by Jason Dykstra | Mar 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
Just got back from an awesome college spring break trip! No, not your stereotypical college spring break trip, as that’s not an excursion I belong on under any circumstances. Instead, our trip was designed to immerse us in many of the humanitarian challenges our...
by Jason Dykstra | Feb 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
POOF! I’ve just transported you back to 1999, and you’re sitting in a booth at a restaurant called Damon’s. This scraggly kid in uniform wanders up to the table next to you, introduces himself, and asks if he can get them started with some drinks or...
by Jason Dykstra | Jan 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
I’m not perfect, and I fail. You’re not perfect, and you fail. Church leaders are not perfect, and they fail. This is never an excuse to keep failing, but it is a reality, one that both can’t be ignored and that should prompt a restoring response. As...
by Jason Dykstra | Dec 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
“Come here Jay, I gotta show you something!” I was in a college apartment a few days ago, and an excited student was proudly displaying this big clunky machine with giant speakers. Most of his peers would have no idea what it was, but I sure did. A record...
by Jason Dykstra | Oct 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
Ever heard of Smash Up? It’s a crazy card game that assigns two categories of individuals-like rock-stars and zombies, for example- special powers appropriate to them, then smashes them up together on a team to play against your opponent’s two smashed-up...
by Jason Dykstra | Jul 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
I just returned home from playing 18 holes of mini-golf with my wife and three other very special people (as pictured): my two sons and my 10 year-old mentee. Given the recent increase in very emotionally-charged conversations about race and the situation of black...
