Hi, I’m Jason. I’m the Associate Pastor of Christ’s Center Church near Eugene, Oregon, and the author of Aching Joy: Following God Through the Land of Unanswered Prayer, and Mid-Faith Crisis: Finding a way through Doubt, Disillusionment, and Dead Ends. I started this blog in 2012 to journal my way through my relationship with my son Jack, who has non-speaking autism. That journey culminated with my a viral video, “A Reflection of Aching Joy,” as well as my first book. Since then, Jack has experienced profound breakthrough (something I have talked about in video, but not in blog form), and is blogging himself now.
My new book, Mid-Faith Crisis, is one I wrote with my friend Catherine McNiel. It’s not about Jack (although I talk about his journey frequently, especially in the end), but rather about a profoundly difficult season many Christians go through but don’t want to talk about. I experienced my own mid-faith crisis shortly after my first book came out, when I lost a dear, dear friend. I didn’t want to talk about it openly for months, but over time, I started to shine a light on my doubts and fears, and learn how to give them to God and move forward into the mystery.
Welcome. I hope you find some encouragement in the midst of your own stories of pain.