2:137 – My Power Is Heart #faithbites #faithjourney heart Back in the 90s there was a cartoon called Captain Planet and the Planeteers. He was a superhero for the environment who came when five kids used their power rings to summon him. Each kid had a different power: Earth, wind, water, fire, and HEART. Yes, heart was a power. I […]
2:130 – Do We Know What Roughing It Is? #faithbites #faithjourney roughing I write this is as I lay in a canvas sided platform tent with our girl scout troop in tents around us. We have very little electricity, no heat, and are cooking on the fire. Some say this is roughing it. When we packed up the SUV, it […]
2:125 – Man, She’s Fine. I’d like to … #faithbites #faithjourney fine Slight warning as we talk about one of the seven deadly sins: lust. All of us have those experiences when we see someone we are instantly attracted too. The old joke was you may be married but not dead. Seeing someone who is attractive is one thing, but […]
2:123 – Conjunction Junction What’s Your Function? #faithbites #faithjourney function As I’m getting older, I’m am wondering more and more what my mark on the world is going to be. When I’ve gone to the Lord, will anyone remember me and will there be anything I built that will survive? I see friends who have gone onto save lives, political […]
2:121 – You Don’t Have To Intervene Every Time #faithbites #faithjourney intervene You may remember that one if my Lenten promises was to give up commenting on political posts and try to change people’s minds. I wasn’t perfect but I did it. Over time, I learned that I could scroll past. It wasn’t my duty to have to try and […]
2:115 – Endgame or New Phase? #faithbites #faithjourney endgame Avenger’s Endgame opens in the United States tonight. This is the culmination of 11 years, 22 movies, and hours upon hours of entertainment. At the end of the 3 hours and 2 minutes, we will learn the fate of many of our heroes. There will be laughs, tears, chuckles, action, adventure, […]
2:109 – It Is Finished…Or Is It? #faithbites #faithjourney finished Today is Good Friday, a day when we remember Jesus’s death on the cross. We mourn for his loss, but we call it good because of his sacrifice, we are saved. Before his last breath, Jesus said “It is finished”. How could it be finished if we are still sinful? […]
2:106 – Each Lesson You Don’t Learn Gets Harder #faithbites #faithjourney lesson Do any of you play those mindless games where you have to match objects and they disappear? After you do really well you get bonuses that make the levels easier, but when you fail you lose the bonuses. So now you are on a hard level without any […]
2:104 – Rinse And Repeat #faithbites #faithjourney rinse “Lather, Rinse, and Repeat” are the infamous directions on the back of almost every bottle of shampoo. Come with dirty hair, get a good lather going, rinse away all the soap, and repeat as necessary. During most days, as I live my life, I think about what I’m going to share during […]
2:97 – Ugh is the Word Of The Day #faithbites #faithjourney UGH To quote an old theme song, “You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have The Facts of life, the facts of life”. Are you singing it? Today, rather this weekend, was very much like that. Kids not listening, too much […]