Freshly baked bread. The smell and taste of it are difficult to beat, especially when it’s warm, just out of the oven. My mother made it when I was growing up and still occasionally does. It’s a comforting memory associated with pleasant feelings. Even… Continue Reading “Choosing the Right Ideas to Consume”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Bread, Bread of Life, Christ, Christian Nationalism, Confused Ideas, Confusion, Culture, False Teaching, Herodians, Human Traditions, Ideas, Kingdom of God, Leaven, Nationalism, Pharisees, Philosophy, Relevant Faith, Religion, Religious, Sadducees, Secular, Secularized, Self-Righteousness, Teachings, Teachings of Jesus, Theology, Thoughts, Traditions, Truth, Yeast, Zealots
Posted on October 16, 2023
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I despise fasting. I hate the way it makes me feel grumpy, irritable, distracted with thoughts of burgers, pizza, and ice cream when I’m trying to do something important. But most of all, it makes me feel hungry. And hunger tells me I need… Continue Reading “Choosing to Be Empty”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Appetite, Bread of Life, Cravings, Desire, Empty, Empty Stomach, Eternal Life, Fasting, Food as an Idol, Going Without, Heavenly Bread, Humbled, Humility, Hunger, Hungry, Jesus Follower, Junk Food, Manna, Never Hungry, Nourishment, Physical Appetites, Spiritual Appetite, Spiritual Food, Spiritual Hunger, Spiritual Junk Food, Spiritual Nourishment, True Satisfaction
Posted on May 23, 2022
by Jeff Herringshaw
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I despise fasting. I hate the way it makes me feel: grumpy, irritable, distracted with thoughts of burgers, pizza, and ice cream when I’m trying to do something important. But most of all, it makes me feel hungry. And hunger tells me I need… Continue Reading “Choosing the Way of Hunger”
Category: Daily ChoicesTags: Bread from Heaven, Bread of Life, Daily Bread, Eternal Life, Eternity, Fasting, Food, Going Without, Health, Healthy, Heavenly Food, Humbling My Body, Humbling Myself, Humility, Hunger, Hungry, Intermittent Fasting, Life, Manna, Nourishing, Nourishment, Regular Fasting, Spiritual Food, Spiritual Health, Spiritual Nourishment