4:98 – Be A Good Human, Redux #faithbites #faithjourney human Setting I often write about being a good human. This is a skill we should all have. I see comments tearing down people when someone doesn’t even know them. I recently saw a local leader say she was going to make life hell for the next two years for people […]
4:96 – Setting Boundaries #faithbites #faithjourney boundaries Setting I know this may be a shock to you, but I am far from perfect. One of my biggest faults, and my mother in law said this years ago, is I’m too nice and can let people walk all over me. Last night I snapped at my family for always asking me […]
4:84 – Spread Joy #faithbites #faithjourney spread Setting This morning while getting my vaccine, I was talking to the nurse who gave me my shot. She said she loved my energy. All I did was laugh and share joy with her. In the past, I shared many memes and stories and commented on many charged issues. While these meant well, […]
4:80 – Trust In Him #faithbites #faithjourney trust Setting Today’s #faithbites is probably the most straightforward and easiest to understand but hardest to do. A friend of mine commented on an early #faithbites about apologizing too much and need to fit in but saying #TrustInHim. He is right. If we just trusted in God and followed Jesus’s command to love […]
4:78 – I Apologize A LOT #faithbites #faithjourney apologize Setting During work today, I realized I stepped on a colleagues toes and sent a quick apology. Then I realized that I apologize a lot. like several times a day. When I think about it, it’s almost always sincere though some people may not think so. I was also reflecting that […]
4:63 – Did I Offend You? #faithbites #faithjourney offend Setting Dr. Suess. Aunt Jemima. Civil War Statues. Building Names. Books. TV Shows. What do these have in common? Someone is offended by something that someone else things is ok. My Facebook feed is filled with outrage on why something is banned or why a company changes their business practices (changing […]
4:61 – Are You Hard To Love? Not For Jesus! #faithbites #faithjourney hard Setting I can be hard to love. I’m stubborn, grumpy, moody, judgmental, messy, angry, and frustrated. There are good days and bad days. My wife the other day told me that I can be hard to live with too. I agree with her 100%. I’m far from […]
4:45 – Love Is What Keeps Us Together #faithbites #faithjourney Keeps Setting Today is Valentine’s Day which for many is a day of love. Today also happens to be my mother’s wedding day. Topping it off, we are finishing a series of love in our church. Love is on my mind today. From the Beatles, “Love is All You Need” […]
4:35 – Representation Matters #faithbites #faithjourney representation Setting Fair waiting, this #faithbites has taken me a while to write as I’m been trying to figure out how to write it well. It also comes as part of #BlackHistoryMonth and I wanted to do it justice. Have you ever been in a situation where you were the only one who looked […]
4:34 – Goal: Inbox Zero #faithbites #faithjourney inbox Setting Today, for the first time in a long time, I consciously noticed that my work email inbox was at 579. Yes, I’ve read most of them but they were still there. While I didn’t hit the goal of inbox zero, I did get it down to 170 in about 10 minutes. […]