Daily Step – What does it mean to live simply?
What does it mean to live simply? Someone asked me this question recently, and they asked it quite earnestly: “Like really, what does it mean? Does...
September 21, 2021
Daily Step – Have you tried the Ignatian Examen?
Today I get to start up again with an Examen group for the first time in months, and I’m excited to begin. What’s the Examen? I...
September 20, 2021
Daily Step – Take time to capture the precious moments.
I have 30,000 images on my phone. Some of those are the mess-ups and mistakes and the not-quite-right attempts at artwork I’ve been doing since 2021...
September 17, 2021
Daily Step – Pause and let your imagination work today.
“Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.” This is the last line of the poem that also contains the lines in this image. The...
September 16, 2021
Daily Step – Don’t be the missing piece.
I have a place in the family of things. And so do you. What’s more, that place is a unique place carved out just for us. ...
September 15, 2021
Daily Step – Even a normal day can hold treasure.
Normal day… I love these words by Mary Jean Irion that continue: “Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so. One day...
September 14, 2021
Daily Step – Never believe your voice is too small…
Never believe your voice is too small to matter. I have these three plants on my front porch that I bought on a whim one Sunday...
September 13, 2021
Daily Step – Do you believe in the love that surrounds you each day?
A love so large… I make a point to tell my boys I love them and I’m grateful for them almost every night. Last night, my...
September 10, 2021
Daily Step – Take some time to notice the quiet miracles today.
“May you be consoled in the secret symmetry of your soul. May you experience each day as a sacred gift, Woven around the heart of wonder.” It’s the quiet miracles...
September 9, 2021
Daily Step – Do you need a little courage today?
“Don’t let yourself lose me.Nearby is the country they call life.You will know it by its seriousness.aGive me your hand..” This poem by Rainer Maria Rilke...
September 8, 2021