Daily Step – Do you long for control?
I want so much to be in control. How many times have you felt this way? The longing to control the situation? The desire to pre-determine...
Ad Majorem – "Toward the Greater"
I want so much to be in control. How many times have you felt this way? The longing to control the situation? The desire to pre-determine...
Sometimes God can surprise you with an unexpected but beautiful response to even your most fervent prayers. As I lay in bed this morning, I realized...
Growth takes time. I know this but still I just want to reach the end without delay – I want to reap the benefits of the...
What work do we need to put in for God to carry us the rest of the way? The last couple days my twins have insisted...
I don’t know who needs to hear this today but… You are loved. Maybe that’s the medicine for all that ailes us today – knowing, believing,...
Some mornings are hard. Some mornings involve tears and consequences and poor behavior. Some mornings have me wishing we could all go back to bed and...
It’s gonna be a lovely day. This song by Demi Lovato has been in my head for almost a week now. Somewhere in the midst of...
There is space for all of us. This morning, my boys ran into my office and went straight to my candy drawer to pick a treat....
Assume good will. In my latest post for the Ignatian Spirituality dotmagis blog, I wrote this about Ignatius’s invitation to “assume good will”: “In the Spiritual Exercises,...
When I picked the boys up yesterday, my oldest couldn’t wait to tell me about some nightmare he had when he was seven (he turned eight...