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Joe and Marcia have been married 38 years, with a son David, 32, who lives with his wife Cathy in Olathe, Kansas. Joe's favorite place in the world is the area around the central Colorado mountain valley village of Buena Vista where he and Marcia have a home that serves as a haven of retreat and eventual retirement location. A second favorite place is south central Alaska, former home. Joe's favorite things are preaching the gospel, teaching the scripture, facilitating faith formation and hiking and off-road jeeping in the mountains. He says, "All I need to really relax is a good hiking trail and the sounds and sights of God's creation!" Joe is also a huge fan of all the Star Trek series. Joe's preaching and teaching
reflects a strong incarnational
theology believing in the immanence of God's gracious presence in the
world. An empowering biblical passage is "Just as you did it to one of the least of these. . . you did it to me" Personality Type: INFP Identified "Dependable Strengths": Innovative - Collaborative - Vision - Community At my best I am a person who resolutely strives to shape and express a vision that emerges from a process of community conversation in which I intentionally invite and welcome the diverse viewpoints and ideas of others. I endeavor to give innovative expression to the realm of God as it takes shape in individual and community life. Pastor Joe is a DYC-DS trained facilitator. (Discover Your Call - Dependable Strengths)
Pastor Joe
is authorized to administer the MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator)
........................... CORE AFFIRMATIONS .............................. What are your core AFFIRMATIONS? These are mine in regards to my faith. This is a good exercise to help you reflect on your faith and clarify what it is that you can affirm in regards to faith in God. After you identify your top affirmations, make a copy and hang it on the wall near your desk to serve as a reminder to you of just who you are today! Don't be afraid to change them as your experience of God continues... 1. I affirm that Jesus Christ is the expression of God's ongoing gracious presence in the world, and that through Christ relationship with God is possible. Jesus is a doorway into the mystery of God. 2. I affirm that God is Creator and that humans are created in the "image of God" affirming the worth of every person. Purpose is found living in relationship with God and thus advancing compassion and justice in the world. God's ongoing creative activity continues... 3. I affirm that faith is affirming relationship with God and a pure gift in so far as it is not something I accomplish merely by my own strength, but the result of God's gracious initiatives. I believe faith is primarily a matter of commitment to the grace that is committed to me first. 4. I affirm that the Christian Life is a life not lived by the letter of the law, but in a deepening and understanding and experience of God's grace. This relationship is outwardly expressed in a life characterized by attitudes and actions of love, compassion and a quest for social and environmental justice. 5. I affirm that the Christian life is not a matter of moral achievement, becoming more deserving of God's favors. Rather, the Christian life is a process of a growing appreciation and sense of need for the grace of God and that grace sustains me with every breath. 6. I affirm that God's love is a cherishing love which gives worth and dignity to all people, every individual, and all creation. My identity is rooted in trusting I am a child of that love. 7. I affirm that every person is uniquely gifted, not for self glorification, but for the building up of the faith community, for the affirmation of those around me and to advance compassion and justice in the world. We are placed in a community of faith through which we live out our witness individually and communally. The community of faith is characterized by inclusivity and hospitality. 8. I affirm that Jesus is fully present in the world, especially in the lives of any and all who suffer and are oppressed. When I minister to the suffering, I minister to the very presence of Christ! 9. I affirm that personal ownership is always tempered by the conviction that God is the ultimate owner of all my so-called possessions, material and personal. Responsible Christian witness means using and sharing my blessings for the work of the realm of God and the benefit of others. As Jesus modeled this is often manifested in a life of sacrifice. 10. I affirm that the scriptures must be read historically, metaphorically and sacramentally. The "inspired" nature of the scripture comes in their sacramental nature of mediating God presence and power in life today and for current application. |
