Joe leading worship
Joe is a Christian, a husband, and a father who is serving as Associate Pastor of the Tri-Lakes United Methodist Churchin Monument, CO. Joe has a passion for connecting people with God through Jesus Christ. He firmly believes that living life in the Kingdom of God is the best way to live. As a sojourner on a spiritual adventure, Joe has a way of finding God in the strangest of places like The Simpsons and Little Miss Sunshine.
Joe is a transplant to Colorado after spending most of his life on the Jersey Shore. He enjoys reading, singing, songwriting, guitar playing, writing, and rooting for the New York Mets.
Joe reads NT Wright, Rob Bell, Adam Hamilton, Marcus Borg, Leonard Sweet, Henri Nouwen, Mark Batterson, and others who challenge him and feed him spiritually. He listens to David Crowder*Band, Third Day, U2, Dave Matthews Band, Johnny Cash, Creed, ZZ Top, and lots of classic rock.
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Posted by Brandon Murray on July 6, 2010 at 8:43 pm
Joe – I’m wondering where you found God in Little Miss Sunshine. I am thinking it’s the scene where the brother freaks out because he realizes he’s colorblind and Olive just goes and sits with him and hugs him. I was always very touched by that scene.
Posted by jiovino5 on July 7, 2010 at 2:05 pm
For me, the overarching theme of the movie is this journey to, or search for, happiness or fulfillment. One thinks a more successful career will do it, one is hopeful of escape, there are drugs, pornography, mental health issues and even becoming Little Miss Sunshine. All are attempts at filling a void, things they think will bring happiness. Funny thing is the happiness was with them all along the journey in the Abigail Breslin character who loves each of them just as they are. At the end of the movie they embrace their brokenness, and who they really are, and in that they find joy in each other. What they most needed, they had all along. I see the Kingdom of God like that. We so often are striving for something elusive to make us happy, something out there somewhere, when really there is true joy in embracing our brokenness and the love and joy that comes in participating in the Kingdom of God, which is right here all the time.