I just posted a couple of new videos on YouTube. They are the first two videos listed on the left bar of this blog page. I just met with a great buddy of mine this morning for some fellowship and accountability. Wow, I have missed brother-to-brother fellowship! I had some great brothers-in-Christ while in college,…

I found a very entertaining book at my friend’s house last night. It is a compilation of real-life grocery lists discovered at grocery stores across America. I guess this author found the lists himself and collected lists sent in by fans. Here is the website (www.grocerylists.org). This is a fascinating subject – the left behind…

Since I still have this web address, I’m going to keep this blog and write about slightly different topics than what I discuss on the “Great Idea Blog for Children’s Ministers“ So I’ll blog about things like what I’m studying currently in the Bible or just about anything else (humor, random thoughts, etc.). Here’s my…

Hey, thanks for coming. I have shifted all my web presence elsewhere to a new website and new blog. So head on over to www.jessethejuggler.com Have a great day! -Jesse

Samuel diesPeople mournDavid movesTo MaonNabal’s meanGot lots of foodAbby’s niceAnd in a good moodDavid sendsTen men to NabalThey ask for foodInstead get shoed David hearsOf this let-downSharpens his swordTo kill this clownAbby hurriesTo gather foodBefore Dave killsAny of Nabal’s dudesAbby fallsAt David’s feetAnd pleads for peacePleads for peace David putsHis sword downAbby’s courageDeserves a crownNabal…

Sarah and I are enjoying some down time in West Palm Beach right now. I’m juggling at 2 churches while on this trip, but most of our time is spent hanging out in the area. Our primary purpose for coming down was to let Sarah shadow a counselor at a place here in town called…

Hey folks, I just finished an August tour that took me from Indiana to Ohio to Missouri to Pennsylvania. I got to minister at a Wesleyan church, an Assemblies of God church, a Baptist church, a Missionary church, and two Salvation Army venues. By the way, the Salvation Army is a church – they are…

The Parable of Joy: Reflections on the Wisdom of the Book of John by Michael Card I have not yet finished this fine book, but I love it enough to share it as a strong recommendation. I am actually using this as a daily reading in the mornings. Michael Card, the prolific and poetic singer/songwriter,…

Storytelling is an art form. And some of the greatest storytellers are the ones who do it naturally, without trying to be an artist at it. This especially includes people from the great generation who were born before World War 2. I spent last evening having dinner with three people from this generation. I believe…

I write to you from Fort Wayne, Indiana. I am currently at First Missionary Church near the campus of Taylor University Fort Wayne (go Trojans!). I don’t have time to share all my fun experiences at camps and churches this past summer. But I will chronicle the locations in case you care where I was…

Book Review: Total Abandon by Gary Witherall and Elizabeth Cody Newenhuyse This is the gripping story of a modern-day martyred Christian missionary. The martyr is Bonnie Witherall and her widowed husband Gary (who has since remarried) tells the story from his perspective. The book tracks the life of this young Christian couple from when they…

I just got back from a great summer camp in Lake Placid, FL. I had the priviledge of sharing the gospel through juggling for a group of kids from various Nazarene churches from central Florida (Tampa, Orlando, and between). God really moved on Thursday night when we put forth an invitation for the kids to…

"We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced byfaith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope inour Lord Jesus Christ" (1 Thess 1:3, NIV). People always ask me, "How did you get into juggling?" I tell them that afriend taught me in middle school. I learned how to…

In all my years of serving in children’s ministry, I feel that I have just stumbled over something that I have missed for so long – the importance of genuinely connecting with the kids. I have tended to think sometimes that a dynamic children’s ministry should be focused on having creative and impressive object lessons…

So my wife and I just discovered Facebook, the connectivity engine for plenty of humans between the ages of 15 and 35. It started as something exclusively for colleges and universities, thus leaving out a large portion of the population. Now, it is open to the public, and it is way cool. It is very…

My brother, BJ, theorizes that during the days of Westward expansion andsettlement in America, the most ambitious people made it all the way tothe West Coast. Then they had to stop because they couldn’t go anyfarther. The result is that you have “established” people on the EastCoast, “the give-ups” in the Midwest, and the crazy…

My childhood athletic hero is Cal Ripken, Jr. I had the privilege of going to Baltimore as a child and watching him play many times. Today, he and Tony Gwynn were elected into the Hall of Fame, baseball’s most distinguished honor. Whereas baseball has gone through strikes and steroid abuse, Ripken and Gwynn have been…

Things to do in 2007 (one per month): 1. Make a new juggling video (January)2. Attend the Marriage Retreat with my wife (February)3. Stand in Michael Kaspar’s wedding (March)4. Celebrate my wife’s birthday (April)5. Graduate from seminary (May)6. Attend Ichthus Music Festival with family in town (June)7. Go to the 49th annual International Juggler’s Association…

I have recently been grappling with the whole Calvinist-Wesleyan debate recently. I have read a great deal of John Wesley’s original works this semester. He is a great preacher. But some of the key points of his theology fly in the face of Reformed/Calvinistic doctrine (to which I feel attracted in my heart/spirit). I grew…

Hello all. Thanks for checking out my meager blog. I have this week off from classes for Thanksgiving. But I still need to put in many reading hours (and volunteer hours at the Catholic Action Center). The CAC is for my mentored ministry class. It is a homeless ministry. I’m learning that the men and…

I don’t know what our name will be (The Thoroughbread Jugglers? Wildcat Jugglers? The Garbanzo Brothers?), but I’m trying to shuffle together this club with some cool local jugglers I’ve found through different means (internet, bumping into on the street, my school, etc.). Juggling clubs are so cool because you make immediate friends with everybody…

I have attended school every Fall since I was 4 years old. I am now 25, and I am used to this ritual of strapping up the backpack, kissing someone (it was my Mom, now it’s my wife), grabbing a banana if I can, and rushing off to school. Thankfully, Sarah and I live so…