<p class="button-wrapper"><a class="button primary" href="https://bit.ly/Crux-Community"><span>JOIN FOR $8/YEAR</span></a></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VEb1!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F69bb7fa9-1c65-4af9-b034-781ae49b1951_4032x3024.jpeg" target="_blank"><div class="image2-inset"><source type="image/webp" /><img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1941" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VEb1!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F69bb7fa9-1c65-4af9-b034-781ae49b1951_4032x3024.jpeg" width="1456" /><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image" tabindex="0" type="button"><svg fill="none" height="20" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="1.5" viewBox="0 0 20 20" width="20" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image" tabindex="0" type="button"><svg class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2" fill="none" height="20" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="20" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div class="pullquote"><p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>The views and opinions expressed here are solely my own and do not represent those of my employer, any affiliated organization, or any institution with which I am associated.</strong></em></p></div><p>Friends! The day is almost here! June 30 is my final day on-staff with InterVarsity and the day before I join <a href="https://bit.ly/Support-CBR-ArochaUSA">A Rocha USA</a> and continue establishing the <a href="https://www.jonathan-walton.com/new-page-3">Center for Beauty and Resistance</a>. My daughters baked this wonderful Apple Pie and I hope that more beauty, wholeness, and individual and communal fruitfulness like this, is abundant in this next season! </p><p> Please<a href="https://bit.ly/WhatsNextforMe"> join the call on June 30 at 7PM EST. </a></p><p class="button-wrapper"><a class="button primary button-wrapper" href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-LFmTu4cOV2dNYC0U1p7EWspclOLSbGUz34KGjv9NT44IkA/viewform"><span>RSVP HERE!</span></a></p><p>I know I can’t share this pie with you (pieces are headed to our neighbors, not just my belly) but please know that I would love to sit, eat, pray, reflect, bless and just share how grateful I am for the last 20 years and that I’m excited (and a little anxious!) about what’s next. </p><p>I also hope that if you’re reading this that this past will be in our future – a community of people committed to loving God, ourselves, our neighbors and the planet well doing life together. <strong>And if you can’t come but you know you want to be a part of it, click <a href="https://bit.ly/Lets-WorkTogether">here</a> and we’ll find a time to talk!</strong> </p><div><hr /></div><div class="digest-post-embed"></div><blockquote><p><em><strong>By June 30</strong><span style="color: rgb(55, 78, 93);">, we need to have $50,000 to launch and we have $20,400 so far. And by October 1, our goal is 250 people giving $100/month and to date, we have 39. I hope you’ll help us reach the goal to launch A Rocha USA in the Northeast and to establish the Center for Beauty and Resistance to nourish whole people and fruitful communities.</span></em></p><p class="button-wrapper"><a class="button primary" href="https://bit.ly/Support-CBR-ArochaUSA"><span>DONATE</span></a></p></blockquote><div><hr /></div><p>Here’s a preview of where I’m headed and what my work will look like: </p><p>I do my best work in two areas <strong>PRACTICE</strong> & <strong>FORMATION</strong>:</p><ul><li><p><strong>PRACTICE:</strong> I believe God calls us to respond to the teachings of Jesus in context with integrity. So, to embody that I will be joining <strong><a href="https://www.jonathan-walton.com/about-jonathan">AROCHA USA</a></strong> to live out God’s call to care for creation and equip others to do likewise in my own backyard and the Northeast Corridor from Pennsylvania to Maine.</p></li><li><p><strong>FORMATION: </strong>I want to disciple people to follow Jesus in every area of their lives out of my lived experience, communion with God and others, and a deep concern for creation and those in material and spiritual poverty. So, to reflect that value I will be <strong>co-founder of the</strong><a href="https://www.jonathan-walton.com/new-page-3"> </a><strong><a href="https://www.jonathan-walton.com/new-page-3">CENTER FOR BEAUTY AND RESISTANCE</a> </strong>to nurture whole people and fruitful communities that receive and reflect the kingdom of God in their contexts.</p></li></ul><p>Do you have questions? <strong>Let’s talk about it!<a href="https://bit.ly/WhatsNextforMe"> Make sure to RSVP!</a></strong><a href="https://bit.ly/WhatsNextforMe"> </a></p><div><hr /></div><p class="button-wrapper"><a class="button primary" href="https://thecrux.substack.com/p/june-30-7pm-est?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p><strong>Let me know what you think! I look forward to the conversation and comments because our screens make us into lonely consumers but God made us to be a vibrant, liberative community.</strong></p><p>In Christ and for His Glory,</p><p>jonathan</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9Sao!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F18a9ddfc-62b1-4d8b-ba7f-ee2907e48450_971x1500.jpeg" target="_blank"><div class="image2-inset"><source type="image/webp" /><img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1500" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9Sao!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F18a9ddfc-62b1-4d8b-ba7f-ee2907e48450_971x1500.jpeg" width="971" /><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image" tabindex="0" type="button"><svg fill="none" height="20" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="1.5" viewBox="0 0 20 20" width="20" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image" tabindex="0" type="button"><svg class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2" fill="none" height="20" stroke="currentColor" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="20" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div>