I am so grateful to be sharing The New College of Berkeley for a conversation on both of my books! Twelve Lies and Beauty and Resistance certainly go together and I’m excited share how they are deeply connected.

Our time will be interactive, challenging and full of the promises of God. I sincerely hope you can make it!

Save the date, bring a friend and make sure you get signed copies of Beauty and Resistance: Spiritual Rhythms for Formation and Repair and Twelve Lies that Hold America Captive!

I am so grateful to be preaching at Shalom Iglesia del Pacto for their Sunday Service! We will be looking at Luke 10:21-24, Romans 12: 1-3 and seeing what Jesus has to say about, Beauty, Resistance and Rest for Your Soul.

This message will be interactive, challenging and full of the promises of God. I sincerely hope you can make it!

There will be a time for Q&A and I hope you come to get a signed copy of Beauty and Resistance: Spiritual Rhythms for Formation and Repair as well as my other books.

I am so grateful to be preaching at Grace Fellowship for their Sunday Service! We will be looking at Luke 10:21-24, Romans 12: 1-3 and seeing what Jesus has to say about, Beauty, Resistance and Rest for Your Soul.

This message will be interactive, challenging and full of the promises of God. I sincerely hope you can make it!

Light refreshments will be served afterwards and take your chance to get a signed copy of Beauty and Resistance: Spiritual Rhythms for Formation and Repair as well as my other books.

If we live lives of kingdom integrity, there will be communal fruitfulness and collective liberation. And this is most evident in how partnering with God in the renewal of all things requires resisting injustice. During our time together, we will look at the following three questions:

• How does engagement in the social justice stream help to form us?

• How does a lack of engagement in the social justice stream malform us?

• What spiritual formation practices and rhythms might we need in order to engage in this stream (as we must) in a fruitful, sustainable way?

All are welcome and I look forward to seeing you there!

If you have any questions, please email foreverfocused@gmail.com.

I believe that you’re never too young to have a Rule of Life and I’m so glad that RISE Prep believes that too. I’m very much looking forward to spending time with 11th and 12th graders, reflecting on the good and hard things happening in the world and just how we can become more wise, kind and loving in a world forming us to be angry, sad, and isolated.

If this is something that you’re interested hosting at your school or group, please click HERE or email foreverfocused@gmail.com.

Some books diagnose the sickness of an age. Others offer practices for healing. Jonathan Pan Walton’s work does both.

For this Radix Live conversation, we are pleased to have Walton discuss two of his books: Twelve Lies That Hold America Captive: And the Truth That Sets Us Free and Beauty and Resistance: Spiritual Rhythms for Formation and Repair. One names the false stories that shape our national imagination; the other offers a way of living that resists despair, burnout, and spiritual fragmentation. Sounds timely, right?

I’m excited to join New College Berkeley for this online conversation before I see them on LIVE on May 11!

“In a cultural moment marked by emotional fatigue and fierce division, Walton raises timely questions: 

• What lies have we mistaken for truth?   

• Where have politics, nation, and identity become substitutes for the Gospel? 

• How might Christians recover rhythms of life that make justice, beauty, and repair possible?

This conversation will move between critique and hope. Drawing from Scripture, lived experience, and spiritual wisdom, Walton will reflect on the myths that hold America captive while also exploring how practices of rest, restoration, and resistance can form a life capable of love, endurance, and communal flourishing. As always, there will be time for questions from our live audience.

We hope this event will offer a rich conversation on faith, justice, emotional health, and the possibility of a more rooted Christian life.”

Got questions? Email foreverfocused@gmail.com 

The Renovaré Institute for Christian Spiritual Formation is a two-year online and in-person school that immerses students in friendship with Jesus through study, spiritual practices, community, and retreat-style residencies, fostering a deeply Christ-centered, Spirit-empowered life in God’s kingdom.

I will be joining them to answer three questions:

1. How does engagement in the social justice stream help to form us?
2. How does a lack of engagement in the social justice stream malform us?
3. What spiritual formation practices and rhythms might we need in order to engage in this stream (as we must) in a fruitful, sustainable way?

If this is something that you’re interested but not part of the course, please check out my substack or email foreverfocused@gmail.com for the notes!

