The New Story
Community
Living and Leading Well in Chaotic Times
We are living through a time of profound transition. Familiar systems strain, long-held assumptions falter, and ways of life that once felt stable no longer hold in the same way. An old story is coming to an end. What comes next has not yet fully arrived.
Between these two movements—one receding, one still forming—there is a space of hope and possibility. The New Story Community exists to support people learning how to live and lead well in that space.
Within the New Story Community, we name this moment in three movements:
An Old Story—shaped by extraction, control, and separation—is ending and unraveling.
A New Story—informed by light, love and belonging—is arriving, though its timing and form are known only to the Creator.
Between these lies a Liminal Space: an in-between space filled with hope and possibility but few familiar landmarks, handholds and reliable signposts—which is best traveled in community, rather than alone.
The New Story Community is a spiritually grounded formation community stewarded by Bill Grace. It brings together people who sense that responding well to this moment requires more human ingenuity and technical know how — who are seeking a deeper — spiritually oriented path to guide their lives and leadership.
This is not leadership development as it is commonly understood. It is not focused on skill-building, organizational change, or problem-solving. It is formation: a way of attending to how one’s life is shaped, guided, and grounded in Spirit. This approach requires humility, listening, formation, spiritual practice, and community rather than self-direction and self-certainty.
The work unfolds within a learning community shaped by authenticity, vulnerable presence, and mutual care.
What the New Story Community Is
The Work We Do
The New Story Community offers a small number of formation programs, along with ongoing ways for alumni to remain connected and supported.
These gatherings take place primarily online, with occasional in-person moments. They include periods of silence, shared reflection, teaching, poetry, story, and small-group practice. Between gatherings, participants engage in simple, consistent practices that support attentiveness and integration.
The emphasis is not on accumulating insight, but on learning how to live differently over time. Understanding emerges through sustained presence, communal reflection, and a willingness to remain with questions that do not resolve quickly.
This Is For You If You:
Have a hunger or thirst for a deeper connection with Spirit.
Are looking for a Spiritual Community to support your journey with Spirit.
Recognize that the prevailing ways of living and leading are no longer adequate, and feel called to explore deeper territory for both.
Are ready to accept responsibility for engaging spiritual practice on a daily basis and to show up in a learning community with authenticity and consistency.
If you sense familiar ways of striving, leading, or making sense of things no longer feel sufficient and are interested in learning about new frameworks for understanding and activism.
You may have found your way here without knowing exactly what you were looking for.
If you are now a little more curious about what is offered here, the Programs page button below describes — in more detail — the forms this work takes.
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Faithful
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Attentive · Listening · Patient · Grounded · Faithful ·
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Hospitable
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Together
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Relational · Accountable · Hospitable · Courageous · Together ·