Daily Step – What are you afraid of?
What are you afraid of? One of my twins asked me this question on the way home from swimming lessons last week. It was so random....
July 14, 2021
Daily Step – Did you know it’s disability pride month?
Did you know that July is Disability Pride Month? In honor of this month, I’m celebrating my oldest son who was born with moderate to severe...
July 13, 2021
Daily Step – What counts as beautiful?
When I first read this quote attributed to Mary Oliver, I thought first it was speaking about what we create… that we desire to write, draw,...
July 12, 2021
Daily Step – What questions are you asking right now?
What questions are you asking right now?What answers do you seek? This morning, I’m taking my three sons to get their hearing checked. My oldest has...
July 9, 2021
Daily Step – How are you showing up in the world?
“The point is you’re you, and that’s for keeps.” How many times have you tried to be something you are not? The most outgoing person in...
July 8, 2021
Daily Step – What lens are you viewing the world with today?
“The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me; my eye and God’s eye are one eye, one seeing,...
July 7, 2021
Daily Step – And anyway, what’s wrong with the maybe?
“And anyway, what’s wrong with Maybe?” Hmm… well… My personality doesn’t jive with maybe. Even though I don’t teach math anymore, my brain still really likes...
July 6, 2021
Daily Step – What are your cannonball moments?
“Truly, we live with mysteries too marvelous to be understood.” These words start one of Mary Oliver’s beautiful and thought-provoking poems while the words in this...
July 5, 2021
Daily Step – What makes your heart say “I think I love this”?
We have what we seek. When I first learned about Ignatian Discernment, I was struck by how it focuses on your deepest desires. It honors what...
July 2, 2021
Daily Step – You are beloved.
You are beloved. I first read this line in a book by Henri Nouwen over a decade ago. I heard it again when I watched a...
July 1, 2021