ABOUT PAUL D. WILLIS

I believe you are here because you are or want to be a follower of Jesus but you sometimes it too complicated or confusing.

You want to simplify your life and get rid of things that keep you hectic, busy, and overly-committed.
You want to explore what it means to live with a simple faith and life.
You have a loved-one who is struggling and you want to be a help and support.
You want to engage helpful materials that are biblically grounded and focused on following the Way of Jesus.
You want to experience wholeness, healing, joy, and a deeper purpose.
You long to for God's love and grace but some things, including church, can seem too complicated, busy, and performance-driven.
You want to overcome some limitations and break free from what hinders you.
You want your relationships, marriage and family life to thrive.

If some of these or all of these resonate with you, then we want you to join the Simple Faith Tribe.

I love equipping believers to experience the simple faith and life they desire, finding freedom in physically, emotionally, and spiritually healthy living.

A Little of My Background:

I was raised in the small town of Middletown, MD. It was a wonderful place to grow up. With loving parents and three amazing siblings, we had an beautiful childhood full of memories, creativity, music, art, painting (I love watercolors) and plenty of fun.

I attended college in Boston, MA where I met my wife Heather (she's from Maine). We've been married for over 30 years and have one daughter, Holly. Heather is a calming force and devotional writer who calls people deeper into the story of God through the Book of Nature. You can read her work on her website: www.heatherjwillis.com

Our family moved to North Carolina where we both worked and eventually I accepted a calling to vocational ministry and flung myself headlong into seminary at Northwest Nazarene University. We planted a church in VA, which was a whirlwind before serving as the Senior Pastor for a beautiful congregation across the country in Walla Walla, WA. Eventually our little family settled back to North Carolina, where I pastor a smaller congregation in Monroe, NC.

I am ordained clergy in the Church of the Nazarene and have been in ministry for over 16 years, teaching, preaching, and writing. I have a Master of Divinity from Northwest Nazarene University with a focus in Spiritual Formation, and a Bachelor of Arts in History from Eastern Nazarene College. I am the senior pastor of Cornerstone Church and part of the North Carolina District Church of the Nazarene.

My passion is to help people reconnect their simple faith in Jesus with healthy lifestyle habits.