Daily Step – Parenting in 2021 is hard.
Last night, I randomly posted a poll in my Instagram stories. I wrote: “Parenting in 2021 is hard. I am doing the best I can, but...
August 26, 2021
Daily Step – What does God want you to be?
What does God want me to be? Wow, that’s a question, isn’t it? I imagine I’ll spend my whole life asking it. Though maybe the answer...
August 25, 2021
Daily Step – It’s okay to be emotional.
“It’s okay to be emotional.” These were words spoken to me last week. I was having a moment when I was trying really hard to keep...
August 23, 2021
Daily Step – What if He said no?
This week I entered the third week of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. It’s the part of the Exercises where the retreatant is supposed to...
August 20, 2021
Daily Step – Are you hard on yourself sometimes?
I came across these words yesterday in a poem by Mary Oliver and they stuck with me. “I am so distant from the hope of myself,in...
August 19, 2021
Daily Step – See the Divine shining through.
It was pouring rain when I left work yesterday. I was soaked because I didn’t check the weather before going into work. Sans umbrella, I ran...
August 18, 2021
Daily Step – Here comes the sun.
Here comes the sun. I used this song by the Beatles in a retreat talk many years ago. During the talk, I spoke about the moment...
August 17, 2021
Daily Step – I need a Fourth and Walnut moment right about now.
I need a fourth and walnut moment right about now. A reminder of the sun shining forth from all of us. If you’ve never heard this...
August 16, 2021
Sunday Stride – I long to know the stories between the stories of Mary.
Today is one of many Feasts where we honor Mary. As I engaged in the Spiritual Exercises this past summer, I was invited to contemplate some...
August 15, 2021
Daily Step – Start today with hi and thank you.
“Hello, sun in my face. Hello, you who made the morning.” I love this poem by Mary Oliver mostly because it pushes me to change my...
August 13, 2021