Every person in the world needs God’s grace, including you. Joe’s articles and interviews will remind you that God is attentively moving in your direction to pour out His grace. The words Joe writes are meant to create a thought-provoking and soul-searching discovery with the goal of helping you grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus.
Joe writes regularly for GraceWorks International, and his articles have also been published by Mockingbird, Front Porch Republic, Leading Grace Magazine, and others.
BY JOE DUKE | PUBLISHED BY LEADING GRACE MAGAZINE
My departure as the Sr. Pastor was bigger than tending to the details of an exit strategy. I knew I had some other work to do—work inside my own soul. At one point, I called it ministry detox—the gradual rebuilding of my inner life that may have been sacrificed on the altar of church progress.
Joe Duke May 10, 2024BY JOE DUKE | PUBLISHED BY MOCKINGBIRD
I recently stepped away from my role as the Senior Pastor, a retirement of sorts. For over 35 years, I worked in the trenches of ministry. I watched God do the amazing. I saw people at their best. I also saw them at their worst. Like all pastors, I experienced the joys and heartaches of “the people business.”Joe Duke May 10, 2024BY JOE DUKE | PUBLISHED BY MOCKINGBIRD
When you’re a kid, you dream about what life will be like when you’re a grown-up. And your dreams can be untethered from reality. You have freedom from responsibility so you can dream the unbelievable. Kids rule.Joe Duke February 27, 2024BY JOE DUKE | PUBLISHED BY MOCKINGBIRD
I knew Flannery O’Connor. She lived in Milledgeville, Georgia and so did I. She was friends with my parents and by proxy, friends with me — as much as a young child can be friends with an adult. Those who knew her in our small town knew her as Flannery.Joe Duke February 6, 2024Joe Duke August 10, 2023Joe Duke April 18, 2023
