Daily Step – Can you choose to be joyful?
Can I choose to be happy? Maybe. Maybe not. Can I choose joy? Henri Nouwen says I can. He says: “Joy is not the same as...
December 14, 2021
Daily Step – It’s okay to let joy and grief be housed together.
Joy and grief, housed together in one body. Have you ever felt both at the same time? Have you let the joy in when the grief...
October 8, 2021
Daily Step – Do you focus on the good parts first?
“Wow, that’s so nice!” “How’d it go? Thanks for asking. So great. Let me tell you the good parts first…” “Thank you. Wow that’s really kind...
September 1, 2021
Daily Step – Did you bring a smile to someone’s face this week?
Did I bring a smile to someone’s face? Or did they bring one to mine instead? Yesterday I wrangled the three boys into the car because...
July 23, 2021
Daily Step – How are you feeling today?
Lord have mercy, I lost it this morning. I freaked out (momentarily) because the device my son uses to hear the teacher’s voice better in the...
June 17, 2021
Daily Step – Which May feeling will you choose?
Will you choose joy? Or exhaustion? Admittedly, I didn’t choose joy this morning. I let small things like a kid who didn’t want to get out...
May 5, 2021
Daily Step – What’s your “Chip Friday” tradition?
It’s Chip Friday! If you’ve followed me for awhile, you know that chip Friday is my favorite day of the week. I started this tradition for...
April 30, 2021
Daily Step – Don’t forget to laugh today.
Don’t forget to laugh out loud today. I started to take this photo of my son because he looked so dang focused on that iPad. Friday...
April 12, 2021
Sunday Stride – Straddling the line between joy and sorrow…
Palm Sunday snuck up on me this year. Did it sneak up on you? I’m surprised since I’ve been walking through the daily readings posting faculty/staff...
March 28, 2021
Daily Step – Man, it’s been a week.
As many have noted, it’s been an awful week in Texas. Please continue to pray for those without water or heat or a place to stay...
February 19, 2021