Meet the Guides: Ian Wooldridge
Get to know the team behind Dwell Daily, our all-new biblical devotional for spiritual transformation, available exclusively in the the Dwell app!
Biography
Ian lives, works, and plays in Vero Beach, Florida with his wife Jordie and their little girl, Eden Joy — oh, and also with their very wild goldendoodle! He serves as a pastor at Pillar Community Church, and enjoys reading, birdwatching, and tending to creative music and writing pursuits outside of his day-to-day pastoral work. His aim in life is very simple: to love God, love like God, and to know union with the Trinity through apprenticeship to Jesus Christ.
Q&A
- Where did you grow up and where do you live now?
I was born and raised in Louisville, KY, but now call Vero Beach, FL home! - What drew you to join this project with Dwell?
I’m very excited to have been invited into this project because I have always resonated with Dwell’s heart: to recover the ancient practice of listening to Scripture. What particularly excites me about this project is to have the opportunity to not just read Scripture over folks, but to be able to carefully and prayerfully guide them into experiencing how God might be speaking to them through the reading. - What is your favorite story or character in the Bible?
Aside from Jesus, my favorite character would be Barnabas. In Acts 11, it says of him that “he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.” It’s my deep desire, too, to be pervaded by virtue and full of the Holy Spirit — so that as a result, people might come to know friendship with Jesus. - Do you have a favorite verse of Scripture?
My favorite verses are Philippians 2:3-4. My prayer is to know this kind of humility so as to love like Jesus loved. - What is one thing you hope the Dwell community gains through this new content?
My hope and prayer is that the Dwell community would find Dwell Daily to be a sweet opportunity to pause each day, come home to the presence of God, and to leave from that pause refreshed in His love and truth. I’m excited for how God will move in peoples’ lives through this simple yet powerful practice!