#143of365 #FaithBites #FaithJourney Before we get to today’s FaithBites, I wanted to thank everyone for their support as I was elected to serve our Congregation as the Lay Director of Witness. I am blessed. If you are interested in learning more or helping, I’d love to hear from you. We all can be witnesses and […]
May 22 – The Pendulum
#142of365 #FaithBites #FaithJourney The Pendulum A clock is something we are all familiar with. The hands, the numbers, the ticking, it makes us think of things we have to do, things we did, future opportunities and past experiences. Related to clocks, is the idea of a pendulum. We use this metaphor all the times in […]
May 21 – What do I stand for?
#141of365 #FaithBites #FaithJourney What Do I (or any of us) Stand For? Yesterday, I was mowing the grass, listening to Spotify as I usually do, and Some Nights by Fun came on. I haven’t listened to that song in a year or so. Every time I do, I’m reminding how beautiful and thought-provoking it is. Some […]
May 20 – The Faith Elephant.
#140of365 #FaithBites #FaithJourney The Faith Elephant I have been blessed to be on a faith journey most of my life. I know that many of you have followed my journey, as you embark on your own. No two journeys are alike. Today before church, a friend was talking about my journey and then about Jews […]
May 19 – Your Royal Highness
#139of365 #FaithBites #FaithJourney Royalty Today was the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The world was a buzz. Memes about royalty. Pictures comparing dresses to Ice Tea cans. Conversations about the cost of royal weddings. Trolls hating everyone worshipping people who sit on a throne of corruption, theft, and murder. It goes on and […]
May 18 – Anger
#138of365 #FaithBites #FaithJourney Anger I get mad. I get angry. Sometimes I take it out on others. How many times have we all said: “You made me angry”? We put that blame of making us angry on others. If that wasn’t bad enough, then we go the next step, we take it out on others. […]
May 17 – Taking One for the Team
#137of365 #FaithBites #FaithJourney Martyrdom Taking one for the team. Biting the bullet. Carrying the burden. Shouldering the Lion’s share. We have all been there before. I’ll take one the extra work. I’ll help out. I’ll wake up early and go to bed late. We do it to help. We do it to feel better. We […]
May 16 – Work Hard – Learn More
#136of365 #FaithBites #FaithJourney Working Hard – Learning More I had the privilege of attending a faculty development conference today and hearing a professor talk about her education and technology journey. When she was discussing her syllabus and her hard work in teaching, you quoted an older professor “She who works hardest, learns the most”. That […]
May 15 – Death to the Infidel
#136of365 #FaithJourney #FaithBites Before we get started, I wanted to give a trigger warning that this faithbite my challenge, offend, and question your thinking a bit. But hey, isn’t that why we are all on this #faithjourney together? And now onto today’s faithbite. Death to the Infidel 58 dead. Men, women, and children. 2,700 injured. […]
May 14 – Stopping the Downward Spiral
#134of365 #FaithBites #FaithJourney Breathing Before Going Down the Spiral Today I was walking to the fridge at work to heat up my lunch. I started thinking about early interactions with people and how I messed them up. (Really minor but someone who extremely values interactions with people, it was hard). Then I thought that I […]