182 – New Beginnings #FaithBites #FaithJourney Beginnings 8:00 A.M. on Monday, 32 students will enter the halls of our University, taking the first formal steps in their medical education. These students are excited, engaged, invested, anxious, nervous, compassionate, caring, competent, and curious. All of the faculty and staff who have been working on this endeavor […]
June 29 – Technology and Worship
Technology and Worship #180of365 #FaithBites #FaithJourney Technology Technology is everywhere in our lives. From school to work to home to social activities to worship and beyond. It appears on TVs, radios, phones, tablets, computers, phones, billboards, cars, airplanes, screens everywhere. We are inundated with technology and connectiveness, but why aren’t we more connected in our […]
May 23 – Influence Vs. Position
#143of365 #FaithBites #FaithJourney Before we get to today’s FaithBites, I wanted to thank everyone for their support as I was elected to serve our Congregation as the Lay Director of Witness. I am blessed. If you are interested in learning more or helping, I’d love to hear from you. We all can be witnesses and […]
May 19 – Your Royal Highness
#139of365 #FaithBites #FaithJourney Royalty Today was the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The world was a buzz. Memes about royalty. Pictures comparing dresses to Ice Tea cans. Conversations about the cost of royal weddings. Trolls hating everyone worshipping people who sit on a throne of corruption, theft, and murder. It goes on and […]
January 30 – Prayer
Today’s lesson is on Prayer and what it means to me. The first thing that came to mind is James Taylor’s You’ve Got a Friend. “When you’re down and troubled and you need a helping hand. And nothing, whoa, nothing is going right. Close your eyes and think of me and soon I will be […]
January 12 – Words Hurt
Todays Bible Lesson: I like to joke and have fun. Sometimes I say something that may be uncouth, crass, or just not funny. I don’t mean offense by it but sometimes people take offense. Yesterday I had someone talk to me about something I said three years ago. To me, it was a joke, but […]
January 2 – Creation is from God
For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. Colossians 1:16 ——– “A curious faith in a limitless God we might have had as children is replaced with an explainable […]