Daily Step – An odd sort of mercy, but there ya go.
“Dear Morningyou comewith so many angels of mercyso wondrously disguised…” This has been a really rough morning already. First, Riley messed his bed in his crate…...
October 26, 2021
Daily Step – How do you show God love?
As I begin to wrap up the Spiritual Exercises, I was asked to contemplate what it means to show love to God. My first, instinctive answer...
October 15, 2021
Daily Step – Lord, increase my understanding.
Yesterday afternoon, I got the privilege of going on a long walk with Riley and my oldest son. Unlike most of our weekday afternoon walks, this...
October 12, 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 – Your voice matters.
“Would you like to make a comment?” Sometimes I wonder if I’ll run out of things to say. I’ll run out of new ideas. I’ll run...
October 6, 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 – 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
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 – 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