Life isn’t always easy here. And it isn’t hard for friction to happen between people. If it keeps happening, it can start causing pain, and then start creating bitterness. And when bitterness has built up, a single spark can cause an explosion. There is a joy we are given as a gift through Jesus. This means we can rejoice together no matter how hard things get. This joy can help us live together with other imperfect people like us. And this is so important… because those who will spend an eternity in joyful unity might as well start living in that joy now. Life is just better that way. So let’s focus on the good gifts God has given us, and let that overflow with joy into not only our lives, but the lives of those around us.

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When you’re on your way home from travelling, and have been gone a while, there’s nothing like getting close to home. You can see the familiar sights, hear familiar sounds, even smell familiar things. It keeps you going, and encourages you to finish the journey and get home! Life on earth is like that. We’re on a journey here, but our real home is with God. He’s put that home in our hearts, and the closer we come, the more we will long for it. Keeping our real home as our focus helps us through life’s journey, with all its highs and lows. It’s easy to be sidetracked along the way. This scripture passage helps us keep our home in view!

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We love telling people where we’ve been, what we’ve done, and what we’ve accomplished—because joy shared is joy multiplied. But in a world where sharing quickly becomes comparing, even our proudest moments fade fast. What if the deepest joy we could ever experience didn’t come from something we did, but from something done for us? In this episode, we explore the hunger for meaning that draws young men to voices like Jordan Peterson, the shadowy influence of Carl Jung beneath it all, and how the truest, most lasting joy isn’t found in heroic striving—but in the cross, the tomb, and the risen King. Discover the beauty of Christotelic masculinity, where joy isn’t earned—it’s received.

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