A journey through life with God in bite sized chunks
Today’s lesson in on allowing yourself to evolve your thoughts and positions. Yesterday I posted in Facebook how I saw two different people reacting vastly different to an event in the news. One seemed to be very compassionate while the other seemed to be advocating physical violence against a criminal. I called that out as being tribal and part of […]
Today’s lesson is about who we are and how we are better together. Many of you know my daughter is selling girl scout cookies and I am the troop’s cookie dad. Last weekend, I talked to all the girls about the different varieties of cookies. From thin mints to S’More to trefoils and more. What was in the cookie, how […]
Today’s lesson is how you refer to your higher power. I wanted to say God Vs Jesus, but that doesn’t do it justice. I also wanted to give a warning that this post may make some people uncomfortable. As you know, I was raised Jewish as was baptized almost two years ago. I have always believed in God and Jesus was […]
Today’s lesson is on our true self or what masks we wear around others. The other day at work, I laughed out loud. There was no hesitation. No second guessing. Just doing a little dance, being my self, and having fun. Then it dawned on me. I was only my 100% honest true self around one group at work. In […]
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 there. To brighten up even […]
Today’s lesson is jobs vs function or more accurately ‘how we do our work’ vs what our role or title is. In my life, I have had many jobs: lifeguard, pizza maker, IT guy, faculty development, volunteer, teacher, and more. When I was in Las Vegas, I was talking to my cousin about passion, purpose, and jobs. For me, my […]
Today’s lesson is about priorities. I know I’ve talked about being busy and making time for what is important. I also know it is easier said than done. I wanted to share another story of my kids helping me to be a better parent and stronger in my faith. This morning, Cece was up early and then Alice woke up. […]
Today’s lesson is about feelings and simple actions. This morning I woke up early as I had to work. I was in the bathroom, shaving, getting ready to hop in the shower and there was knock on the door. I wasn’t in a great mood as I didn’t sleep well the night before, was feeling a bit under the weather, […]
Today’s lesson is about belief vs knowing. We talk about believing in things all the time. Believing in God. Believing in magic. Believing in humanity. Believing in peace, justice, and the American Way. We say we believe in many things. On the way to school this morning, Cece and I were talking about God. We got to school and she […]
Today’s lesson is on tradition/perception or Angels in the Cemetery. A topic that has been on my mind a lot is the difference between faith, God, and religion. I won’t go into in depth here but this plays to that theme. Before my Grandmother’s funeral, we were looking at the flowers people sent. Keep in mind this is a Jewish […]