What Now? (Our Life In Exile)
So the last time I preached, Peter came up to me afterward and said, “Thank you for taking time to…
The Greatest Story Never Told
A few weeks ago when Peter asked if I would preach on Palm Sunday he said, “You remember that story…
Family Matters
There’s been a question dripping off my chin for the last year, something I’ve been trying to make sense of…
Goals Are Guides
Goals are guides to get you moving. This is one of those lessons that it first and foremost on my…
Forward And Through
Forward and through are two essential life lessons, but they are so connected that I share them in a single…
Spiritual Bypassing
Spiritual bypassing occurs when faith enables the avoidance of hard issues. While it often appears in the spiritual but not…
There Can Be Only One (Galatians 3:27-28)
On a quiet evening thirty-something years ago, my family gathered in the living room and asked that oh so common…
The Trinity: Living In God’s In-Between
Good morning. So for those of you who don’t know me obviously my name is Joe. Part of the reason…
How We Get the Bible Wrong
Whether I express it here or through my work over at Abundance Reconstructed, I believe, by and large, the Western…
What’s the Right Way to Be Hated?
On Sunday, January 24, 2021 I preached on the right way to be hated at The Sanctuary in Denver, CO….
A Fractured Existence on The Grounded Presence
When your bread and butter job is officiating funerals, you spend time with people living a fractured existence. Death fractures…
Overcome Religious and Cultural Shame
Are religious and cultural shame holding you back? That’s a huge part of my story. This week I make a…
