• God Loves Good Works

    NEW PODCAST EPISODE: Jamin delves into the vital connection between faith and good works, exploring how the Bible weaves this truth throughout its teachings in compelling and surprising ways.

  • When Politics Become Sacred: Why Pastors Fear Speaking Out

    Most of the pastors I know are baffled by Trump. His deception, lying, pride, bullying, stereotyping, and demeaning attitude have us shaking our heads in wonder as to how so many Christians have chosen to turn him into God’s prophetic choice and champion. Not only does such thinking fly in the face of good gospel…

  • New Podcast: Jamin AI

    The author shares their enthusiasm for experimenting with AI tools, acknowledging ethical concerns while highlighting the positive aspects. They introduce a new podcast, Jamin AI, featuring discussions between two AIs about their blog posts and articles. Initial episodes are available on Spotify.

  • Identity and the Image of God

    NEW PODCAST EPISODE: Pull out a journal and write along with us as Jamin gives us questions to reflect on concerning our identity in God. Oftentimes, our understanding of self is wrapped up with the lies we tell ourselves and low self-esteem that holds us back from being all we were designed to be. Jamin…

  • The Image of God and the Fight Against Racism: Father Flanagan’s Legacy

    Father Flanagan was a Catholic priest and Irish immigrant who started an orphanage for young boys in the early 1900s. His efforts quickly expanded and eventually became the famous village of Boys Town, Nebraska, where boys grew up peacefully alongside each other regardless of race, creed, or culture—an unimaginable feat in a great time of…

  • Leading by Listening: Elevating the Powerless in the Spirit of Jesus

    I am a white, straight, middle-class Christian man. While these are not curse words (for I have no control over some of these characteristics), they are words that offer me some power within the socio-economics of the United States. But because some of these characteristics are as close to me as my own skin (quite…

  • Spiritual Collaboration

    God is not a micromanager but empowers us to make decisions in the direction of Jesus and the Kingdom of Heaven. Jamin expands on this point in this message.

  • Remastered Album: I Am Lovely

    One of my favorite albums I’ve ever created is “Song of Songs,” where I turned this book of the Bible into a concept worship album. Because that album was built to flow from song to song and had a number of instrumental interludes, I’m re-releasing the main songs as standalone tracks under the album name,…

  • Open to Empowerment

    While the Bible is not exhaustive in all of the spiritual gifts it lists, they range from very natural sounding to very supernatural sounding. In this message, Jamin explains why these gifts are important, the degree to which they might be practiced, and clarifies a few of the stranger ones.

  • Rumors and Immigrants: How Fear Shapes Our View of ‘The Other’”

    When Catholics first started immigrating to the United States, many were wary of them. One American leader began to spread rumors that Catholics were here to destroy democracy and would do so by corrupt politicians buying their votes. He shamed Americans for not being more suspicious of Catholics and his message was spread through the…