Daily Step – What are you grateful for?
This is a big week in the Crowder household. (No not because of the election but yes that’s big as well) This week, my oldest gets...
November 2, 2020
Sunday Stride – Let us err on the side of love.
Gretchen’s definition of saints: Ordinary people who err on the side of love. There are so many moments when my boys fight and grumble and whine...
November 1, 2020
Daily Step – Poor couch cover…
Today is dress as your favorite saint day at school. My boys asked me to just pick for them. So, on Tuesday I excitedly told the...
October 30, 2020
Daily Step – Assume good will.
Assume good will. Does anyone else have trouble with this? It’s something that St. Ignatius asked those leading others in retreats – Assume good will of...
October 29, 2020
Daily Step – Take my hand, it’ll keep you warm.
Take my hand, it’ll keep you warm. It’s freezing today. It’s been raining for three days in DFW and the temperature has hovered around 40 degrees....
October 28, 2020
Daily Step – When a heart is repaired, does it leave a line?
When I picked up the twins yesterday, one was soooo eager to tell on the other. “Mommy, my brother did something bad today…” I stopped him...
October 27, 2020
Daily Step – Is the image we seek ours or God’s?
Is the image we seek ours or God’s? Every year when we do family photos, I struggle with the internal desire to get just one good...
October 26, 2020
Sunday Stride – Do we really love ourselves well?
Today’s Gospel is the one where we are told the greatest commandment is to love our neighbors as ourselves. I always thought that commandment would be...
October 25, 2020
Daily Step – What exactly did you accomplish this week?
Ever reach the end of a week and think – what exactly did I accomplish this week? What, if any, finished product did I produce? I...
October 23, 2020
Daily Step – Are you also a work in progress?
I’ve learned in my decade of home ownership that homes are always works in progress. Seems like once you fix or upgrade something, something else breaks...
October 22, 2020