JKB
Your Hard Work Might Not Be Worth It.
The things we want most are on the other side of suffering. You don’t have more of what you want because you’re avoiding the RIGHT pain.
Joseph Barkley
- Jul 15
- 8 min
We owe it to ourselves to stop hurting ourselves.
How about seeing yourself as someone worth sacrifice, worth discipline, worth a great night’s sleep?
Joseph Barkley
- Jun 28
- 5 min
The Ultimate Guide to Never Being Fooled Again.
In an age of intense disinformation, how can you get news, statistics, and other information to serve you instead of enslave you?
Joseph Barkley
- Jun 21
- 4 min
Reasons to Stay in a Toxic Relationship
By too quickly labelling a friend, romantic partner, or coworker as "toxic", we miss out on intimacy, profitability, & personal development
Joseph Barkley
- Jun 2
- 2 min
How Trying to Be Nice Hurts People
"Nice" families are ruled by secret agendas. "Nice" companies fail to adapt. "Nice" artists paint by numbers. "Nice" leaders stay stuck.
Joseph Barkley
- May 31
- 4 min
5 Reasons to Give Up Hope (or not)
Don't quit on hope. Real hope breeds endurance, wisdom and results.
Joseph Barkley
- May 24
- 3 min
Goofs
I’m going to say it: I think Spider-Man: No Way Home was the best screenplay of 2021. Some of my fellow film-loving friends might...
Joseph Barkley
- May 17
- 3 min
You Are Busy. And You Like It.
Your busyness is a fortress you’ve built around a life you don’t want to give up.
JKB
- May 10
- 3 min
Frog Futures
We can learn that hard feelings are an expected part of any journey we want to take in life, love, and career.
JKB
- Apr 19
- 2 min
How to finally "Arrive"
Most people spend life under the assumption that if we work hard enough, we'll finally "arrive".
JKB
- Apr 18
- 2 min
Living Today with Tomorrow in Mind
I will let what's possible tomorrow dictate my priorities today.
JKB
- Apr 12
- 2 min
The Anatomy of Trust
We can be too careful with our trust, and if we trust fewer people than we could, we miss opportunities.
JKB
- Jul 20, 2021
- 4 min
Talk to Strangers. They Might Have Candy.
Why wouldn't I talk to strangers more? What happens when I do? How can I get better at it? It might change how I live.
JKB
- May 15, 2021
- 2 min
Are you scared to return?
Some semblance of “life before COVID” is beginning to emerge from lockdown in many parts of the world. And that’s got some people...
JKB
- Apr 21, 2021
- 2 min
I Get So Emotional, Baby
You cannot become spiritually mature without also becoming emotionally mature.
JKB
- Mar 1, 2021
- 3 min
Introducing: The Mask Generation!
My recent COVID conversations have evolved from “I wonder how the pandemic will impact jobs, church engagement, real estate, the economy,...
JKB
- Feb 22, 2021
- 3 min
Why We Must Scrutinize Our Leaders
People don’t trust perfect (because it must be hiding something). People trust real.
JKB
- Dec 31, 2020
- 2 min
Happy New Year and Good Riddance, amirite?
January 1 always promises, if only superstitiously, that "old is gone, new has come" in some unique way. With the year we've all just...
JKB
- Dec 17, 2020
- 2 min
Lament your way through Christmas
Lament realizes that we won't always see what we're becoming and what God's doing because we wouldn't have wanted it to happen this way.
JKB
- Dec 3, 2020
- 2 min
When COVID Hits Home
Several months ago, Katie (my wife) tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 (commonly known as COVID-19). She self-quarantined in our home,...