Daily Step – While the Game Unfolds
Today I am over at IgnatianSpirituality.com writing about a lifetime of watching Notre Dame football and the real stress of watching a game unfold – especially...
November 8, 2024
Daily Step – When the Miracle Doesn’t Happen
Today, I’m over at Ignatian Ministries Into the Deep blog writing for their series “Finding Hope When It’s Hard.” The question I sought to answer was:...
November 4, 2024
Daily Step – Noticing the ”Lasts”
“Stop, Gretchen. Look. Take it all in. This is a moment you will never get back.” Today I’m over at IgnatianSpirituality.com talking about the “lasts” present...
October 4, 2024
Daily Step – Rise Up: A Weekly Call to Solidarity
Today I am over at Ignatian Solidarity Network writing for their weekly Rise Up series. Each Monday, they post a reflection on the previous Sunday’s readings,...
September 23, 2024
Daily Step – A different way to Examen
Today I am over at IgnatianSpirituality.com writing about the method of the Particular Examen offered by St. Ignatius in the Spiritual Exercises. Here’s an excerpt: “Last...
September 4, 2024
Daily Step – My will, not Yours.
Today I’m over at IgnatianMinistries.org writing for their series of moving from Desolation to Consolation. Here’s an excerpt: Turns out, though, that moment of surrender only...
September 2, 2024
Daily Step – Practicing a little “Advanced Gratitude”
Will you practice a little advanced gratitude with me? What is it? Well, I don’t know about you, but I have a propensity for starting off...
August 5, 2024
Daily Step – Finding Ignatius
I found Ignatius while I was in Yogyakarta this summer. The first time was on a sticker affixed to a student’s mug. The student alongside other...
July 31, 2024
Daily Step – the Audacity of the Impossible
Before I left for Indonesia, I submitted my monthly post for IgnatianSpirituality.com about my pending first trip off the continent. I wrote about the need to...
July 5, 2024
Daily Step – Savor the graces and rest in communion with one another.
On the seventh day God rested and savored what God had created, and on the 11th day of travel & seminar, the North American delegation (and...
June 30, 2024