Why Being Resilient Makes You Strong with Holly Wagner
Welcome to Episode 11 of The Strong Way with a brave modern-day pioneer offering wisdom learned from decades of launching and building.
Like most women, Holly Wagner wears many hats. Hers include wife, mom, pastor, teacher, author and cancer survivor. She grew up in Venezuela, Indonesia and England and eventually moved to Los Angeles where she worked as an actress in films and television for over 10 years.
Holly and her husband Philip are senior founding pastors of Oasis Church – a growing, multi-cultural, multi-generational church they started in 1984 in Los Angeles. And in 2019, just before the pandemic hit, they made the bold move of handing over the leadership baton of Oasis Church to younger leaders. And in this conversation we go there – and tackle the subject of ageism and what is possible in this significant season of impact. How to offer sage wisdom, and how to not hold on to power but give it away.
If you want to hear someone speak who is both culturally relevant and culture transforming, it’s Holly. She is passionate about seeing the Church be relevant to the culture surrounding it, and in particular to see women become who God has designed them to become.
If you want to learn strategies on how to rise from adversity – lean into Holly sharing how resilience has been a key move for her.
If you are in a season where you are feeling the weight of the world, or the weight of your years – whether you are 18 or 60 – you have to know that you have more wisdom to offer those that are coming behind you. And they are looking to you to lead the way, to teach them, to give away lessons you have learned on the journey. Ageism is only a thing if you let it be a thing. Be a sage – there is someone who needs what you have to give.
Holly Wagner and her husband, Philip, are the senior founding pastors of Oasis Church – a growing, multi-cultural, church located in Los Angeles. They have been married for over 30 years, love life and enjoy spending time with their two adult children, Jordan and Paris. Holly is passionate about seeing the Church grow strong and relevant to the culture surrounding it and for women become who God has designed them to become. She founded She Rises ( formerly GodChicks), and has empowered thousands of women around the world. Holly has appeared on many television shows, and is currently one of the hosts of TBN’s Better Together. She has written several books; her newest is Find Your Brave, an honest look about navigating storms, and has been an encouragement to the thousands who have read it.
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