• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Jared Dees

Author. Speaker. Teacher.

  • About
    • Now
    • Projects
    • Jared’s Newsletter
    • Contact
  • Books
    • New! Goals to Gold
    • New! The Gospel According to Video Games
    • New! Just Plant Seeds
    • Beatitales
    • Take and Eat
    • Prepare the Way
    • Take Up Your Cross
    • 15-Minute Stations of the Cross for Kids
    • View All Books
  • Events
  • Articles
  • Stories for Kids
  • Nav Social Menu

    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • LinkedIn
    • Twitter

Archives for January 2013

Living for Others vs. Living for Others

By Jared Dees

I came across a great quote in Seth Godin’s The Icarus Deception this morning. It is from the author George Orwell. He writes: “After the age of about thirty they abandon individual ambition–in many cases, indeed, they almost abandon the sense of being individuals at all–and live chiefly for others, or are simply smothered under…

Read More

January 18, 2013 Filed Under: On Evangelization, On Spirituality

The Essential WordPress Plugin Checklist

By Jared Dees

WordPress Plugin Checklist

This website (jareddees.com) is the tenth website I’ve set up using WordPress.org. One of the most powerful advantage that WordPress has over other Content Management Systems is the gigantic library of plugins for your website. Since WordPress is Open Source, many developers have created free plugins to help out their fellow website developers and novice…

Read More

January 11, 2013 Filed Under: Author Tips

Primary Sidebar

Jared Dees

Author, Speaker, Teacher

Join the 10,000+ subscribers to Jared's weekly email newsletter with stories for kids:

Jared’s New & Popular Books

  • 🌳 Beatitales
  • 🍞🍷 Take and Eat
  • 👨‍🏫 Christ in the Classroom
  • 🌱 Just Plant Seeds 
  • 🎮 The Gospel According to Video Games
  • 📚 View All >

Jared’s Popular Website for Religious Educators

Search the Site:

Footer

Connect with Jared Dees

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Jared Dees is passionate about sharing practical resources to teach faith. He is best known for his website The Religion Teacher and is the author of many books including 31 Days to Becoming a Better Religious Educator, Christ in the Classroom, and Beatitales: 80 Fables about the Beatitudes for Children. See all of Jared's Books →

Stories for Children

Copyright © 2025 · Jared Dees