4:16 – Celebration of Life #faithbites #faithjourney celebration Setting Last night a friend of mine passed from cancer. Her life and service has been and will continue to be a blessing to everyone. Many are having a celebration of her life and her works. I am happy about that and hope to celebrate in my own way. Her passing got […]
4:13 – Blind Allegiance Vs Blind Faith #faithbites #faithjourney blind Setting If you’re an avid reader of #faithbites or follow me on social media, you know that I wrestle with difficult topics. From sex to religion to politics to finance, I’m always wrestling with one thing or another. Often I’m told I’m not liberal enough, not conservative enough, not liberatarian […]
4:12 – Having Fun With Work #faithbites #faithjourney fun Setting Today was a busy day at work, but I did have fun. I was able to facilitate a session for two hours with second-year medical students. While it was hard material for them, it was fun to see them learning, struggling, and working together. It’s one of those moments where […]
4:5 – Do You Feel Powerful? #faithbites #faithjourney powerful Setting Is it odd or is it God? In the past few days, the idea of being powerless and claiming your power has been ever present. Friends have told me they feel powerless in their lives, I have fluctuated between being powerful and powerless, and last night the episode of 9-1-1 […]
3:360 – Merry Christmas – Something New! #faithbites #faithjourney Christmas Setting Merry Christmas Everyone. Blessings and Greetings. I have had a quiet small family Christmas. It’s not the normal Christmas and that’s ok. Sometimes we need a change to realize what is important. Normally, I share the forgiveness and love of our Savior. Today, we focus not on his gifts […]
3:359 – Are You Celebrating Christmas or Jesus’s Birth? #faithbites #faithjourney celebrating Setting I was just talking to my eldest that tomorrow is Christmas and where has the season gone? She said it seems like only five days since summer. I disagree with that. But she did have a point about the season and Christmas. Are you celebrating Christmas or […]
3:357 – God Doesn’t Depend on Us #faithbites #faithjourney depend Setting Last night as I was laying in bed, these statements popped into my head: When we are good, God is good When we are not good, God is good When we need, God provides When we don’t need, God provides When we call out, God listens. When we are […]
3:353 – You Might Be Wrong #faithbites #faithjourney might Setting While this #faithbites is titled, “You Might Be Wrong”, I could have easily titled it, “There is more than one way to skin a cat”. (I’ve never understood that expression but oh well). As a consumer of a lot of news and interacting with people, I see so many times […]
3:343 – Snap Out Of It Or Keep Going! #faithbites #faithjourney snap Setting Have you ever been so deep in something that you’ve felt trapped? Is it the trapped that you are almost there or the trapped that you need to snap out and do something else? I’ve seen both this week. The first was completing my dissertation. There were […]
3:341 – Links: Chains of Encouragement #faithbites #faithjourney links Setting When most of us think about chains, we think about being imprisoned and the despair it brings. Chains are also a sign of strength built from the many links within. Today, we had our school’s Assistant Principal teach our first grade girl scouts about respecting authority and my faith / […]