Jesse

Jesse

Minnesota, born and raised.
  • Joined: January 10, 2024
  • Articles: 27

Focus.

I’ve known for some time that I don’t have a great attention span. I’m not sure if it’s because I grew up playing a lot of video games or if I’m just someone who has a hard time focusing. I…

1. Where we’ve been.

Any conversation on starting over must begin with where we’ve been. I’ve been there. I was born and raised in Minnesota. I’ve spent some time in different states but the vast majority of my time has been here. I had…

Why another blog?

I don’t know how many, if any, people stumble across this site. I have no delusions of grandeur; I’m not someone who has important, insightful things to say. So, why does this exist? That’s a great question. I suppose there…

Depression.

Everyone gets depressed. I’m not special because it happens to me once in a while. Every few months, I end up in a low. I’m there now. I just got done burning the midnight oil to produce a sermon, dealt…

Sermons.

I never wanted to preach. It wasn’t something that had ever been on my radar. Yet, for the past four months I’ve been delivering messages at church. I’m reminded of the words of Paul, “the least of these.” Many men…

Christian enthusiasm.

Legalism is a heck of a drug. I grew up around a lot of it. It rears its head in many ways. Religious Legalism is brought about by fear. What I have coined as “Christian Enthusiasm” is brought about by…

SimPoverty.

I played a fair number of video games growing up. I enjoy the media as an entertainment platform. One of my favorites was SimCity. As my wife and I have come to the realization that we’ll never be wealthy, we’ve…

The abyss of aging.

Another year in my 40s is coming to a close.  I used to enjoy the holidays.  I gave a short message at church recently. The message was an adult version of “What I did on my summer vacation” but was…

Vocation.

I often wonder what it is like to find your vocation. I haven’t. Obviously, based on my first statement. I’ve been pursuing “vocation” my entire adolescence into adulthood. The first thing I ever wanted to do was raise chickens and…