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In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations be sent to Water for Life -
a ministry of LIFE Outreach International.
(Water for Life, PO Box 982000,
Fort Worth, TX 76182; or online at www.lifetoday.org/willard )
The Willard family will be made aware of each individual gift to this ministry Dallas loved.
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The Dallas Willard Center for Spiritual Formation has provided an opportunity for you to share how Dallas’ life and teachings have impacted you. We invite you to share your reflections, tributes and condolences by posting a message in the memorial guest book. |
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Video from Dr. Willard's last conference is available for viewing on the Willard Center website. in tribute to Dallas, the videos will remain on-line indefinitly.
DVDs of the conference will be in production soon.
The Center has also created an Online Forum for discussion of best practices for Spiritual Formation, being moderated by the Spiritual Formation Alliance. This is a place to share experiences or questions related to being more intentional about authentic transformation into Christlikeness.
We encourage you to take advantage of both of these resources, and to sign up for the MI/DWC Newsletter for information about future activities at the Center. |
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There is nothing that can replace
the absence of someone dear to us,
and one should not even attempt to do so.
One must simply hold out and endure it.
At first that sounds very hard,
but at the same time it is also a great comfort.
For to the extent the emptiness truly remains unfilled
one remains connected to the other person through it.
It is wrong to say that God fills the emptiness.
God in no way fills it but much more
leaves it precisely unfilled
and thus helps us preserve — even in pain —
the authentic relationship.
Further more,
the more beautiful and full the remembrances,
the more difficult the separation.
But gratitude transforms
the torment of memory into silent joy.
One bears what was lovely in the past
not as a thorn but as a precious gift deep within,
a hidden treasure
of which one can always be certain.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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 The Dallas Willard Center for Spiritual Formation, established in 2011 [MORE]
Dallas has said that the spiritual formation field lacks intellectual rigor and testable information needed to put the Gospel and spiritual life in Christ on the cognitive map for the multitudes of people who are hungry for something real. The Martin Institute and Dallas Willard Center have been founded at Westmont College for the purpose of helping to establish the field of Christian spiritual formation as a discipline of public knowledge and enhancing opportunities for meaningful spiritual dialogue throughout the world. The vision of MI/DWC is to place an enduring emphasis on the literary, historical and Christian heritage of Dallas and others in the modern spiritual formation movement. Contact Gary Moon at gmoon@westmont.edu for more information.
Dallas Willard Ministries: Life In The Kingdom Now, established in 2013
Dallas Willard Ministries is the next generation of DWillard.org. This family-run website has been providing free Christian and Philosophical materials and recommendations, speaker referrals and answers to questions about Dallas’ teaching for over 12 years. Dallas gave his blessing to the creation of this non-profit organization to ensure that this work would continue and expand. DWM is dedicated to helping everyone live in the kingdom of God now, by providing discipleship and disciple-making resources to pastors, philosophers, teachers and all students of the Gospel. Contact Bill Heatley at bill@dwillard.org for more information.
These two ministries are partnering together to continue the good Kingdom work the Lord has started through Dallas. Our goal is to build and strengthen true knowledge of Christ throughout the world. |
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