2:237 – Quiet Please #faithbites #faithjourney quiet I’m a loud guy. I say my piece, I talk a lot, and am very loud. As I’ve been working on that over the years to be quieter. Some days, like today, my brain has had enough. Yelling kids, loud music, loud playing, loud TV make it hard to concentrate. I’m also a […]
2:227 – What Is Your Divine Calling? #faithbites #faithjourney Divine There has probably been a time in your life where you wonder what your supposed to do. I know I do constantly. I have the privilege of serving on our church’s committee to call a new associate pastor. Getting a new pastor is called a Divine Call. Basically, we are […]
2:226 – You Are Valuable #faithbites #faithjourney valuable I’ve had a few events lately where I have felt in certain settings that I am not valuable. It’s not like someone said I wasn’t valuable, their actions spoke lousee. From them not being inclusive, not soliciting input, and not seeing if I was up for an opportunity to, they showed how […]
2:194 – Do As Your Father Told You To #faithbites #faithjourney father “Go to bed.” “Go to the Bathroom.” “Shut the door.”. “Leave that alone.” “Get in the car.” “Get out of the car”. “Knock it off.”. If you are a parent or have been around little humans, you have said these phrases over and over again. Today was one […]
2:192 – Do You Let A Toliet Seat Define You? #faithbites #faithjourney define Today I had to replace a toliet seat. Pretty simple stuff. I went to the store, took a long time looking at the seats, and bought one. Then, I came home, started to install it and realized I got the wrong one. I needed a round one […]
2:156 – Right Ingredients, Wrong Recipe #faithbites #faithjourney recipe It never fails. You see a recipe on Facebook or someone emails one to you and you want to make it. It sounds so good. You go home and start gathering the ingredients. You are missing one or more. Then you try to come up with substitute ingredients. Sometimes it works, […]
2:67 – Just Do What You Are Told. It’s Easier #faithbites #faithjourney told Today hasn’t been a good parenting day. Maybe it’s because the kids have had too much family time with everyone being sick or maybe it’s cabin fever, who knows. But let’s just say, pretty much ever time we asked the kids to do something, it was a […]
347 – Are You Crafty? #faithbites #faithjourney crafty Some people are laborers, which to me means work with your hands. Yes, there are many different types of work, but for this post, I’m talking about those who make a physical product with their time, effort, and talent. I have never been one of those people. I always have been a […]
340 – Should I take a short rest or a long rest? #faithbites #faithjourney #D&D short I like role-playing games as I can be anyone or anything I want and do things well beyond my mortal abilities. In most games there is a concept of rest between battles or activities. in Dungeons and Dragons, among others, there is the concept of a […]
337 – Are You Happy? #faithbites #faithjourney Happy I’ve been feeling out of sorts the past few days so I decided to take a mental health day today. I got the kids out the door, came back home, and went to sleep. I slept for three hours and woke up happy. It’s faded since as the weight of the world […]