AuthorJeremy Myers

Jeremy Myers is the Lead Pastor of First Baptist Church of Seymour, Indiana, where he has served since 2017. He has over 20 years of ministry experience in the local church and not-for-profit work. He has a passion for helping emerging and existing generations learn to make space for each other and caring for the under-served and marginalized. In 2016, he earned his Doctor of Ministry degree from Palmer Theological Seminary, with his thesis focusing on helping youth and senior adults develop deeper relationships. He is a passionate and gifted communicator and is regularly invited to speak at retreats, camps, conferences, and other events. He lives in Seymour, Indiana with his wife Robyn, their two children, Mikayla and JJ, and their Golden Doodle, Evie.

The Mondayest of Mondays: Turn to Jesus

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Today is the most Mondayest Monday of the year. Mondays are notoriously difficult days of the week. There are the noteworthy exceptions to the rule during holiday weeks on which Mondays serve as functional extensions of the weekend. But, on most occasions, Mondays serve as the reentry point to the grind of the working week. To borrow a biblical parlance, it is a day of great “mourning and...

A Little Jesus

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“THAT’S A LOT OF JESUS!!!” This was the first line of the caption for a photo I recently encountered on Facebook. The photo was of a box full of tiny Jesus figurines. The stated plan for these “little Jesus’s” was, and I assume remains, to place them around Columbus, Indiana and wherever travels might take them in efforts to “share a ‘little Jesus’ wherever we go!” It’s a very clever idea and I...

The Word of God and The Information Age

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The Information Age is an interesting, and generally exciting, time to be alive. At any moment, just about anywhere on the globe, we have access to the vast majority of information known to humanity throughout all of history at the tips of our fingers. Cellphones have become ubiquitous the world over. As I sat at a campground in rural India, I was able to use my personal cellphone to look up...

Something to Say: A Controversial Commercial Continued

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  A lot of people had opinions about the Christocentric commercials that were aired during the Super Bowl, myself included. Over the subsequent days, I engaged dozens of people in deep conversation. Most of the concerns discussed revolved not around what was actually communicated in the commercials, but what was NOT communicated and how people might or might not respond as a result. As I...

Controversial Commercial or Honorable Offering

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I spent Sunday evening like many other Americans, watching the Super Bowl. As a life-long fan of the Chicago Bears, a team that is perpetually awful, I usually don’t care who wins the big game. This year I would have been equally happy if either Brock Purdy or Taylor Swift’s boyfriend had won. But, if I’m really being honest, I watch the game for the commercials. I’ve been somewhat disappointed...

Who Is It REALLY About? Our Focus in Worship Matters!

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While Jeremy is making his way back to the US from India, today’s blog is a guest post by Nathan Parker, Pastor of Worship and Media at FBC Seymour. As a worship pastor, I’ve come across many parody videos of worship songs and hymns over the years. While some are a bit corny, some are downright hilarious! One in particular that always sticks out in my memory has a man at the piano singing...

Learning to Listen

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According to the maps app on my phone, I am just shy of 8000 miles away from home. I am on the other side of the world, visiting the Garo Hills in the Nation of India. It is about 5:30 in the morning, and I’m wide awake. I’ve actually been awake since just after 3:00am. It’s been a recurring theme for the past several nights. The realities of jet lag are part of the experience of traveling around...

Baby, It’s Cold Outside: From Concerns to Contributions

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Some of the songs we call Christmas songs would more rightly be called winter songs. Songs like Let It Snow, Jingle Bells, Sleigh Ride, and Walking In A Winter Wonderland are really focused on enjoying the winter weather. Baby, It’s Cold Outside also fits into this category of songs. Rather than celebrating the wintry conditions, however, a concerned boyfriend attempts to dissuade his lady love...

Out of the Armchair and Into the Action

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Athletics have become an important feature of the American social experience. Gyms, stadiums, and ball fields have become crucial connecting points where people gather with friends and family, rally around shared interests and affinities, and loudly explain to those on the playing surface how they are doing it wrong and how it could be done better. We call this practice “Armchair...

Beyond the Squeaky Wheel

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“The squeaky wheel gets the grease.” You’ve likely heard this American proverb at some point in your life. No one is certain from whence this little nugget of wisdom came. The truth the phrase is intended to communicate, however, is widely understood and accepted: The loudest problems and most noticeable problems are the most likely to get the most attention. In many areas of my own life, I have...

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Jeremy Myers

Jeremy Myers is the Lead Pastor of First Baptist Church of Seymour, Indiana, where he has served since 2017. He has over 20 years of ministry experience in the local church and not-for-profit work. He has a passion for helping emerging and existing generations learn to make space for each other and caring for the under-served and marginalized. In 2016, he earned his Doctor of Ministry degree from Palmer Theological Seminary, with his thesis focusing on helping youth and senior adults develop deeper relationships. He is a passionate and gifted communicator and is regularly invited to speak at retreats, camps, conferences, and other events. He lives in Seymour, Indiana with his wife Robyn, their two children, Mikayla and JJ, and their Golden Doodle, Evie.

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