The Forge

05/10/2024

Tonight at 6:30 pm, see the talented Crown Church Youth from Tate perform, featuring Weldon Lindsay, Quez Lee, Kaidyn Gray, and Jayden Curry.

05/10/2024

My Pastors message this week has been a "Rhema Word" in my life. "My Life Speaks, because I Speak Life".

Meditating on, Philippians 4:5 "Let your gentleness be evident to all."

For those that don't know me, I'm no small man, 6' 2" 340lbs on the hoof. As I've had opportunity to a Coach, Manager, Leader, Pastor, Counselor, Chaplain, Husband, Father and friend i know that my stature can be intimidating but then also i have this booming voice as well. Bearing my soul here: There have been times when coaching football where it has been necessary for me to put my hands behind my back while "speaking" so that i would appear less intimidating to the singular "target" of my directed communication. Hands behind my back holding firmly onto a hat that i was folding and twisting apart. My "gentleness" was not evident to all" (not even some, ok... not even one). Maturity and reflection is painful and at times excruciating. God gave me the most wonderful and incredible small (in stature) gift in my wife, and now my precious daughter. Younger Jason wouldn't mind being recalled with Jessica as being my Beauty and I as the Beast. Thats not the legacy i want to leave. The greatest part of my day is when my daughter sees me and reacts as if she hasn't seen me in weeks, jumps into my arms saying, "I love you daddy" melting my heart scooping her up in this baseball mits called hands and having her squeeze me with all her strength. Meekness... I want to be known for gentleness and meekness. I have work to do...

James 1 is my reflection the remainder of the day.

05/09/2024

Just how much power in my words has been overwhelming my thoughts. We have words that can change the world. What will we do with power? Speak life? Or speak death? Choose to be a hero and speak life where others speak or repeat death bearing words.

One day Thomas Edison came home and gave a paper to his mother. He told her, “My teacher gave this paper to me and told me to only give it to my mother.”
His mother’s eyes were tearful as she read the letter out loud to her child: Your son is a genius. This school is too small for him and doesn’t have enough good teachers for training him. Please teach him yourself.
After many, many years, after Edison’s mother died and he was now one of the greatest inventors of the century, one day he was looking through old family things. Suddenly he saw a folded paper in the corner of a drawer in a desk. He took it and opened it up. On the paper was written: Your son is addled [mentally ill]. We won’t let him come to school any more.
Edison cried for hours and then he wrote in his diary: “Thomas Alva Edison was an addled child that, by a hero mother, became the genius of the century.”

05/07/2024

It’s teacher appreciation week. I am more than proud of my wife Jessica Marie Godwin Oxendine as she started a new Co-op school this year based out of our Crown Church . She prayed, she stepped out in faith, She cast vision, recruited the most amazing godly staff, organized curriculum, made the yearly schedule and now teaches, mentors prepares all while being this pastors wife (which has its great share of time) and the most incredible mom to our daughter. I don’t thank her near enough or brag on her which she deserves. Simply put I love her and she’s amazing.

04/06/2024

Forged 2024 was incredible. Loved having Josh Zajac and The Venue Student ministries from Milton First Assembly as well as Minister Clarence Patterson and ROC Youth Ministry with us from New Harvest Ministries. Greatful to have Powerhouse Youth Worship Team and drama team come out and Minister along Josh Davis speak.

03/16/2024

Be careful with neglecting your children, giving them absolute freedom using technology. Because a spiritual door can open and bind your children, technology and social media is a child's worst enemy. The eyes are the lamp of the body!!

12/07/2023