I am so grateful to be preaching at Great Road Church for their Sunday morning service! We will be looking at Beauty, Resistance and Rest for Your Soul from Luke 10:21-24 and Romans 12: 1-3.

All are welcome!

If you have any questions, please email foreverfocused@gmail.com.

Christians believe that Jesus walked the Earth, talked with real people and engaged in the miraculous, the missional and mundane of every day life. So who don’t we read the Bible that way?

In this interactive manuscript study, we will look at Mark 1 and consider the whole context of the Gospel, how it may have been received by the people of that day and what these ancient texts have to say to us.

So, grab a pen and a few friends and let’s EASE into scripture and be Emotionally Aware + Systemically Engaged!

Questions? | Email foreverfocused@gmail.com

I am so grateful to be preaching at New Life East on April 19th for our Sunday Service! We will be looking at a familiar passage from Joshua 1:1-9 and leaning into what it looks like to live out this message in ways that receive and reflect the kingdom of God in every area of our lives.

This message will be interactive, challenging and full of the promises of God. I sincerely hope you can make it!

Light refreshments will be served afterwards and take your chance to get a signed copy of Beauty and Resistance: Spiritual Rhythms for Formation and Repair as well as my other books.

Childcare is provided and all are welcome! I hope to see you there!

Questions? | Email foreverfocused@gmail.com.

Fr. Joash P. Thomas wrote what I believe to one of the most consequential books on the Gospel and justice called, The Justice of Jesus. And now I’m going to be LIVE on his substack on March 30 at 9pm.

So make sure to mark your calendar, subscribe and jump on!

See you there!

The church’s current regional infrastructure is not strong or unified enough to meet today’s crises and local challenges in a coordinated and impactful way. Without shared resources, capital, and collaborative structure to empower faith communities, congregations remain isolated and unable to respond with collective, effective impact.

RSVP HERE AND LET US KNOW THAT YOU’RE COMING!

Coming out of the first NYU + CCDA Faith Innovation and Social Impact Cohort, we hope to establish a Northeast Corridor Faith and Innovation Action Network that connects, equips, and funds, churches and people of faith to boldly address our communities' most pressing challenges.

Join us for connection, conversation, and a bit of visioning together about what could be possible in Dorcester, Boston and the Northeast Corridor.

RSVP HERE AND LET US KNOW THAT YOU’RE COMING!

Got questions? Email foreverfocused@gmail.com.

In a world full of so much disappointment, division, and despair we need practical, sustainable steps to engage meaningfully in patterns of kindness, love, justice, and replenishment. Let’s have a conversation, build connections, make commitments and cultivate the community necessary to receive and reflect the kingdom of God at every level – individual, intimate, interpersonal, institutional, and ideological.

RSVP HERE AND LET US KNOW THAT YOU’RE COMING!

This won’t be a regular workshop where you will sit, listen, nod and go home. We are going to talk, reflect and make one concrete choice to follow Jesus more faithfully in one level of our lives. I hope you can make it!

Got questions? Email foreverfocused@gmail.com.

I am so excited to visit the Neighborhood Church in Dorchester where in this Sunday service we will be talking about FEAR. There are many reasons to be afraid in our culture today and yet, there has never been such a deep need for courage. And if perfect love drives out all fear, what does it look like to receive and reflect that perfect love in the darkest and hardest places in the world. Let’s talk about it!

I sincerely hope that I’ll see you at Neighborhood Church on Sunday at 10:30AM.

Lunch will be served, I’ll be answering questions and glad to sign your books!!!

RSVP HERE AND LET US KNOW THAT YOU’RE COMING!

Got questions? Email foreverfocused@gmail.com.

I have been fundraising full-time for almost 20 years. And the entire time, I have worked hard for those who support this work to be seen as partners in the work, not just donors to it. This is because money is a tool and people are our co-laborers in the work. If we keep that perspective our work will be doubly beneficial, mutually transformative, and perpetually joyful. I hope you’ll join me for a great seminar, jump into the conversation and join the other sessions as well!

REGISTER HERE!

It is my privilege to join Bethel Community Church on San Leandro for their virtual service on Sunday, March 1st at 10am PST / 1PM EST.

