About Joe
I am a Christian, blogger, husband, father, motorcycle rider, and the Associate Pastor of Tri-Lakes United Methodist Church in Monument, CO (a suburb of Colorado Springs). I grew up on the Jersey Shore and sometimes miss the boardwalk, beaches, pizza, and the Kohr’s orange and vanilla swirl ice cream cones, but not the humidity and mosquitoes.
Professionally I spend much of my time in youth ministry, worship leadership (I play guitar and sing), preaching, and teaching. I am interested in helping Christians grow in their discipleship and those who have not yet met Jesus to know that although he might not like what we are doing, he loves us.
I’m currently reading and thoroughly enjoying N. T. Wright’s Simply Jesus. in the evenings, use Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals to guide my morning devotions, and am studying Edwin Friedman’s Generation to Generation for Center for Pastoral Effectiveness of the Rockies retreats. I recently finished Jon Acuff’s Quitter and this summer was moved by Desmond Tutu’s No Future without Forgiveness. I read NT Wright, Rob Bell, Adam Hamilton, Leonard Sweet, Marcus Borg, Henri Nouwen, Brian McLaren, Donald Miller, Anne Lamott, and others who challenge and nourish me. I listen to David Crowder*Band, U2, Bruce Springsteen, worship music, and lots of classic rock.
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