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In high school I found a home in debate and forensics. We'd travel throughout eastern Kansas, competing with our peers. It was the first time I really traveled, and I enjoyed the sights and sounds of places near and far. Inspired by Uncle Traveling Matt from Fraggle Rock, I wrote up some pieces about the places we'd be visiting as a team. Those were the first Brandon's Bits: partly true, somewhat informative, and hopefully funny.

When I became a pastor in South Dakota I was transitioning from writing for an academic audience to a general one, so I started this blog for training. I gave myself a deadline of one post per week, whether I had anything worth saying or not.

Over the years this blog never seemed to mean much to most of the flock I shepherded, but it sharpened my skills as a communicator and gave me an outlet in more recent years when I no longer had a self-imposed weekly deadline, but did have something to say.

Now that I am transitioning from pastoring to being a missionary the time for this blog has come to an end.

When we are nearer to reaching Brazil I plan on starting a new family blog that will give regular updates from the field. Until then you can keep current on our latest news by visiting our missions page at:  We also have an email newsletter list that you can join, if you're not receiving our emails already (warning, they focus on fundraising right now).

My email address will remain [email protected], so write me a message if you'd like to join our list.

Also feel free to write me anytime for any reason. Although I am no longer pastoring a local church, my wife has reminded me since our move to our halfway house in Missouri that I am still a pastor--and always will be.

Thanks for reading,
Brandon Jones