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The challenges of 2020 that opened many layers of emptiness, meaninglessness, and nothingness led us to rethink being and doing our daily reality. Remembering what we learned from our mentor and seminary professor the late Rev. Dr. Robert Moore ... when stress goes up - it is time to increase prayer life. Find the Sacred Somethingness that is within and beyond nothingness. We did - and the journey continues to unfold. Practically overnight we became "Digi-Pastors" as the church we serve closed it's sanctuary due to COVID-19 in March 2020 and moved fully online. In August 2020, Bill's contract teaching at the University was not renewed resulting in in co-founding of the Center to Awaken Kindness.
Who We Are

We are Doctors of the Soul - trained in systematic theology, pastoral theology (such as pastoral care, pastoral counseling, and pastoral social work), and clinical social work practice and theory. We bring you our expertise in pastoral care and clinical social work as online educators. We are dedicated to offering you educational information of a general nature through creative labyrinth designs (available on prayer books, journals, home & lifestyle products, mindful labyrinth videos, etc.) that are designed to hopefully assist in the quest for physical, emotional, medical, and spiritual well-being.
We are Bill Ressl and Penny Taylor - aka "Da Revs" - the Rev. Bill Ressl, MDiv, MSW, PhD, LCSW and the Rev. Dr. Penny Taylor, MDiv, MSW, PhD, LCSW. Yes, we are a husband and wife ministry team. Both Ordained Ministers in the United Church of Christ (UCC) from Brookfield, Illinois, USA hence @DaRevsUSA on social media.
Our co-ministry resonates with the historical first century biblical ministry team of Priscilla and Aquila. They were a married Christian clergy couple, who is traditionally listed among the seventy disciples Christ sent out in the Gospel of Luke Chapter 10.
 
We invite you to join in the journey of awakening kindness in the world. We encourage you to reflect and define your personal theology of kindness (your God talk) and make it visible in the world (your God walk). As Pastors, we’re grounded in a kindness that is made visible through the love of Jesus Christ in the world. A love that is not grounded in a Jesus of institutional definitions but in a personal participation with Jesus Christ. LEARN MORE -> (or you can also see Romans 8 in the bible).

We welcome you to the journey!
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The Center to Awaken Kindness is part of the Penny and Bill Company, co-owned by Penny and Bill. The Penny and Bill Company strives to be a socially responsible corporation.

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