Sunday Stride – Let him have his moment.
Let him have his moment. Yesterday, my twins insisted on a roly-poly hunt. They first discovered a roly-poly on the way into school on Friday. “Mom,...
April 11, 2021
Daily Step – There is a hope that does not disappoint.
There is a hope that does not disappoint. Yesterday morning, I wrote about anxiety. I’m guessing if you didn’t suffer from it before the pandemic and...
April 9, 2021
Daily Step – How do you relieve anxiety?
I wake up every morning a bit anxious. I don’t even fully realize the anxiety in me until I’ve climbed out of bed and walked over...
April 8, 2021
Daily Step – Stop right there.
Pause.Take a deep breath.Feel the wind on your face.Let the sun warm your cheeks.Then breathe again… deeply.And let it out… slowly. Did it work? This is...
April 6, 2021
Daily Step – One egg at a time…
This year the Easter bunny really got ambitious. He filled the baskets and the plastic eggs. He also hid the plastic eggs all over the house...
April 5, 2021
Sunday Stride – Alleluia!
Alleluia! He has risen! Yesterday, I went to get my second moderna shot. Since I got my first one a month ago, I had been waiting...
April 4, 2021
Daily Step – Why are we so quick to explain away feelings?
Why are we so quick to explain away feelings? Yesterday, one of my sons was trying to explain to me a bad moment of his day...
April 1, 2021
Daily Step – A new commitment to prayer.
I decided recently to do the Spiritual Exercises again. Confession: Despite my job largely involving them, I’ve never done them all the way in one sitting....
March 31, 2021
Daily Step – What’s your best example of something permanent?
“Mom, do you know what “permanent” means?” This was the conversation this morning on the way to school. Two excited boys got $$ under their pillows...
March 30, 2021
Daily Step – Can we enter this week amazed?
Oh to be amazed… It’s Monday of Holy Week. To be honest, as a kid and maybe even a little as an adult, I viewed Lent...
March 29, 2021