I am married to the amazing Brooke Evans. We have two amazing kids. I live in the South Park neighborhood of my hometown San Diego, CA. There, I live with some of my best friends at the Hawthorn House and play music with some other friends in a band called Snake Babies. I am a co-founder of The Ecclesia Collective, work with the Center for Anabaptist Leadership and am a MA student at Fuller Seminary.
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beat your apples into… applesauce
By Jason Evans
Posted in Campaigns/Projects, Events, Featured on 5 November 2009
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NOTE: This article was originally published on theOOZE.com
I dropped my kids off at school this morning and as I was walking back to my car, I overheard a mother sharing with another her worries about Christmas. With lay-offs and pay cuts abounding many families are growing anxious as the holidays approach. Rather than the sense [...]

You’re Not Alone
By Jason Evans
Posted in Events, Featured, General on 3 November 2009
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The summer between my junior and senior year of high school I started playing in a band with three friends of mine. All of us were Christians. But we had no appetite for the Christian music we saw on Christian bookstore shelves. We listened to metal, hardcore and punk rock. We weren’t any good. Most [...]

Oct. 30 – Dr. Kenneth Miller at USD
By Jason Evans
Posted in Events on 14 October 2009
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The Center for Catholic Thought and Culture at the University of San Diego presents “God, Darwin and Design – America’s Continuing Problem with Evolution”: a lecture by Dr. Kenneth R. Miller, Professor of Biology, Brown University
Shiley Theater, University of San Diego campus
Friday, October 30th, 2009, 7:30pm
A committed Christian, Dr. Miller has coauthored four high school [...]

Hate Crimes Summit: Thursday, October 1st
By Jason Evans
Posted in Events on 30 September 2009
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HATE CRIMES SUMMIT
“Even One is Too Many”

Thursday, October 1st, 2009
5:00 – 6:00p.m.  Check-In
6:00 – 8:00p.m.  Program

RONALD REAGAN COMMUNITY CENTER
195 EAST DOUGLAS AVENUE
EL CAJON, CA 92020
Keynote Speaker James McElroy
Southern Poverty Law Center
There is no cost to attend this event or for parking.
Advanced registration is required.
For more information or to RSVP, please contact Crystal with the Center [...]

Colt Forum tonight: “Hot Bodies…broken for you”
By Jason Evans
Posted in Events on 29 September 2009
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Professor David Adey, Point Loma Nazarene University Department of Art, speaks about his art and the collision of faith, sex, desire and pop culture

Tuesday, September 29, 2009 @ 7:00 pm (coffee at 6:30 pm)

Colt Forum: A collaborative effort with the Faculty Research Talks series of PLNU’s Margaret Stevenson Women’s Studies Center and the Brewed Awakening [...]

John Fanestil to Speak at San Dieguito UU
By Jason Evans
Posted in Events on 21 July 2009
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John Fanestil, Executive Director at the Foundation for Change, will speak at the Sunday service of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of San Dieguito. The Fellowship’s Generosity Sunday offering will be given to the Foundation for Change.
John will speak about “crossing borders” as a practice that promotes both spiritual growth and social justice. He will also [...]

Peacemaker Series POSTPONED
By Jason Evans
Posted in Events on 2 July 2009
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The next workshop in our Peacemaker series which was scheduled for this Friday night at 7pm at the Hawthorn House is being postponed. We apologize for having to do this, but we will re-schedule the last workshop later this summer. Thanks for understanding.

Mark Your Calendar
By Jason Evans
Posted in Events on 15 June 2009
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Community Education Programs of The Malcolm X Library presents a Community Forum on the subject, How Will Immigration Reform Affect Me?: Issues and Realities of Immigration Reform That Impact All of Us.
Date: June 17, 2009
Time: 6pm-8pm
Location: Malcolm X Library (5148 Market St. Dan Diego, CA 92114)
Featured Panelists Include:
Estela De Los Rios, Center for Social Advocacy; [...]

convenient separation
By Jason Evans
Posted in Articles, Featured, Jesus' Politics, San Diego on 2 June 2009
Stats: 1,812 views and 3 Comments

NOTE: This article was originally posted here.
I sat up the other night and watched the preview for Google Wave. Like many people, I’m looking forward to trying it out. But as I watched, it dawned on me that the biggest attraction is it’s convenience. We love convenience. Convenience can be a good thing. But there [...]

At A Loss
By Jason Evans
Posted in Articles, General on 27 May 2009
Stats: 1,410 views and 4 Comments

I am at a loss.
I paced back and forth in front of shops on the corner of University and 30th last night. Tears on the edges of my eyes. I have had too many conversations like this over the last month or two. In the receiver of my cell phone, I hear the sober and [...]