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Bill Wylie-Kellermann

Bill Wylie-Kellermann is a nonviolent community activist, writer, and United Methodist pastor living in Wawiatanong/Detroit. He is also is part of the Community at Kirkridge. Bill was a friend of William Stringfellow’s and has done several books on him, including A Keeper of the Word: Selected Writings of William Stringfellow (Eerdmans, 1994), William Stringfellow: Essential Writings, (Orbis, 2013), Principalities in Particular: A Practical Theology of the Powers that Be (Fortress, 2017). He was married to Denise Griebler on Advent’s Joy Sunday, 2013. They have five grandchildren.

Upcoming Programs by Bill Wylie-Kellermann

Two icons side-by-side of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and William Stringfellow.

William Stringfellow: the "Giant Triplets" and the Communion of the Saints

February 28 - March 2, 2025

A year before his martyrdom, Martin Luther King, Jr. identified the giant triplets of racism, militarism, and extreme materialism, as demanding a revolution of values. William Stringfellow, in his discerning of signs and spirits, also identified them among the reigning powers of that era, as indeed our own. As an exercise in practical theology, this […]

A line of people hold three banners that read "Break Bread not Bodies" and "Christians for a Free Palestine."

Liturgical Direct Action: A Discernment Retreat

Also With Naomi Washington-Leapheart and Nichola Torbett

November 14 - 16, 2025

How is direct action or civil disobedience altered when framed in prayerful worship? What dimensions of freedom are then embraced? When public witness tells the story of faith and marks a feast or season, what new depth of communication is opened? When nonviolence is practiced in sacramental forms, how is liturgy itself enhanced?  With examples […]