Speaking
Over the past two decades, I’ve spoken on a wide range of topics, in diverse settings and to a variety of Christian traditions. Presently, my research, writing, and speaking are focused on intergenerational Christian formation, the theology of play, and the doctrine of sabbath, as particularly expressed in intentional Christian communities like the Taizé Community.
If you’d like to view my past speaking engagements, you can find them in my Curriculum Vitae.
If you are interested in inviting me to speak, I am available for both in-person and online engagements. Please contact me at jasonbriansantos@gmail.com. If you’re looking for a speaker biography, please use the following:
The Rev. Dr. Jason Brian Santos is a North American practical theologian and the pastor of Community Presbyterian Church, a small mountain congregation located in Lake City, CO. He is an ordained Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (USA). He holds a Ph.D. in practical theology from Princeton Theological Seminary, where he also earned his Master of Divinity. He also holds a Master of Arts degree in Systematic Theology from Wheaton College Graduate School. He is the author of A Community Called Taizé (IVP, 2008). Currently, he lives in an almost 150 year old manse with his wife, Shannon, his 13 year old son, Silas, and his 77 year old mother Jean. His oldest son, Judah is a junior at St. John’s College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In his free time, he plays and designs board games.
Writing
Over the years I have written for a variety of publishers, journals, curriculum houses, and blogs on a number of topics related to youth/young adult ministry, contemplative spirituality, intergenerationality, the theology of play, and the Taizé Community.
In 2008, InterVarsity Press published my book A Community Called Taizé. The late Archbishop Desmond Tutu wrote the forward and the book received a starred review from Publishers Weekly.
If you are interested in where my writing has appeared, you can find a list of those publications in my Curriculum Vitae.
Currently, I am working on a manuscript for an intergenerational book, tentatively titled “Killing Church Softly: How Age-and-Stage Ministry has Hurt the Church and Why Intergenerational Formation Might Be Our Only Hope.” The book will summarize the past decade of my research, writing, and speaking on intergenerationality and Christian formation.