Daily Step – The chief thing is to love.
For the last few days, I’ve been working on this sketch. I thought I’d put it up today with a favorite quote from one of my...
June 11, 2021
Daily Step – I want to capture their light.
It’s the last day of school for my boys. Part of me is saying “Finally!” but a bigger part is saying “Wait! Don’t move. Don’t move...
June 10, 2021
Daily Step – How does God see you?
How does God see you? One of the best lessons I learned in the last almost 15 years of studying Ignatian Spirituality and Catholic theology is...
June 9, 2021
Daily Step – Keep some room in your heart…
Keep some room in your heart… Yesterday, in my journey through the Spiritual Exercises, I was contemplating several passages where Jesus gathers His companions. There are...
June 8, 2021
Daily Step – It’s the end of something…
It’s the end of the school year…. And honestly this is never my favorite time. I know this has been a weird, challenging year for all…...
June 7, 2021
Sunday Stride – It’s not a prize for the perfect.
“The Eucharist, although it is the fullness of sacramental life, is not a prize for the perfect but a powerful medicine and nourishment for the weak.”...
June 6, 2021
Daily Step – Pausing in gratitude for another’s joy.
I am grateful for strawberries. And strawberry jam. And lunchables. These three things have elicited an unexpected tight hug and a “thank you mom” from my...
June 4, 2021
Daily Step – The journey always leads somewhere.
I’m into the second week of the Spiritual Exercises. In the Exercises, “weeks” aren’t really 7 days. They are often just how long it takes you...
June 3, 2021
Daily Step – Kintsugi and the Divine Potter
I don’t know if it’s because of my new addiction to doodling on procreate or if it’s because I’ve always been drawn to art, but lately...
June 2, 2021
Daily Step – If God gave bees all they needed to feed the world…
On a walk this weekend (enjoying the dry and cool hours while they lasted), my boys were discussing the life spans of different insects. “I think...
June 1, 2021