Joe Riccardi:  

Joe is from New Hyde Park, New York. Joe's schools include John I. Leonard High School. Joe later attended University of Florida (Finance) . Joe works(ed) at Park Community Church, Park Community Church, Park Community Church. Music Joe likes includes Patchwork, Mark Driscoll, Beckon Q. Books Joe likes include The Bible. TV shows Joe likes include ABC 7 Chicago News This Morning. One of Joe's favorite quotes is:"“Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right, and stopping the leaks in the roof, and so on: you knew that those jobs needed doing and you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably, and does not seem to make sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of - throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself.” - C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (London: William Collins, 1970), 172. “Imagine you are on a high cliff and you lose your footing and begin to fall. Just beside you is a branch sticking out of the edge of the cliff. It is your only hope and seems more than strong enough. How can it save you? If you’re certain the branch can support you, but you don’t actually reach out and grab it, you are lost. If instead your mind is filled with doubts and uncertainty that the branch can hold you, but you reach out and grab it anyway, you w...Expand for more