316 – Time for Night Night #faithbites #faithjourney night Waking up in the dark and going home in the dark is par for the course in the northern part of the country during daylight savings time. I am tired. Between work, school, family, church, home, and everything, I’m just tired. While there is the emotional tired […]
November 11 – Thank You For Your Service
315 – Thank You For Your Service #faithbites #faithjourney Service Veterans Today is Veterans Day in the United States. A day to celebrate those who serve and have served in our armed forces. This is a time to thank those who have sacrificed their time, their energy, and in some cases their lives, to protect […]
October 19 – We Like You
292 – We Like You #faithbites #faithjourney Like Today was my third and final day of facilitating a problem-based learning group this block. I was nervous about it on Monday but by today, I really enjoyed it. After the session was over, I asked the group for feedback, knowing that I would get formal feedback […]
October 13 – Nervous About Change
286 – Nervous About Change #faithbites #faithjourney Nervous Life is full of change. I think that is something we can all agree on. Some change we like, other change terrifies us. I try to be an optimistic person who is excited for the future and for change. Sometimes though, like now, I have nerves on […]
October 1 – Lead by Observing
274 – Lead by Observing #faithbites #faithjourney Lead Today, like most days, I was sitting in class with our med students. While I”m helping the faculty out, I am also learning both the subject matter and about myself. For those of you who know me, you know I like to talk. I can add to […]
September 28 – Greater than the Haters
271 – Greater than the Haters #faithbites #faithjourney haters Today has been a rough day for me emotionally. Anxiety has been a wreck and all of the vitriol about sexual harassment, misconduct, abuse, #meetoo what is reporting and what isn’t reporting, why people didn’t report (#whyIdidntreport). So much blame, hate, ridicule, ignorance, and blindness was […]
September 24 – Trust but Verify
267 – Trust But Verify #faithbites #faithjourney verify A slight warning before we start today. This topic has a potential trigger warning as it talks about sexual allegations and truth. And now, onto faithbites. “He said, she said”. “He was just a kid”. “How do we know what happened 30 years ago?”. “No man is […]
September 20 – LOL (I mean really Laugh Out Loud)
263 – LOL (I mean really Laugh Out Loud) #faithbites #faithjourney laugh. When was the last time you just laughed? Take a second and just laugh. It doesn’t matter what it is about, just laugh. It feels good. When I was younger (yup, get off my lawn), LOL, really meant something that made you laugh […]
September 14 – If You’re Gonna Walk on Water Would You Drop a Line My Way
257 – If You’re Gonna Walk on Water Would You Drop a Line My Way #faithbites #faithjourney #countingcrows line Have you ever had a day when you just don’t feel good enough? A day when you feel you are drowning or underwater? Maybe it seems that others seem to walk on water and the only […]
September 7 – Keeping Your Stuff Together
250 – Keeping Your Stuff Together #faithbites #faithjourney stuff Life is hard. There are days when I wake up and just want to go back to sleep. I pray and God helps but sometimes, it just feels like too much. Today, I was listening to one of my favorite groups, The Counting Crows, and heard […]