jasondeuman

Today our church staff met after service. It was probably the first staff meeting in a long time that I didn’t leave feeling like I wasted my time. I feel like I voiced my thoughts clearly and accurately. My youth ministry is struggling in the traditional sense, we have low numbers and there are kidsContinue reading “What is Success?”

Arggh

Well I’m back. two posts in one day, that’s quite an accomplishment for me. It does feel good to write these things down. I have been dealing with two students lately who have been doing some pretty stupid and wreckless things. It’s beginning to feel like they don’t care about it, and all the timeContinue reading “Arggh”

kai

Here’s me with my Nephew Kai He’s a cute little kid, he was born with very impressives side burns

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Jason and his lovely, amazing wife Kathy

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I should really spend more time updating this thing. Or maybe I shouldn’t. Maybe I should only write when I feel the need to write. Maybe I should adopt that mindset on preaching and teaching. Maybe I should only participate in those activities when everything thing within me is crying out a clear and conciseContinue reading “109433294416606323”

water or ice

The quest to figure out this new emerging culture has consumed much of my thought life lately. I feel that the church hase woefully failed to read they culture changes until it was too late, and the changes that they church just caught onto are now passe’. I feel that the church needs to beContinue reading “water or ice”

elusive hope

Hope. It is very illusive. I have spent the last few weeks trying to figure out what it is that I have hope in. I know that I can’t put hope in myself. Because I seem to always let myself down. I can’t put hope in people because they are too much like me. ButContinue reading “elusive hope”

first post

My name is Jason. I have a deep passion for helping students experience the joys and challenges of the Christian Journey. The main reason that I am starting this Blog is to collect my thoughts in one place and hopefully if someone comes across my Blog, they would find encouragement and hopefully an occasional challenge.Continue reading “first post”