Interrupting the Hustle: Spiritual Practices for Clarity and Renewal | Bill Simmons (EP52)
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Diane Boden
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🗓️ 29 July 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
What if the interruptions in your life weren’t distractions—but divine invitations? In this soul-stirring episode, Bill Simmons, CEO of Hope Rises International and author of The Way of Interruption: Spiritual Practice for Organizational Life, shares how the spiritual discipline of pausing, praying, and letting go of control can radically reshape how we lead, work, and live.
Through personal stories and practical wisdom, Bill explores the tension between productivity and presence, and how integrating faith practices like the psalms into your daily routine can bring clarity, peace, and purpose—especially in high-pressure environments. He also opens up about his own sabbatical journey and how it exposed the illusion of control that so many leaders silently wrestle with.
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Bill Simmons has served as CEO of national and international organizations in the for-profit and nonprofit world for over two decades. Since 2010 he has served as President and CEO of Hope Rises International, formerly known as American Leprosy Missions. He currently serves as Chair of the Board for The Accord Network.
Bill and his wife Cindi live in Greenville, South Carolina, where they attend The Village Church Anglican and enjoy their teenage daughter, three adult children and three grandchildren. Bill holds a political science degree from the University of Tennessee and is pursuing postgraduate work in spiritual formation at Gordon Conwell Seminary.
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| 0:00.0 | Before we start the episode, I want to note that I do have listeners of all faith backgrounds that listen to the podcast. |
| 0:05.8 | This episode is coming from a Christian perspective. |
| 0:08.0 | So if that's something that doesn't fit what you're looking for, check out an episode from the archives or join me back here next week for an episode that you don't want to miss. |
| 0:15.8 | Particularly, I think the one that I find has been most surprising to people is the thing that's hardest to do |
| 0:22.1 | in today's role, which is just to come to a stop, to pause, to take a breath, and especially |
| 0:28.2 | in a Zoom meeting dominated world, and there's no breaks, and you're back to back. It's hard to be |
| 0:33.2 | present. We just sat in silence for about four to five minutes, just allowing ourselves to process this |
| 0:41.3 | event, this thing that was put forward. We weren't expecting. What does it mean to commune with God? |
| 0:46.8 | Communes be with. And can I find a way to be with even in silence? I think the more we can get |
| 0:53.7 | into an observant posture |
| 0:55.1 | where we're aware of what's around is that gets us out of our head. I didn't decide I'm going to |
| 1:00.9 | wake up every morning and do this. It is not just what I do. What if the interruptions in your life |
| 1:07.2 | weren't distractions, but divine invitations. In this episode, Bill Simmons, |
| 1:13.0 | CEO of Hope Rises International, an author of The Way of Interruption, Spiritual Practice for |
| 1:19.3 | an Organizational Life, shares how the spiritual discipline of pausing, praying, and letting go of |
| 1:25.1 | control can radically reshape how we lead, work, and live. |
| 1:29.0 | Through personal stories and practical wisdom, Bill explores the tension between productivity |
| 1:33.8 | and presence and how integrating faith practices like the Psalms into your daily routine |
| 1:38.9 | can bring clarity, peace, and purpose, especially in high-pressure environments. |
| 1:43.9 | He also opens up about his own sabbatical |
| 1:45.6 | journey and how it exposed the illusion of control that so many leaders silently wrestle with. |
| 1:51.0 | And lastly, if you've yet to leave a rating or review for the Clear Intentions podcast, pause the episode. |
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