Wes Willison
I help people find
their way home.
their way home.
I'm a realtor who matches hopes and plans to houses that fit. As the climate and housing crises rage, we need a better process to find homes worth living in.
I'm also a pastor -- but not in the way you may think. Your home shapes your life, like how banks channel a river. Searching for a new home is about consciously changing those contours. Finding one is as much personal and meaningful as it is technical. I help clients move with integrity, wisdom, and vision.
Philadelphia since 2008. Swarthmore College, BA. Princeton Seminary and The Farminary, MDiv. Board: The Simple Way, NKCDC.
Digital platform helping home buyers and renters make better decisions. Building technology to make finding home more accessible and equitable across the city.
Helping churches sell or redevelop their properties for community transformation. Affordable housing, economic development, and neighborhood flourishing.
Church buildings are getting older and emptier. Once experienced as gifts, these physical plants have become burdens. 100,000 church property transitions are projected by 2030. I'm working to help pastors see ministry in a process that can otherwise feel transactional. Could this site become holistically sustainable -- physically, economically, and spiritually?
Licensed salesperson helping clients navigate the Philadelphia housing market with integrity and wisdom. Focused on helping people find homes that fit the lives they actually want to live.
Your house is not a commodity, it's a home.
How To Get Home is a newsletter about the search for home — what it costs, what it means, and how to do it well. Practical guidance and deeper reflection on one of the most consequential decisions most people ever make.
Coming soon: Sanctuary Stories, a podcast exploring what happens when churches reimagine their buildings as gifts to the neighborhood.
Producer of a podcast reflecting on a retreat at the Farminary for young adults reconstructing in the wake of loss and grief.
Research and writing on theology, architecture, design, and affordances. Panel presenter at AAR 2024.
Engagements on faith, housing justice, and community development at conferences, churches, and universities.
Helping students navigate the thicket of choices around applying to and selecting a college -- surprisingly similar to buying a home.