Daily Step – An odd sort of mercy, but there ya go.
“Dear Morningyou comewith so many angels of mercyso wondrously disguised…” This has been a really rough morning already. First, Riley messed his bed in his crate…...
October 26, 2021
Daily Step – Let’s start today with gratitude.
It’s Monday morning and I am staring down at a to-do list a mile long. And it’s making me a bit anxious. I’m worried about so...
October 25, 2021
Daily Step – We were not all meant to be roses.
Today I wrap up the third and final day of the first senior retreat of the year. As I think back to the conversations had and...
October 21, 2021
Daily Step – Sometimes the grace God gives is time.
St. Ignatius invites us to ask God for what we want or think we need each time we pray. He invites us to be up front...
October 20, 2021
Daily Step – Just one step forward.
Just one step forward. I started having my twins read me a book every morning last week to earn a coveted piece of candy from my...
October 19, 2021
Daily Step – Just good things contained in here…
Several weeks ago, my oldest son’s teachers decided to send home a weekly Friday email telling us about his week. They mentioned something straight away so...
October 18, 2021
Daily Step – How do you show God love?
As I begin to wrap up the Spiritual Exercises, I was asked to contemplate what it means to show love to God. My first, instinctive answer...
October 15, 2021
Daily Step – Sometimes you have to pivot.
Tomorrow will mark three weeks with Riley. Like most labs, he is VERY friendly. When he sees a dog/person he wants to be friends with on...
October 14, 2021
Daily Step – What does it mean to be authentic?
As I was grading some assignments for a Social Justice class yesterday, I realized that over half the class mentioned the word “authentic” in their opening...
October 13, 2021
Daily Step – Lord, increase my understanding.
Yesterday afternoon, I got the privilege of going on a long walk with Riley and my oldest son. Unlike most of our weekday afternoon walks, this...
October 12, 2021