Stories from the Road.

Got a chance to pray with some parents today for their adult daughter who was emergency flown from a remote town in Montana to Spokane for heart failure after delivering her 4th child. If you read this, send up a prayer for this young mom and her f
Recently, I picked up a young man and his girlfriend. They were slightly impaired & smelled of marijuana. Our time together began by them explaining the finer points of getting high. It was an education I didn’t ask for but one they were th
Passengers will on occasion ask me what is the strangest experience I’ve had as an uber driver. They expect to hear salacious details of individuals intoxicated or worse. As of this month, I now have a much better story to share. I picked up
Thank you to all who have encouraged, prayed for me, and/or financially supported the ministry of Ordinary Evangelism this 2024! If you’d like to have the uber pastor come & be a catalyst for evangelism with your particular group, let&rsqu
Merry Christmas from Ordinary Evangelism. Joy!!
Got a chance to hand out a few more Christmas books this evening. Folks are generally in a good mood with the holidays, and most (not all) are happy to receive a gift. My favorite exchange happened about a week ago. I was driving 3 adult siblings a
It’s been a few months since anyone has asked if they could continue the conversation after our ride was over. This occurred last week with a young lady I was Ubering.   As we drove towards her destination, the conversation was pleasant. I
I am thankful for the promise that Jesus gave us in the Great Commission. The final words of Matthew’s gospel contain the promise - I am with you always, to the end of the age!   Jesus has promised that He is with us as we carry out His wo
3 ways you can partner with the ministry of Ordinary Evangelism: * Invite Pastor Jay to your group or church to share his story & the non-negotiables of living life as an ambassador of the gospel. Jay would love the opportunity to be a catalyzin
Invited a single father to church this Sunday that I met earlier this week. He is embroiled in a custody battle for his young daughter & in order to deal with the stress has been hitting the bottle pretty hard. I told him we would love to enco
This past week I began handing out Christmas gifts to my Uber passengers. I am handing out a favorite advent reading of mine – ‘The Christmas We Didn’t Expect’ by David Mathis. I just checked on Amazon, and yes, I have ordered
I finally received the shipment of Christmas gifts I will be handing out to passengers this holiday season. Yes, I have purchased EVERY COPY of ‘The Christmas we Didn’t Expect’ off of Amazon. And if more show up, I am buying those t
One of my go-to playlists while Ubering is the music of @annewilsonmusic. I drove a group of young ladies heading out for dollar margaritas this past Friday night, all the while they were rocking out to gospel lyrics pumping from my speakers - and th
Been pondering for a while if I was going to share this interaction, as I don’t intend to cast judgment on anyone’s approach to Halloween. Certainly, there is room for redeeming many things within culture. In fact, Halloween was originall
Last week I drove a young man who was on his way to his grandmother’s to gather with his family. This was a day of mourning, as this family was gathering to remember & celebrate the life of a little brother who lost his life to fentanyl one
The famous cold-case detective & Christian apologist, J. Warner Wallace, once remarked – “The world doesn’t need another million-dollar apologist, rather it needs a million one-dollar apologists.” This resonates with what
On occasion I am asked by passengers about what else I do for work besides Uber. My answer incites one of two responses, almost always. Either people find out I am a pastor and don’t care to discuss that news any further OR they open up and wan
For some time, I have been wanting to read a biography on John Newton. I knew something of his life as the captain of an 18th C. Slave Ship that eventually came to faith in Jesus - ultimately penning the words of the most famous hymn ever written. Wh