a husband, father, storyteller, church planter, aspiring semiotician, and driver of a 1976 International Scout Terra, who is facinated with human behavior. He and his wife Traci have three wonderful kids — Tyler, Allison, and JC. East Tennessee is home.

You can email Bill at bgibson@wnccumc.net.