This Lent, they are in a sermon series called "Sabbath as Resistance" inspired by Walter Brueggemann's book of the same title. This book was formative for me as I wrote Beauty and Resistance and continue to unlearn patterns that ground my identity in effort and activity as opposed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ and my inherent worth and belovedness in Christ.

CLICK HERE TO JOIN US ON SUNDAY AT 10AM PST // 1AM EST (passcode: 602388)

Grounded in Exodus 20:8-17, I will be talking about what it looks like to experience “Sabbath as a Resistance to Anxiety.” Check out the background here from Brueggemann. Check out Bethel’s Lenten background materials here as well as the chapter from Brueggemann’s book!

Jesus was clear. He taught us to care for the stranger, foreigner, and vulnerable. So, join us on February 27 at 7pm to get informed, inspired and equipped to help some of our most vulnerable neighbors.

**All ages are welcome.**

We will:

• Pack, assemble and distribute 1000 Whistle Kits

• Learn the latest updates on ICE enforcement in the Elmhurst/Corona.

• Connect and network with our neighbors and organizations

CLICK HERE to RSVP! Once you do, you will receive details on our location and plans for the day.

We look forward to seeing you there!

If you have any questions or concerns, please email me at foreverfocused@gmail.com.

In recent years, Christian nationalism in the United States has become more and more prevalent, leading to tense discussions around faith, identity, and politics, and a cultural climate marked by division. It can be difficult to navigate these issues ourselves, let alone figuring out how to engage our own families, communities, and kids.

RSVP HERE!

In this two-part webinar series, we invite trusted IVP authors to join us for a timely conversation, identifying what Christian nationalism is, the causes of its increased prevalence, and how it affects our communities, including the youngest among us.

I’ll be on a panel during Part 1 and my good friend Caleb Campbell, author of Disarming Leviathan will be on Part 2. Check it out here, spread the word and make sure to RSVP!

Got questions? Email foreverfocused@gmail.com!

***THIS IS AN INTERVARSITY CONFERENCE***

Longing for revival, this event will spark students and faculty to return to campus this spring semester with a mindset on being Kingdom citizens and grow in their witness on campus and in the community. Borrowing heavily from our political discipleship resources within InterVarsity, my two books – Twelve Lies that Hold America Captive and Beauty and Resistance: Spiritual Rhythms for Formation and Repair we will embark on a day of seeking deep encounters with God, scripture, creation and one another while creating space to capture how God is moving and make a plan to join Him in the renewal of all things.

DETAILS FOR REGISTRATION ARE PENDING!

For questions, please email jonathan.walton@intervarsity.org.

Join me for a breakdown, recap and Q&A on all things Political Discipleship with InterVarsity, the Crux on Substack, and my new book, Beauty and Resistance: Spiritual Rhythms for Formation and Repair. Learn about all the ways that you can CONNECT and CONTRIBUTE!

RSVP BELOW for one or all of our times together.

Thursday, December 18 | 12pm-1pm

Friday, December 19 | 12pm-1pm

Monday December 22 | 12pm-1pm

Tuesday, December 23 | 12pm-1pm

If you are not able to make it:

• CONTRIBUTE!: Give a year-end gift of $250, $500 or $1000 to our Political Discipleship work with InterVarsity. OR Sign up for the Crux at $8/year!

• CONNECT: Scan the QR codes below and keep up on Substack and Instagram!

Got questions? Email me | foreverfocused@gmail.com

Join me for a breakdown, recap and Q&A on all things Political Discipleship with InterVarsity, the Crux on Substack, and my new book, Beauty and Resistance: Spiritual Rhythms for Formation and Repair. Learn about all the ways that you can CONNECT and CONTRIBUTE!

RSVP BELOW for one or all of our times together.

Thursday, December 18 | 12pm-1pm

Friday, December 19 | 12pm-1pm

Monday December 22 | 12pm-1pm

Tuesday, December 23 | 12pm-1pm

If you are not able to make it:

• CONTRIBUTE!: Give a year-end gift of $250, $500 or $1000 to our Political Discipleship work with InterVarsity. OR Sign up for the Crux at $8/year!

• CONNECT: Scan the QR codes below and keep up on Substack and Instagram!

