Puke, poop and Pee!

It has been absolutely amazing to spend the last two weeks with my beautiful wife and son! I think at this point I have seen things come out of every orfus of little Jacksons body, getting peed on twice and pooped on once and yet I still wouldn't rather be anywhere else!

Monday real life starts again and it is time to play the game of balancing life, work and family. I pray for strength in this and wisdom!

I hope everyone is doing well!

peace

Jason


Here are some of Jacksons first bath(@home) photos!

The Baby is finally here!

Hey everyone the last week and a half has been the most amazing week of my life thus far! Watching Gods creation come into the world although scrary at times (a lot more blood then I thought) is absolutely amazing.

The hospital stay taught Kristen and I patience and we were lucky enough to return home on Saturday afternoon! Bringing the baby home has had its challenges, such as very little sleep it has been amazing to see this little life get accustomed to the world around him!

A special thank you to our friends and family for their prayer and support and to the Freeway for providing us with meals while we figure out life with our new family member.

Here are some pictures of our beautiful little guy!

STILL WAITING!!

For those of you who don't know my wife is pregnant (very pregnant) in fact she is actually a week over due at this point! I am glad to say she is handling it very well, except for being really tired she has done really well!

As we eagerly wait for the arrival of the little guy I have a healthy mix of excitement and fear! But I know everything will go well I just want it to happen sooner then later!

Stay posted for an excited update!!!

PEACE!

New Book

Just started reading "The Emerging Christian Way." So far it is an interesting book and offers some valid criticism of the current Church. That being said, the theology offered in the book is a little shakey. It appears that the authors (there are about 1o contributors) are arguing that Christianity "the church" must make a paradigm shift in order to survive. They believe this shift is already starting and in fact one of the authors argues that it is both "the best of times and the worst of times for Christianity." They believe Christianity should be less about a one time decision that will lead to heaven and more about a transformation. This argument I can cling to (although some of the other things in the book may not be as Biblically sound). Too often our faith revolves around a decision many of us made 10, 20 or even 30 years ago, and if we look at our life and the way we live not too much is different from that day. Except for the things you don't do anymore (get drunk, sleep around.....). I believe God is more concerned with the new things we are doing and less concerned about what we aren't doing anymore. Take Paul the Apostle for example, he becomes a follower of Christ and yes he stops persecuting the early Church but more importantly he starts to spread Christianity among the Gentiles. Certainly it was good that he stopped killing the Christians, but just imagine if all he did was stop with the "butterfly in the tummy feelings" and didn't put is faith into action.

Friends look at your life, if your life is as boring and crummy as it was before you were saved, or if all Christianity is to you is a set off "Don't Do's" make a change!!! Following Christ should be Transforming, remember the old has gone and the new is come.... Give the the world around you an example of how exciting following Christ can be and not how boring it is.

Just some random thoughts. The book although not the greatest certainly has made me think a bit deeper!!

Peace,

Jason

PS Remember if you aren't being challenged by Christ or the word your probably doing something wrong!

Are you are morning person?

Hey everyone as most you know when I am not spending time with my beautiful wife I am at Routes. So I though it appropriate to petition all of my blog readers for some help! We are starting a breakfast club on Tuesday and Thursdays, and I my guess is that when this gets rolling it could be huge. As a result I need some volunteers! If you can help give me a shout!!


PEACE

PS if mornings aren't good for you I run lots of programs in the evenings as well!!

Bass Guitar oh how I missed you

Since leaving Kitchener 2 years ago I haven't had a chance to play Bass regularily until last Sunday when Pernell gave me a shout and asked me to help with worship. Although I sucked bum (which is pretty bad) they asked me to play this Sunday in Niagara Falls to support Pernell as he brought the word at Niagara Orchard Salvation Army. Again stinking the joint up pretty good it was just great to play and be an integral part of corporate worship again! My fingers are a little sore but they are starting to find the right strings!

Peace

A Free Happy Ending!

I was driving around Dofasco yesterday as I dropped my father in-law off at work and I was wowed by the number of "Massage parlours," "nudie-bars," and other similar establishments. This got me thinking about the emptiness someone must feel to go into a place like that. I am sure for a brief moment while the act is being administered an individual must feel fulfilled but that sense of fulfillment can't last for long. In fact that happy ending is probably the start of many unhappy things (disease, addiction.....). Then I thought of a happy ending that doesn't end, " Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" 2 cor. 5:17. Following Jesus can give you surges of happiness but more importantly following Jesus offers the happiest of all endings and a new way of living before the end the comes. I pray more people will find their way to Jesus instead of looking for quick "Happy endings"