262 – Let the Children Sing #faithbites #faithjourney Sing As I write this, I’m sitting in the back of our children’s choir practice. These children from different schools, different grade levels, boys and girls, all with different abilities sing together in harmony. (Well…mostly harmony, but they are learning). I can hear different voices but also […]
August 28 – Fear And Self-Loathing in Las Vegas
238 – Fear And (self) Loathing in Las Vegas #faithbites #faithjourney self-loathing When you think about yourself as a person, what words do you use? Are they positive words that build you up, or negative words that tear you down? In my life, I usually use positive words as I’m a positive person. There are some […]
August 16 – You Can’t Change People
228 – You Can’t Change People #faithbites #faithjourney people We set it all the time: People not acting like how or believing in what we want them to. I don’t know about you, but I get frustrated and want to change them. I see people posting on social media trying to get people to change. In […]
July 29 – Men Looking Like Trees
210 – Men Looking Like Trees #FaithBites #FaithJourney Trees I often wonder,if I were to lose one of my five senses, which one would I like to lose the least. That’s an easy one: my sight. I could do without the other four, if I had too, but not being able to see, I think […]
July 28 – Bragging on God
209 – Bragging For God #FaithBites #FaithJourney Bragging Today was a lazy Saturday morning. My youngest and I went to get bagels at Panera for the family. While there, a man was putting away all of the bagels and pasteries he made during the night. With just a smile, he gave my daughter a cookie […]
July 18 – Jesus Saves…So Do LifeGuards
199 – Jesus Saves…So Do LifeGuards #faithbites #faithjourney lifeguard A whistle blows followed by a splash in the water. LifeGuards come running out of the guard house. Everyone looks around to see where the splash came from and see a lifeguard grabbing a child out of the water. This is the job of a lifeguard. […]
June 3 – What Can I handle?
#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 […]