Who is Reverend Joe?

I am a husband, father, and work for the New York City Department of Sanitation for the past 21 years. I have also been a physical fitness enthusiast for the past 25 years, 12 of which as a competitive bodybuilder. At the end of this page is a PDF of an article on me, published in Muscle and Fitness magazine, in June of 2004. Quite the accomplishment for a natural athlete if I say so myself, of course, the fact that I knew a good friend of the writer didn’t hurt either.   I currently reside in scenic College Point, Queens. Well, ok, maybe its not that scenic, but it’s home. I am a non- denominational ordained minister with the Pathways of Light spiritual college in Kiel, Wisconsin, as well as The Church By The Living Waters, located in Throgs Neck, New York.

My decision to become a minister was reached not because of any one particular defining moment, tragedy or Divine revelation. I have not experienced any miraculous visions or events, at least not in the ways we define them. I certainly did not reach this decision because I feel I am any more special than you or any other being on the planet.

I have come to ministry after many years of discontent with some of the doctrines and answers provided me by the faith in which I was raised. Leaving a spiritual void that would take me years to recognize let alone do anything about.

I have come to ministry to introduce others to an all inclusive, user friendly, non-judgmental, unconditionally loving God that has filled that void. A God that was always there, I simply needed to look within.

I seek to help others  find the Divinity within, to bring others to the knowledge that the answers they seek, they already have. I can not tell anyone, anything they don’t already know. I can only remind them of what they have forgotten. For each of us is as special as any who have lived before, live now, or will live in the future. With this knowledge, comes true freedom. In doing this for another, I also do it for myself. For we are all one. Be well, be peace.

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