Joel Elliott MooneyhanApr 15"I Have Been Here.""Jesus is the light of the world, and he dies in darkness. That means that the darkness is not a place that incarnate Son of God doesn't...
Joel Elliott MooneyhanMar 7You Will Know"Say therefore to the people of Israel, ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will...
Joel Elliott MooneyhanJan 22, 2021Zoom Fatigue For The Win: Final Thoughts.Over the past few days, I’ve shared a little about why the staff at Atlanta Christian Church decided to move to Zoom services instead of...
Joel Elliott MooneyhanJan 21, 2021Zoom Fatigue For The Win: What We Noticed By Picking a Format and Sticking To It.Yesterday, I shared some reflections on the train of thought that led our staff at Atlanta Christian Church to ditch pre-recorded worship...
Joel Elliott MooneyhanJan 20, 2021Zoom Fatigue For The Win: Why Our Church Chose Glitchy Gatherings Over Youtube.Without warning and without notice, I put Southern Reverend on hold. Over the Summer, the responsibilities of ministering to a...
Joel Elliott MooneyhanJan 7, 2021Between Me and My StrugglesIt's a challenging time to serve a church in the United States. The past day--indeed the past year--has been a test of patience and...
Joel Elliott MooneyhanSep 23, 2020Whatever Is TrueBelow is a brief walkthrough of Paul's letter to the Philippians that I wrote for my Parish at Atlanta Christian Church. Philippians is a...
Joel Elliott MooneyhanAug 3, 2020In Defense of People You HateI recognize that people like Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and others in our political sphere are controversial figures, and I understand why....
Joel Elliott MooneyhanJul 30, 2020Here We AreSomewhere along the way, the Church has gotten too comfortable. Whether it is because people in ministry have clung too tightly to their...
Joel Elliott MooneyhanApr 20, 2020Hope Breeds HopeFinally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever...
Joel Elliott MooneyhanApr 19, 2019Just Like Judas and PeterJudas is misunderstood. We revile him as a traitor, a man of greed and connivance, handing over his beloved friend for a sum of money....
Joel Elliott MooneyhanDec 24, 2018The Best of All“The best of all is, God is with us.” I grew up in the family of a Methodist pastor. When I went to grad school, it was at a Methodist...
Joel Elliott MooneyhanNov 16, 2018Holy DaysIt could be that I haven’t noticed it as much in the past few years, but it certainly seems like more and more people are decorating for...
Joel Elliott MooneyhanOct 25, 2018ThursdaysToday is Thursday. It isn’t the first day of the week, when we still wish it was the weekend and we have to get ourselves ready to work...
Joel Elliott MooneyhanApr 9, 2018Reflections On the Death of a FriendSuicide is messy. When an older loved one who is near the end dies, or when it is someone who has long been battling a disease—or even...
Joel Elliott MooneyhanAug 10, 2017On Jesus, Politics, & Ministry: Part TwoLet’s just get this out of the way right now: if we believe what we say we believe about who God is, if we truly believe in the...
Joel Elliott MooneyhanAug 4, 2017On Jesus, Politics, & Ministry: Part OneSince election season in 2016 ramped up and our new President was sworn in earlier this year and everything since then, it’s been...
Joel Elliott MooneyhanMay 15, 2016Barriers and DreamsToday is Pentecost. For those unfamiliar, Pentecost is an event described in the Book of Acts where the Holy Spirit of God descends upon...