“The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for want of wonder.”
—G.K. Chesterton, Tremendous Trifles
Beauty can change you if you let it.
Several years ago, I stepped out of the publishing industry, fresh on the heels of my latest book release. I was thriving as a ghostwriter and freelance creative collaborator. Some told me stepping away was career suicide. But the decision to move to Oxford, England, and to sell our home, cars, and many of our belongings proved to be a revelation. We discovered the joy of simplicity and how the beauty of a slower pace can radically change your life. I still collaborate, offer content coaching, and consult with clients and organizations.
But I’m also starting something new—a movement of beauty chasers. Beauty Chasers are thinkers and listeners. They see when the world goes blind. They embody quietness when all the world wants to do is scream. They give life to others when the world seems bent on destruction. Beauty Chasers live to a different cadence. If you’re interested in these things and you’re willing to risk change, then you’ve come to the right place my friend.
I’m here to help you live like beauty matters.
Bio.
Timothy Willard is a writer, theologian, artist, creative consultant, and independent scholar. He has authored four books, including the critically acclaimed Veneer: Living Deeply in a Surface Society.
His new book, The Beauty Chasers: Recapturing the Wonder of the Divine, is available wherever books are sold.
Timothy received his master’s from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, where his studies focused on theology, Christian thought, and church history. His master’s thesis was titled A Theology of Personhood.
With a passion to disciple the minds of the emerging generation in faith and culture and to help people live like beauty matters, Timothy moved his family to Oxford, England, for two years, where he earned his Ph.D. at King’s College London and studied theological aesthetics, focusing on the topic of beauty in the works of C.S. Lewis for his doctoral thesis under the supervision of renowned theologian Alister McGrath.
Through several viral blog posts, millions have read Timothy’s inspirational writing, which has been featured in Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, Patheos, Acculturated, The Huffington Post, FaithIt, Duke Divinity’s Faith & Leadership, ThinQ Media: Essays, Catalyst Magazine, Outreach Magazine, Relevant Magazine, and The Edges Collective.
Timothy has been a featured speaker at Q Ideas, Catalyst Conference, Allume Conference, OCCA, The Oxford Center for Christian Apologetics, The Charlotte Mason Institute National Conference (coming in 2024), and various churches, including Carmel Baptist in Charlotte, North Carolina, Embrace Church in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and St. Aldates Church: Oxford, England.
As a creative consultant and publishing collaborator, Timothy has worked on thirty books with clients ranging from Chick-fil-A, Sonic, Q Ideas, International Mission Board, Hobby Lobby, The Museum of the Bible, and Coca-Cola Consolidated to NYT bestselling authors, multi-platinum Grammy Award-winning artists, former NFL MVPs, to writers, pastors, home educators, and entrepreneurs.
He lives in the woods of Waxhaw, North Carolina, with his wife, Christine, and three daughters, Lyric, Brielle, and Zion, and a goofy Goldendoodle named Cash—yes, after Johnny.