Just Nichols

Juggling Brothers Promo

nathan — Fri, 01 May 2009 05:18:45 +0000

The Juggling Bros. from nathan&justin on Vimeo. (Be cool and watch it all the way throo)

Justin’s Success Speech

nathan — Fri, 01 May 2009 05:09:40 +0000

At Lane Community College in Eugene Oregon, I gave a speech about how I learned to read and write. There where about 30 people in the room. Although I stuttered and tripped over my words, this is still my favorite speech. There’s one magic trick and three juggling balls up in the air somewhere in the middle.

Justin’s Story of Success from nathan&justin on Vimeo. (About 7:59 minutes long)

Biking in Eugene

Justin — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:47:55 +0000

Singing: “this is my story, this is my song, praising my savior all the day long” I bob on rough dirt trails etched in the grass like hundreds of overlapping dead snakes. I invited a friend, but in the end I went by my lonesome. First I pedaled past the main park, climbed around at the jungle gym with the ten year old’s, and raced at the dirt jumps by the stadium. Finally I met the trails end and turned around after crossing a bridge.
I stopped, ate some apples and watched some territorial hissing geese. I met a unicycle rider, went home, climbed a tree, ate another apple, wrote this, and now I will wash my sweaty, dirty, tensed up body and sleep. Thank God for rest, beauty, and his Son.

Book Review: The Bronze Bow, By Elizabeth Speare

Justin — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:29:48 +0000

In the time of Jesus, Roman rulers controlled Jew’s land and suppressed them with high taxes. “The Bronze Bow” is historical fiction.
Daniel, an outlaw living with a gang in some mountains, wants to revenge his parents death by killing Romans. But when his grandma starts to die in his hometown town below, Daniel takes care of her and his sister. His sister, Leah, never ventures out of the house. Everything scares her. Struggling between his hate of the Romans and his awe of Jesus, Daniel attempts to hate and love at the same time.
Hints of a changing heart drop throughout this book. Daniel comes to realize that perhaps “The Kingdom of God” Jesus talks about might not mean freedom from the Romans. When Daniel looses some of his friends, he faces all the boiling black hate sloshing around in his heart. In a life-changing twist of events, he gives up being a slave to hate and makes an incredible discovery.

Elizabeth George Speare made a realistic portrayal of life at the time of Jesus. More importantly, she took a big story and fit in a small one: Daniels life. She showed how Jesus’ message might sound to dedicated haters of Rome. This is the most well written story I’ve ever picked up. “The Bronze Bow” is the best book I’ve ever read. I hate to admit it, but I always think a book that I just finished “is the best book I’ve ever read”.