Jesse Joyner

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Month: October 2012

  • Every Child is a Winner by McCaslin and Biehl

    Caz McCaslin runs Upward Sports, a global youth sports organization that promotes Biblical values, equal play time, and ultimately, the person and work of Jesus Christ.  He wrote what he considers a “parent playbook” called Every Child is a Winner (Broadman and Holman: Nashville, 2002).  My family and I got to visit the main headquarters…

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  • Faith Like a Child

    My wife, Sarah, broke her pinky toe last week.  Then she gouged the underside of her other foot on a broken piece of wood flooring (we have an old house – and I’m fixing the problem area today).  So she’s limping around, ever-so-courageously, chasing our toddler and living normal life.  Our toddler, Kezzie, has clearly…

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  • Shamgar: The Relief Pitcher of the Bible

    I just read an article over at ESPN about the relief pitchers for the Baltimore Orioles, who did a fantastic job putting down the Yankees last night in the playoffs.  Brian Matusz spoke about how being a bullpen pitcher can be a “thankless job.”  Yet they are some of the most key players of a…

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  • How to Do the Chinese Yo-Yo (aka Diabolo)

    The crowd favorite of my show is the Chinese Yo-Yo.  Quite honestly, there are a lot of people out there that are way more skilled than I am at the Chinese Yo-Yo (also known as the Diabolo).  But my intermediate skills at it still cast a spell over any crowd.  Why?  Because the object itself…

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  • Breakfast with Jesus

    We can be pretty sure that Jesus wasn’t a vegetarian because he called his disciples over for a fish breakfast in one of his post-resurrection appearances.  This was the original church fish fry.  It doesn’t say that Jesus partook of the fish, but the meal was definitely his idea – so break out the tilapia!…

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  • The Engage Children’s Ministry Conference

    I was just invited to teach a workshop at The Engage Conference up in Pennsylvania in November.  If you work in Children’s Ministry in any capacity (pastor, leader, volunteer, etc.), please see if you can make this great one-day conference.  Its only twenty bucks! Click Here for all the info.  

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