Created for Joy is a living project with the BHAG of publishing a book, Created For Joy, by the end of 2026! This space is where we write, reflect, and think out loud about joy as our created state. Our writings here are not polished, but explorations, questions, and musings. You’re invited to read along as the work unfolds, in real time. To receive updates of our progress and writing, enter your email:
Created for Joy exists because we believe joy is not a reward for righteousness, nor a consolation prize after suffering. Joy is the state we were created for.
We believe the gospel does not call us to earn God’s love, but to awaken to it. Worship is not striving harder or proving ourselves faithful enough. It is making space for what has always been true: that we are loved, held, and invited into life.
This is a place for honest faith. For questions. For suffering that is named without being glorified. For growth that comes through grace, not pressure.
We write as learners, not experts. As people discovering that joy is not something we manufacture, but something we remember. Something we return to.
Something that meets us when we stop fighting ourselves and allow God to be as good as He actually is.