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    Pastor Jason's Blog
    • Dec 10, 2020
    • 2 min

    Joy in the Midst of Imperfection

    Like many families, we have a tradition of decorating our home for Christmas the weekend after Thanksgiving. Every year, I climb into the...
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    Pastor Jason's Blog
    • Dec 3, 2020
    • 2 min

    New Perspective

    In our house, we have pink jobs and we have blue jobs. Pink jobs belong to Melissa, and blue jobs belong to me. It’s not a very political...
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    Pastor Jason's Blog
    • Nov 19, 2020
    • 3 min

    Dreams

    Have you ever had a dream, only to wake up and not be able to remember it? Forgotten dreams are one of those mysterious parts of the huma...
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    Pastor Jason's Blog
    • Nov 12, 2020
    • 2 min

    Alignment Check

    Do you struggle to feel rested? In a former life I was a youth director. My weekends were filled with playing silly games and corralling ...
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    Pastor Jason's Blog
    • Nov 5, 2020
    • 3 min

    We Can Do This.

    Two days ago our country participated in an historic election that was predicted to see the highest voter turnout since 1908. At the surf...
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    Pastor Jason's Blog
    • Oct 29, 2020
    • 2 min

    Holy Conversations

    I got a text from my neighbor the other day. Mark is a great guy. He lives two doors down from me, and yet, due to the busyness of life, ...
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    Pastor Jason's Blog
    • Oct 15, 2020
    • 2 min

    Stand Firm

    Nicky Gumbel recently told the story of Philip II of Macedon, who became king of his homeland after being held hostage in Greece as a you...
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    Pastor Jason's Blog
    • Oct 8, 2020
    • 3 min

    CAMPUS REOPENING!

    You may have seen the news. October 25th, St. Philip’s is re-opening! So, what does that mean? In this week’s post, I will answer many of...
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    Pastor Jason's Blog
    • Oct 1, 2020
    • 3 min

    How to Lead Through the Hard Times (A Lesson from Noah)

    The Monday night men’s Bible study I lead has recently started studying the story of Noah. It is leading to a lot of fun discussion, as s...
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    Pastor Jason's Blog
    • Sep 24, 2020
    • 2 min

    Alignment

    Do you struggle to feel rested? In a former life I was a youth director. My weekends were filled with playing silly games and corralling ...
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    Pastor Jason's Blog
    • Sep 17, 2020
    • 2 min

    Election Season

    I’ve always been a proud Aggie, which is probably why God called me to be a pastor just a few miles north of the University of Texas. May...
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    Pastor Jason's Blog
    • Sep 10, 2020
    • 3 min

    Brighten Your Light

    There are some things I do exclusively out of love for my wife. Hanging light fixtures is one of those. For at least six months, Melissa ...
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    Pastor Jason's Blog
    • Sep 3, 2020
    • 2 min

    Look Out Your Window

    Isaiah 43 18 Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. 19 I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do ...
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    Pastor Jason's Blog
    • Aug 27, 2020
    • 2 min

    "You can be glad in the same pants you are mad in."

    One of the advantages of COVID-19 has been more time to devote to my shed project. After months of seemingly endless labor, I was very ha...
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    Pastor Jason's Blog
    • Aug 20, 2020
    • 2 min

    Doors

    I can’t get into my garage. On Saturday afternoon, I pushed the button on the remote for the garage door opener, and when the door came u...
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    Pastor Jason's Blog
    • Aug 13, 2020
    • 2 min

    ...when Jesus simply says "Come."

    Melissa is a teacher. As you might imagine, this August has brought more than the usual back to school jitters and low-level anxiety. Beg...
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    Pastor Jason's Blog
    • Jul 30, 2020
    • 2 min

    Be the church.

    Our family rented a cabin in the Ozarks this summer. It was glorious. Social distancing? Not a problem. We were seven miles north of a tow...
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    Pastor Jason's Blog
    • Jul 23, 2020
    • 3 min

    Carrying Burdens | A Guest Post by Rev. Mary Powell

    A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience, raised a glass of water and asked, how heavy is this glass of water? " Answ...
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    Pastor Jason's Blog
    • Jul 16, 2020
    • 4 min

    The Greatest of These is Love-

    Guest post by Rev. Mary Powell Matthew 22:35-39 Jesus explained love this way: One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this q...
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    Pastor Jason's Blog
    • Jul 9, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Morning Person.

    I’m a morning person. I fully realize the divisive nature of that comment. Most of the people in my life are the opposite of that, and fo...
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