Daily Step – How’d those plans (and backup plans) go this year?
We have only today. I have two new planners sitting on my desk at home. Both of them start June 1. They are beautiful and completely...
May 25, 2021
Daily Step – Are you at red, yellow, or green?
It seems like there are three stages of reintroduction to life these days. Red – I’m still not comfortable doing anything besides what’s absolutely necessary. Yellow...
May 24, 2021
Sunday Stride – Truth is, I am not enough…
Yesterday as I was driving around getting our weekly groceries, I found myself looking over this past year with a critical eye…. well really, I was...
May 23, 2021
Daily Step – Is your sense of caution healthy?
For some reason I felt inspired to draw a cone with caution tape yesterday after finishing my prayer time for the Spiritual Exercises. I honestly think...
May 21, 2021
Daily Step – Take a moment to be astonished by something new today.
On the way to school today, my boys flitted from one topic to another almost seamlessly – like a bee flits from flower to flower. We...
May 20, 2021
Daily Step – Do you see God? and share when you do?
“The fullness of joy is to behold God in everything.” – Julian of Norwich Last night I came home late from work so of course all...
May 19, 2021
Daily Step – How have you grown in the last 5 years?
How much have you grown in the last 5-6 years? Yesterday, I had the privilege of praying and retreating with our 5th and 6th year teachers....
May 18, 2021
Daily Step – What’s your response to compliments?
Have you ever paid attention to how you respond to compliments? I have terrible responses – both internally and externally. Recently, someone complimented me on how...
May 17, 2021
Daily Step – It doesn’t have to be perfect to be good.
It doesn’t have to be the blue iris. This is the first line in one of my favorite poems by Mary Oliver. The poem is about...
May 14, 2021
Daily Step – God’s not keeping score.
“Grace requires nothing out of me.” This may just be my favorite line ever in a song (Album: Atlas, Song: One). At the same time, it’s...
May 13, 2021