by Jason+ | Jul 6, 2022 | Life
I turn 41 this weekend and in typical fashion when birthdays come around, I ponder things a bit more than usual. And for me that means, more often than not, ministry things. I become a Christian in October of 1997 and within six months I felt the “call” to...
by Jason+ | May 15, 2022 | Society
When I first entered into vocational ministry as a youth pastor I was blessed to serve in a racially diverse local church, both in terms of pastoral staff and congregants. It was there in that small town North Carolina church that I truly began to grasp the beauty of...
by Jason+ | May 11, 2022 | Life
It is incredibly easy for our identity to get so wrapped up in something we are DOING that we inadvertently lose our BEING. The result is we reduce our BEING to such an extent that we feel lost, or in free fall, once we’re no longer DOING. Remember, you’re...
by Jason+ | Apr 17, 2022 | Holy Week, Meditation
Here we are at Easter Sunday. A day that started in continued mourning, but ended in joy unspeakable. For on that day the unimaginable occurred. But first the day began, at least in human eyes, in ruins as all that remained was a flicker in what seemed to be the...
by Jason+ | Apr 16, 2022 | Holy Week, Meditation
Here we are at Holy Saturday. A day of silence. A day of anguish, despair, and uncertainty. As Jesus’s body lay in the tomb, his disciples had no idea what was going on behind the scenes. They were unaware that Christ was actively liberating the captives while...
