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 21 – What do I stand for?
#141of365 #FaithBites #FaithJourney What Do I (or any of us) Stand For? Yesterday, I was mowing the grass, listening to Spotify as I usually do, and Some Nights by Fun came on. I haven’t listened to that song in a year or so. Every time I do, I’m reminding how beautiful and thought-provoking it is. Some […]
May 15 – Death to the Infidel
#136of365 #FaithJourney #FaithBites Before we get started, I wanted to give a trigger warning that this faithbite my challenge, offend, and question your thinking a bit. But hey, isn’t that why we are all on this #faithjourney together? And now onto today’s faithbite. Death to the Infidel 58 dead. Men, women, and children. 2,700 injured. […]
May 8 – Step by Step
#128of365 #faithbites #faithjourney Today’s lesson is about persistence and taking things step by step. (I know, many of you are now singing, Oh baby….No NKOTB here). Life is filled with so many things to get done. We want to go to step 10 instead of step one through ten. The other problem is often we […]
May 5 – What’s your Story?
#125of365 #FaithBites #FaithJourney Today’s lesson is about sharing. We are made to be in community with each other. As young children, one of the biggest lessons is sharing and the hardest lesson is usually sharing our toys. I see my kids all the time fighting about sharing toys. One child will pick up the other’s […]
May 1 -The Great I Am
#121of365 #FaithBites #FaithJourney Today’s lesson is about just being. Being present. Being in the moment. Being yourself. Yesterday we talked about the Te of Piglet and the virtue of being small. Today we are going to talk about Piglet’s best friend, and one of my favorites, Pooh Bear. Pooh Bear is the subject of his […]
April 12 – Let your Soul Shine
#102of365 #FaithBites #FaithJourney Today’s lesson is about your soul and letting it shine. Spring may have finally sprung here in Central Illinois. I have my windows open, a short sleeved shirt on, had a potluck at work, and life is great. I know it’s not great for everyone. I had a really rough night with a […]
April 3 – Being right at what cost?
#93of365 #FaithBites #FaithJourney #ImRightYoureWrong Today’s lesson is about being right. Or more to the question, being right at what cost. I love to be right. I love to debate. I love to prove my knowledge. I like to do this because it’s fun, but I try to do it in a way that is non-confrontational […]
March 30 – What would you give up?
#89of365 #FaithBites #FaithJourney Today’s lesson is about parenthood and sacrifice. I love my daughters. I would do anything for them. I have been cut, burned, injured preventing my children from getting hurt. I have given up things, not done things, not taken advantage of opportunities for my children to have what they need and want. I […]
March 28 – Dad
#87of365 #FaithBites #FaithJourney Today’s lesson is one the father and remembrance. My dad passed nine years go today. It was snowy and cold.i remember that clearly as I told the hospice nurse we had to put him in a sweater to stay warm. (And yes, I realize the silliness of that now and it wasn’t […]