# Jason A. Hess ✝︎ > Priest • Writer • Speaker ## Posts - [Bridging the Gap](https://jasonahess.com/2026/bridging-the-gap/): For the past year, I (Jason) have been dealing with ever-increasing sciatica in my right leg. - [First Blessings](https://jasonahess.com/2025/first-blessings/): One of the most powerful moments at the Diocese of the Restoration gathering that followed the conclusion of the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches’ 30th Anniversary Convocation was receiving my wife’s first blessing following her ordination as a presbyter. - [Video: Pentecost 14c Sermon](https://jasonahess.com/2025/video-pentecost-14c-sermon/): This past Sunday, September 14, 2025, Myra guest preached at DreamHouse Church (Newport News, VA) for the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost (RCL: Year C). - [From Deacon to Priest](https://jasonahess.com/2025/from-deacon-to-priest/): This coming October in Kansas, Lord willing, Myra will take the next step on her journey in Holy Orders, as our bishop, Quintin Moore, ordains her a presbyter (i.e., priest) in Christ's one holy catholic and apostolic Church through the laying on of hands. - [Video: Pentecost 9c Sermon](https://jasonahess.com/2025/video-pentecost-9c-sermon/): On Sunday, August 10, 2025, I once again had the privilege of guest preaching at DreamHouse Church (Newport News, VA) for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost (RCL: Year C). - [Video: Easter 6c Sermon](https://jasonahess.com/2025/video-easter-6c-sermon/): This past Sunday, May 25, 2025, Myra guest preached at DreamHouse Church (Newport News, VA) for the Sixth Sunday of Easter (RCL: Year C). - [Video: Lent 2c Sermon](https://jasonahess.com/2025/video-lent-2c-sermon/): This past Sunday, March 16, 2025, I had the privilege of guest preaching at DreamHouse Church (Newport News, VA) for the Second Sunday in Lent (RCL: Year C). - [Our hope...](https://jasonahess.com/2025/our-hope/): For the Christian, our hope is not in the secular—albeit with a pseudo-Christian veneer—political system of this country. - [Whom Jesus Loves](https://jasonahess.com/2024/whom-jesus-loves/): Measuring our significance, our value, and even our purpose through being needed/wanted by others is as much a genuine struggle as it is a misstep. - [Jesus Wears A Crown of Thorns](https://jasonahess.com/2024/jesus-crown-thorns/): The worship pastor at the local church that Myra and I attend asked a handful of people to write, and present, a brief thought/meditation and prayer for their annual Stations of the Cross service. - [Stepping Confidently](https://jasonahess.com/2023/stepping-confidently/): This past week at the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches / Diocese of the Restoration Holy Convocation, through conversations with my wife and others, something was pointedly revealed to me about how I explain my 2023 journey to others. - [Sheer Silence](https://jasonahess.com/2023/sheer-silence/): "[God] said [to Elijah], ‘Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.’ Now there was a great wind, so strong that it was splitting mountains and breaking rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of sheer silence. - [Quick Drops: Pioneering](https://jasonahess.com/2023/quick-drops-pioneering/): Pioneering is easy when we're young and courageous (or foolish), and settling becomes easier and safer (or stagnant) the older we get. - [The Process](https://jasonahess.com/2023/theprocess/): Since closing the church plant, a couple of years ago, I've attempted to maintain a grip on what I've always assumed my calling to pastoral ministry was supposed to look like. - [Collect for Stillness](https://jasonahess.com/2023/collect-for-stillness/): Most Merciful God, help us to be still, to trust in your slow work, that we may know your gentle whisper, for you are our God. - [Meditation: Advent](https://jasonahess.com/2022/advent/): ADVENT is a time in which, for the Christian, the past, the present, and the future all seem to collide with great intentionality. - [Help Send Fr Jason & Myra to Kansas](https://jasonahess.com/2022/sow-to-go/): Praise God! We’ve currently raised 74% of the $2500 goal (as of 10/2), which will cover time off from work, airfare, car rental, and hotel for the trip to Hutchinson, Kansas, to attend the Diocese of the Restoration's 2022 Holy Convocation. - [Pondering Life](https://jasonahess.com/2022/pondering-life/): I turn 41 this weekend and in typical fashion when birthdays come around, I ponder things a bit more than usual. - [How long, O Lord? How long?](https://jasonahess.com/2022/how-long-lord-how-long/): 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. - [Doing and Being](https://jasonahess.com/2022/doing-and-being/): It is incredibly easy for our identity to get so wrapped up in something we are DOING that we inadvertently lose our BEING. - [Meditation: Easter Sunday](https://jasonahess.com/2022/easter-sunday/): 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. - [Meditation: Holy Saturday](https://jasonahess.com/2022/holy-saturday/): Here we are at Holy Saturday. A day of silence. A day of anguish, despair, and uncertainty. - [Meditation: Good Friday](https://jasonahess.com/2022/good-friday/): Good Friday is not simply a moment in time. It's an event of cosmic proportions that rippled and reverberated in all directions. - [Meditation: Maundy Thursday](https://jasonahess.com/2022/maundy-thursday/): Jesus washing the feet of his disciples. Quite moving, then and now, on so many levels. - [Weakness Is Strength](https://jasonahess.com/2022/weakness-is-strength/): A few weeks back I dropped a post on my Facebook account. In the post I shared a glimpse of my struggle since entering into pastoral ministry. ## Pages - [Privacy Policy](https://jasonahess.com/privacy-policy/): This website, jasonahess.com, is the personal site of the Revd Fr Jason A. Hess. - [Confession of Faith](https://jasonahess.com/confession-faith/): seen and unseen. - [Speaking](https://jasonahess.com/speaking/): Interested in having Fr Jason or Mtr Myra minister at your church or event? Send a note with your date and details. - [Contact](https://jasonahess.com/contact/): Whether you’re planning an event, looking for a guest preacher, or simply want to reach out, the form below comes straight to Fr Jason. - [About](https://jasonahess.com/about/): The Revd Father Jason A. - [Home](https://jasonahess.com/): A priest passionate about Church unity, networking with other Kingdom leaders, and preaching the hope and grace found in Christ. - [Writings](https://jasonahess.com/blog/) [comment]: # (Generated by Hostinger Tools Plugin)