Tag: Jesus
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ChatGPT: the talk of the TCEA convention
After visiting the TCEA convention and expo, I am stoked to share one of the main topics floating around among all the geeky teachers and trainers. Chat.openai.com is currently free. It is an AI you can talk to and is capable of many things. Teachers can ask Chat to put together lesson plans AND differentiate…
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Short Story: A Re-Telling of Mary
A client recently asked me to write fictional stories using Christian/ Catholic symbols. I’m not Catholic, but I am very familiar with symbolism used in Catholicism and in the Bible–I’ve been studying religion and literature for years. I suggested a story-like retelling of Mary because their symbols included a large portrait of Mary among other…
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Thankful 30: Day 1
Will I keep up with this? I don’t know. Either way I believe it is important to give thanks and reflect on good things during this season–and all the time. The holiday season has a tendency to raise spirits and stir up all the feels that other times of the year just don’t reach in…
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Being Christian About Halloween
My perspective on Halloween has changed to many forms over my life. As a child, I enjoyed all things horror and strange. I often watched movies like Poltergeist and Nightmare on Elm Street with my grandma…when I was 3. My grandma, for some reason, saw nothing wrong with allowing me to just watch whatever she…
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A Woman in the Christian World — Period Talk
My old basketball net is beside the storage room at my grandparent’s house. It was given to me by my great-grandpa for Christmas when I was 5 years old. I won’t ever forget that Christmas because I remembered looking around at my cousins who were opening their pile of presents and thinking, ”they all got…
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Folding Hands: Thoughts on Praying with my Daughter
This was a wake-up call to me that I don’t suck as a Christian mom and perhaps my daughter is not a heathen because she isn’t yet a full participant in organized church prayer….
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A Vapor in the Wind, A Sheep in the Field
It has been a lovely spring day, in my opinion. Sure, it was gray and there was a chance of rain, but it was less than 80 degrees and I was happy. My daughter and I spend the moments before bedtime outside watching the clouds grow darker overhead. The last time it was the “calm…
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Pruning of the Soul
As I prune the dead leaves off my fresh mint plant, I am reminded of how often God uses nature to make us reflect on our lives. The sweet smell surrounds me; the more I work, the stronger the scent. I can hear my daughter counting acorns on the ground, smiling all the while. The…
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“The Immortal Nicholas” by Glenn Beck // Review, Response
“Not evil for evil.” This is a response, rather than a summary, or a review. A few days ago my mom told me about a conversation she had with a woman who goes to her women’s Bible study group. My mom has been looking to give away my brother and sisters guinea pigs because she…
Designing Lorri 