Since 2011, we have been guiding pilgrims to journey home.
WHO WE ARE
Our Staff
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Jon Huckins
FOUNDER
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Leroy Barber
RESIDENT ELDER OF ONGOING FORMATION
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Joyce Campbell
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
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Amy Carnall
COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
Our Pilgrimage Guides
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Alejandra Ortiz Chacon
Border Pilgrimage Guide
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Katrina Bruins
Border Pilgrimage Guide
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Abdiel Espinoza
Border Pilgrimage Guide
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Steve Denney
Camino Pilgrimage Guide
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Matt Ziprick
Camino Pilgrimage Guide
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Derek Rice
Camino Pilgrimage Guide
Our Faculty of Elders
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Nina Barnes
Vice-President for Student Life and Human Resources at the University of Northwestern-St. Paul. Certified Spiritual Director.
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Joe Bishop
Professional Counselor and Founder of Respero. Retired Pastor.
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Mark Labberton
President Emeritus of Fuller Theological Seminary. Retired Pastor. Host of the podcast Conversing with Mark Labberton.
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Brian McLaren
Author. Speaker. Activist. Former English Professor and Pastor.
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Stephanie Spellers
Priest in the Episcopal Church. Canon to the Presiding Bishop for Evangelism, Reconciliation, and Creation Care.
Our Story
Jon Huckins
FOUNDER
Hi, I’m Jon and it’s good to have you here. I don’t see myself as much of an “expert,” but I do find that a lot of life is about being a pilgrim guide who points to a reality that leads to healing.
That might mean confronting the brokenness in our own stories or in wider society, but often, as we move into the darkness, we discover it has something profound to teach us.
I’ve been a neighborhood pastor and lived, worked, and studied in the Christian justice world for most of my adult life. It has led me to march in NYC after the murder of Eric Garner, stand with our siblings at Standing Rock, guide delegations into the Palestine-Israel conflict, and mobilize support for migrants at the Tijuana/San Diego border. As I did this work to confront society's conflicts, I realized I hadn’t confronted many of the conflicts within myself. If there is anything I’ve learned, it is that…
…the healing of society comes through our individual and collective healing as we confront the conflict and wounds within ourselves.
They are not mutually exclusive but intimately interconnected.
For those of us who were raised in a U.S. evangelicalism that no longer serves us (or our world), we need to do this important healing work as we construct a faith beyond nationalism, Christian celebrity, patriarchy, dualistic worldviews and static theology.
And, we need to do this as a community who models vulnerability, generosity, humility and a willingness to acknowledge when we are wrong.
Journey Home is seeking to create these kinds of healing spaces that form us into a community on the Way.
Ultimately, the journey is back to our hearts. And it is then that we can live lives that create a society where everyone has a home.
I look forward to walking the path with you.
More about Jon
Jon was a youth pastor for seven years before joining
Nieucommunties, an organization training neighborhood church planters through shared life and mentorship.
In 2011, Jon co-founded Global Immersion, a peacemaking training organization, with Jer Swigart and was the co-director until 2023.
He is now the founder of Journey Home and Adjunct Professor of New Testament at Point Loma Nazarene University.
Education
Previous work
Jon writes for numerous publications including USAToday, Red Letter Christians, Sojourners, RELEVANT and is a contributing author to multiple books.
He has written three books; Mending the Divides: Creative Love in a Conflicted World (co-authored with Jer Swigart), Thin Places: Six Postures for Creating and Practicing Missional Community (co-authored with Rob Yackley) and Teaching Through the Art of Storytelling.
B.A. in Business Administration at Golden Gate University (San Francisco, CA)
M.A. in Theology with emphasis in Christian Ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary (Pasadena, CA)
Historical and Geographical Settings of the Bible – Jerusalem University College (Jerusalem, Israel)
PhD Candidate in Christian Social Ethics at Vrije University Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
