Bill Magness began being a Zen student and practitioner in 1994.  He was a co-founder of the Austin Zen Center, and served as its first Board President.  Bill is the prototypical student whose physical presence comes and goes: he was Head Student at AZC during the Fall 2004 practice period, and then spent most of the next eighteen years practicing as a father, lawyer, executive, and slow, but persistent, cyclist.  All during that time, AZC maintained a strong pull on his heart, and Bill is honored to be asked to speak to this sangha again.