# Joel Horst

- **Website:** <https://joelhorst.com>
- **Primary alias:** `joelhorst.com`

## Description

Joel Horst’s The Journal of a Journey is a personal blog documenting its author’s path out of a cult background and toward a less legalistic, more compassionate Christian faith. Horst presents the site as a real-time journal, preserving earlier writing even when it reflects views he no longer holds. Its posts explore spiritual and sexual abuse, recovery, purity culture, church accountability, relationships, writing, and the challenges of following Jesus after harmful religious experiences. The tone is candid and reflective, combining personal stories with commentary on faith, healing, and the responsibility to listen to and protect people who have been hurt. The site also features music, including Horst’s recorded setting of Psalm 150, and offers a free eBook, Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing, about recognizing false teachers. Readers can subscribe by email for updates and connect with Horst through Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram. Overall, the blog serves as a personal platform for sharing lessons from a difficult journey, encouraging thoughtful engagement with Christian teachings, and giving readers insight into the process of leaving abuse and finding a way forward.

## Industries

- 🎗 Community and Society
- 🎗 Faith and Beliefs _(under Community and Society)_
- 📰 News and Media

## Links

- [facebook](https://facebook.com/aradicalforjesus)
- [instagram](https://instagram.com/joelhorst_blog)
- [twitter](https://twitter.com/joelhorst)
- [youtube](https://youtube.com/user/ARadicalforJesus)

## Logos & icons

- logo _(primary)_ — PNG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idVuov7dB6/w/180/h/180/theme/dark/logo.png?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1792847277663)
- icon _(primary)_ — JPEG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idVuov7dB6/w/400/h/400/theme/dark/icon.jpeg?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1792847277978)

## Colors

| Name | Hex | Theme |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gray | #888888 | accent |
| Blue Stone | #006064 | dark |
| Malibu | #8ed1fc | light |

## Fonts

- Open Sans — asset _(google)_

## Imagery

- banner _(primary)_ — JPEG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idVuov7dB6/w/1500/h/500/idMOCe9Z1d.jpeg?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1792847277798)

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