#154 #FaithBites #FaithJourney What Can I handle? As we’ve talked about many times: Life is Hard. We are swamped and under siege with pressures, commitments, problems, bills, and more. We try our best, but it seems like we are constantly underwater. Things that used to be a joy, seem like a task to complete. When […]
June 2 – The Truth is Out There
#153 #FaithBites #FaithJourney The Truth What is truth? In today’s day and age, the truth seems to be fluid. In a heated discussion on Facebook, several of my friends and debated on what truth means. For some, it’s a scientific quest for answers. For others, it’s in the Bible. For others, it is in conversation […]
May 30 – Love Like a Sibling
#150of365 #FaithBites #FaithJourney Love LIke a Sibling When I was a kid, my brother beat the snot out of me. We fought like cats and dogs. That was just the way it was. But if anyone else ripped on me, yelled at me, or hurt me, he was all over it and defended me. There […]
April 5 – I’m Hungry for
#95of365 #FaithBites #FaithJourney Today’s lesson is about hunger and food. I like to eat. You name it, except for seafood because of allergies, I’ll probably eat it. I like spicy food, Chinese, Mexican, Korean, Middle Eastern, English, and beyond. Food is awesome. At the same, I try to remain humble of my many choices of […]
April 2 – The Little Green Monster
#92of365 #FaithBites #FaithJourney #Envy Today’s lesson is about the little green monster. No not Mike from Monsters, Inc but jealousy and envy. I was at home thinking of the good deeds someone did for a family member and as was jealous. I thought they are only doing it look better. They only want the recognition […]
March 24 – Symbols
#83of365 #FaithBites #FaithJourney Today’s lesson is about symbols of faith. As my faith journey has continued, what I call myself and how I display that has changed. When I was younger, I wore a star of David daily. I probably wore it for 10 years then one day I stopped. Not sure why I just […]
March 12 – Busy Work
Today’s lesson is on busy work. I hate busy work. I love to be engaged in active work that impacts people’s lives. Today I spent nearly 3 hours formatting a word document to upload into a quiz for a course I am building. It was irritating me. I get paid way to much to be […]
March 7 – Greetings and Sol-utations
Today’s lesson is about the power of greeting someone. The morning bell rings and chaos ensues at a K-8 school. Students talking to their friends. Parents frantically hugging, kissing, and dropping off their kids while trying to rush off to work. Teachers getting ready for the day ahead. Noise and craziness but excitement reigns. This […]
March 4 – Am I qualified?
Today’s lesson is about being qualified for service. Or more importantly, the things we tell ourselves to talk ourselves out of service. Today during service, Pastor Wirsing shared three reasons why we think we aren’t qualified: We are too Busy. We aren’t good enough. We don’t want to be rejected. These are very human emotions […]
February 16 – Compromise
Today’s lesson is on the art of compromise. To some compromise is a four-letter word. To others that is what we should strive for. In some leadership training, we say compromise is a lose-lose situation as all parties have to give up something to make a deal. We should instead aim for win-win. As much […]