...to sermonshorts. I am Jason Gerdes, Christ follower, husband, father and pastor. This site is intended to be a place for me to get out my shorter sermons (thoughts) during the week in between my longer ones on the weekends. I hope they invite discussion, feedback, comments, inspiration, learning, action or whatever else you see fit.
Dr Henry Cloud is one of my favorite leaders to follow. He is an unbelievable pyshcologist and also mature Christian which honestly is a rare combination. Anything he writes or produces I try and get my hands on. To that end, you can imagine my joy when I found this video. Check it our for [...]
I have a confession to make: I have never really read through Proverbs nor really studied them. Until now. As ‘09 was coming to a close I continually kept sensing from God that He wanted me to read through this rich book and study each one for the first 31 days of January. The book [...]
The other day I made the Big Announcement #1 about adopting our wonderful daughter Natalie Grace. Well now is time for #2. When Lindsey and I came to Bay Area Fellowship 7 years ago it was with the intention of starting a church one day. Bay Area was completely supportive because it is their desire [...]
This week is a little bit different then normal weeks in my life. I have 2, that’s right 2, major life changes that happened this week. I am going to be sharing one in just a sec and the other I will share this weekend. But before I do that, I want [...]
There seems to be this divide in ministry today where pastors/leaders can’t come to terms. On one side you have great theologians that have studied the Word backwards and forwards and can really tell you anything about Jesus or the Bible. And then on the other side you have great leaders that are [...]
Elijah Offering Video from Elevation Church on Vimeo.
When I was a kid I used to love putting on my dad’s shoes. They were so BIG. I would put them on then walk around the ask “as if” I were my dad. Little did I know then that I was really wanting to grow up and be like my dad [...]
I have just added a new downloads page to the site where I will be uploading things that have really helped me along the way in my spiritual journey. Some of these things I have paid for, some I have gotten for free and others I have written myself. All I ask is [...]
Last week my Pastor Bil Cornelius challenged the pastors at Bay Area to take on the burden of being a senior pastor and to pray 2 hours a day for 3 days. In case you don’t know Bil has ALWAYS been a man of prayer and has been praying this way for as long as [...]