Got questions? Email me | foreverfocused@gmail.com

Join me for a breakdown, recap and Q&A on all things Political Discipleship with InterVarsity, the Crux on Substack, and my new book, Beauty and Resistance: Spiritual Rhythms for Formation and Repair. Learn about all the ways that you can CONNECT and CONTRIBUTE!

RSVP BELOW for one or all of our times together.

Thursday, December 18 | 12pm-1pm

Friday, December 19 | 12pm-1pm

Monday December 22 | 12pm-1pm

Tuesday, December 23 | 12pm-1pm

If you are not able to make it:

• CONTRIBUTE!: Give a year-end gift of $250, $500 or $1000 to our Political Discipleship work with InterVarsity. OR Sign up for the Crux at $8/year!

• CONNECT: Scan the QR codes below and keep up on Substack and Instagram!

Got questions? Email me | foreverfocused@gmail.com

Join me for a breakdown, recap and Q&A on all things Political Discipleship with InterVarsity, the Crux on Substack, and my new book, Beauty and Resistance: Spiritual Rhythms for Formation and Repair. Learn about all the ways that you can CONNECT and CONTRIBUTE!

RSVP BELOW for one or all of our times together.

Thursday, December 18 | 12pm-1pm

Friday, December 19 | 12pm-1pm

Monday December 22 | 12pm-1pm

Tuesday, December 23 | 12pm-1pm

If you are not able to make it:

• CONTRIBUTE!: Give a year-end gift of $250, $500 or $1000 to our Political Discipleship work with InterVarsity. OR Sign up for the Crux at $8/year!

• CONNECT: Scan the QR codes below and keep up on Substack and Instagram!

Got questions? Email me | foreverfocused@gmail.com

RSVP HERE for Hands Off NYC Trainings! The one for Queens is December 13.

HANDS OFF NYC says that, “We don’t have to wait for this administration’s threats to become reality. We have the power to act now—but it will take all of us committing to long-term, community-based organizing. During the session, we’ll review what’s happening, provide skills training such as Know Your Rights, ICE watch, and organizing and mobilization strategies. We’ll also break out by neighborhood so you can connect with your neighbors and begin building local networks of support.”

Sign up and reach out! We don’t have to do this work alone.

We invite you to a faithful conversation about repair, partnership, healing and leadership in the church and on campus. Together we will reflect on the church’s role in harming sexual minorities and explore how we can better serve and lead more effectively. Through prayerful dialogue and shared learning, we hope to nurture spaces of compassion, learning and growth. This event is co-led by InterVarsity’s Political Discipleship Team and the Queer Employee Research Group. All are welcome and we look forward to seeing you there. RSVP HERE!

**NOTE: The first 15 InterVarsity staff to RSVP get $15 for lunch!**

If you have any questions, please email jonathan.walton@intervarsity.org.

Rooted in the belief that every person bears divine dignity, we gather to lift our voices in prayer for safety, belonging, and justice for the LGBTQIA+ community. We will intercede for healing within and between faith communities. And pray for courage and perseverance among students and leaders striving for acknowledgement and meaningful inclusion. This time of prayer is an act of solidarity rooted in love—offering unity and renewal for all who long for a more compassionate future. It will be led by InterVarsity's Political Discipleship Team.

RSVP HERE. All are welcome.

QUESTION? Email jonathan.walton@intervarsity.org

Come and hear what is happening with InterVarsity's Political Discipleship Team, where you can get involved and what you can take back to your own community. The issues of our day are on campus but they are also in our congregation and communities. I hope you will join us!

Come and hear what is happening with InterVarsity's Political Discipleship Team, where you can get involved and what you can take back to your own community. The issues of our day are on campus but they are also in our congregation and communities. I hope you will join us!

Come and hear what is happening with InterVarsity's Political Discipleship Team, where you can get involved and what you can take back to your own community. The issues of our day are on campus but they are also in our congregation and communities. I hope you will join us!

Come and pray for the political leaders, government officials and law enforcement in our country to seek justice, love mercy and prioritize the most vulnerable in their stewardship and decision making.

This time of prayer, worship and intercession will be led by InterVarsity's Political Discipleship Team.

RSVP here —-> https://bit.ly/PrayWithUsJune6