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What I Learned in a Room Full of People Trying to Change the World Through Work
In April, I took on a part-time role I didn’t fully anticipate loving as much as I do. I joined the Bay Area Center for Faith, Work & Tech as Director of Church Engagement — and it’s been one of the most energizing pivots of my ministry lif...
What Happens When Church Hurts?
It’s not a question most of us have ever asked. But once you see it, it’s hard to unsee.
In our latest episode of Faith (In)Forming, I sat down with New Testament scholar Scot McKnight and licensed professional counselor Adrienne Gibson to...
What Gulliver Knew About Us That We've Forgotten
I’ve been thinking about poop jokes.
Specifically, I’ve been thinking about why Jonathan Swift — Anglican clergyman, pastoral genius, one of the greatest minds of 18th century England — spent so much time writing about human excretion. And...
What a 17th-Century Genius Understood About Your Phone Addiction
There’s a line in Blaise Pascal’s Pensées that stops me every time I read it.
“Take away their diversion and you will see them bored to extinction.”
Pascal wrote that in the 1650s. No smartphones. No social media. No Netflix. And yet he h...
Refugee Theology with Dr. Kenneth Woo
What If Calvin Was Never Meant to Feel at Home?
Most of us know John Calvin as a theological giant. The architect of Reformed doctrine, author of the Institutes, the man behind Calvinism. What we rarely talk about is that he spent most...
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Pastor: Palo Alto Christian Reformed Church | Author: The Mystery of Faith: Why the Gospel is Still Good News (Wipf & Stock, 2025) Podcast Host: Faith (In)Forming
A reader and writer attending more closely to what is good, true, and beautiful. 2025-26 Karlson Scholar at Bethel Seminary. The Priory is devoted to the holy cultivation of a rich inner life. “Attention is the beginning of devotion.” -- Mary Oliver
Pastor, Writer, Speaker. Author of “The Pastor as Gardener: A Renewed Vision for Ministry” (Eerdmans, March 2026). Senior Pastor at Eastbrook Church. Husband to Kelly, father, avid hiker. MDiv from Northern Seminary. DMin from Western Seminary.
I'm a pastor in the Reformed Church in America (RCA) in Palo Alto, CA. I have two persistent obsessions: the library and my beloved e-bike. I don't post much, but check out some guest posts at @Travisjamieson
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