//podcastplus.net/feed/the-gospel-according-to-joe~e4764c9a Reflections on life, love, meaning, purpose and making sense of the Christian story in an age of evolving consciousness. Sat, 22 Aug 2026 06:05:38 +0000 https://anchor.fm/s/f6d3cb0/podcast/play/92793650/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2024-9-9%2Fe5a8717d-ca54-0443-0f78-f6b7cd08479e.mp3 Reflecting on the heartbreak that is growth and change... Wed, 09 Oct 2024 14:42:18 +0000 https://anchor.fm/s/f6d3cb0/podcast/play/92793650/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2024-9-9%2Fe5a8717d-ca54-0443-0f78-f6b7cd08479e.mp3 https://anchor.fm/s/f6d3cb0/podcast/play/46725370/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2022-0-26%2F53cac0ec-a024-190a-532d-a7a7912ba353.mp3 "Life is movement. Life is change... Yet there are foundations… the deep patterns of life... We breathe in what the plants breathe out, and together we persist—one life held together on this one planet... How do we receive the gift of life and participate in this great circle of mutuality and love here and now?" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegospelaccordingtojoe/message Wed, 26 Jan 2022 20:10:53 +0000 https://anchor.fm/s/f6d3cb0/podcast/play/46725370/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2022-0-26%2F53cac0ec-a024-190a-532d-a7a7912ba353.mp3 https://anchor.fm/s/f6d3cb0/podcast/play/35027778/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2021-5-8%2F194638280-44100-2-1d278bc5a6f48.m4a On San Jose and Columbine, and Sandy Hook, and Parkland, and Aurora, and Las Vegas, and Orlando, Atlanta, Chicago, Indy, Portland, Youngstown, Fairfield Township, Minneapolis, Jersey City, Oakland, Augusta...  Recorded shortly after the May 2021 shooting at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. Mass shootings in the United States --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegospelaccordingtojoe/message Mon, 07 Jun 2021 20:57:08 +0000 https://anchor.fm/s/f6d3cb0/podcast/play/35027778/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2021-5-8%2F194638280-44100-2-1d278bc5a6f48.m4a https://anchor.fm/s/f6d3cb0/podcast/play/20031572/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2020-8-23%2Fcb35e09c-d85f-7c15-8e7e-0deea6bc39ef.mp3 So, what does it matter if the gospel is actually good or not? What does it change? Who cares? Especially if you aren't religious. Then what? Why would it matter? It's a good question, I think. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegospelaccordingtojoe/message Wed, 23 Sep 2020 05:04:48 +0000 https://anchor.fm/s/f6d3cb0/podcast/play/20031572/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2020-8-23%2Fcb35e09c-d85f-7c15-8e7e-0deea6bc39ef.mp3 https://anchor.fm/s/f6d3cb0/podcast/play/20031572/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2020-8-28%2Fa8ffec78-19ae-816b-10b8-6e2ed7d3ae77.mp3 So, what does it matter if the gospel is actually good or not? What does it change? Who cares? Especially if you aren't religious. Then what? Why would it matter? It's a good question, I think. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegospelaccordingtojoe/message Wed, 23 Sep 2020 05:04:48 +0000 https://anchor.fm/s/f6d3cb0/podcast/play/20031572/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2020-8-28%2Fa8ffec78-19ae-816b-10b8-6e2ed7d3ae77.mp3 https://anchor.fm/s/f6d3cb0/podcast/play/19897830/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2020-8-20%2F2166ab01-df64-d170-446f-1c8cdb0f0a1c.mp3 I'm not a fan of labels. Am I a Christian? It's complicated. Who's asking? And why do you want to know? What does it say about me if I use that label or don't in your eyes? Does it really matter?... Welcome back! It's Season 2 of The Gospel According to Joe. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thegospelaccordingtojoe/message Sun, 20 Sep 2020 16:04:18 +0000 https://anchor.fm/s/f6d3cb0/podcast/play/19897830/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2020-8-20%2F2166ab01-df64-d170-446f-1c8cdb0f0a1c.mp3 https://anchor.fm/s/f6d3cb0/podcast/play/12313797/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fproduction%2F2020-3-12%2F63801385-44100-2-6a27d0d1a68ea.mp3 It's a strange time in our world. And so it is a strange Easter, but maybe that can bring some clarity... "How did we get to the place where some of us feel like the words that we speak don’t mean what they used to mean? Where resurrection seems so natural and real as a symbol... but where it just feels sort of wrong within a list of doctrines and especially as a prescribed “belief” that we are sometimes explicitly compelled to assent to?" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joseph-thompson1/message Sun, 12 Apr 2020 05:26:40 +0000 https://anchor.fm/s/f6d3cb0/podcast/play/12313797/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fproduction%2F2020-3-12%2F63801385-44100-2-6a27d0d1a68ea.mp3 https://anchor.fm/s/f6d3cb0/podcast/play/10881874/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fproduction%2F2020-2-6%2F55044232-44100-2-e1059f94cf922.mp3 "I’ve been kind of sad lately. I would call it a case of the Februaries…"  "...before anything can change we have to grieve. I wonder about that, as I see so many people anxious and worried over so many things. So many people ready to spiral into dismay or to lash out at the so-called “other.” Is it really that we all need to grieve our losses, our communal losses together? But where? And how? We aren’t leaving space for that to happen, nor offering the solidarity it demands." --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joseph-thompson1/message Fri, 06 Mar 2020 20:23:37 +0000 https://anchor.fm/s/f6d3cb0/podcast/play/10881874/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fproduction%2F2020-2-6%2F55044232-44100-2-e1059f94cf922.mp3 https://anchor.fm/s/f6d3cb0/podcast/play/9736509/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fproduction%2F2020-0-16%2F43756676-44100-2-aaac71dff8bcf.mp3 There's a little more to say about this "do not be afraid" thing. So this is just a slightly deeper dive, a closer look, a kind of meta reflection on the reflection... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joseph-thompson1/message Thu, 16 Jan 2020 18:42:55 +0000 https://anchor.fm/s/f6d3cb0/podcast/play/9736509/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fproduction%2F2020-0-16%2F43756676-44100-2-aaac71dff8bcf.mp3 https://anchor.fm/s/f6d3cb0/podcast/play/9613051/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fproduction%2F2020-0-14%2F43400067-44100-2-e18ed1aedf17.m4a Holiday spirit wears off fast, but maybe it doesn't have to... "... I need a change right now. I need something different, something that doesn’t create walls or barriers or push anyone back into a corner, anxious and alone, or anxiously tribal and ready to fight the so-called “other.” I want to hear the good news of great joy that takes all that away..." --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/joseph-thompson1/message Fri, 10 Jan 2020 20:30:36 +0000 https://anchor.fm/s/f6d3cb0/podcast/play/9613051/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fproduction%2F2020-0-14%2F43400067-44100-2-e18ed1aedf17.m4a