Daily Step – What glimpse of God have you caught today?
“Glimpses of God that I’ve been allowed to catch.” This part of this quote by Henri Nouwen stayed with me this morning as I walked through...
October 5, 2021
Daily Step – Don’t dwell.
“So come to the pond,or the river of your imagination,or the harbor of your longing,and put your lips to the world. And liveyour life.” I tend...
October 4, 2021
Daily Step – Receive the grace offered to you today.
I don’t know what it is exactly, but I’ll take it. Like Mary Oliver, I’ll take grace too. Every. Single. Time. Perhaps it’s because unlike those...
October 1, 2021
Daily Step – Be yourself.
“If you’re John Muir you want trees to live among. If you’re Emily, a garden will do. Try to find the right place for yourself. If you can’t find...
September 30, 2021
Daily Step – Enjoying the year’s loveliest smile.
The year’s last, loveliest smile. Man I love the Fall. I love the changing of the leaves and the lowering temperatures. I love football season and...
September 29, 2021
Daily Step – So, we got a dog.
Actually, a puppy. I’m writing this as I sit outside with him in the dark watching him stretch his legs and sniff out the yard as...
September 28, 2021
Daily Step – What’s your favorite Fall sound?
It’s the second week of Fall, and I’m here for it. Of course, in Texas, it’ll take a bit for the temperature to catch up to...
September 27, 2021
Daily Step – I’ve got the solution!
Well actually, Dorothy Day does. And she says it’s gonna be quite the process… “This is a lifetime job. We are never going to be finished.”...
September 24, 2021
Daily Step – The miracle contained in the harvest moon.
There was a harvest moon the other night. I only know that because my oldest son came home so excited to talk about it. He’s learning...
September 23, 2021
Daily Step – It doesn’t have to be perfect.
It doesn’t have to be the blue iris. This poem by Mary Oliver is about prayer, but I feel it extends to other things as well…...
September 22, 2021