Daily Step – First, assume good will.
As this year begins, I’ve been making myself write down a few reminders in my planner each week. One of them is a simple but powerful...
August 29, 2023
Daily Step – Be stubborn in your hope.
Yesterday, I finished the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. I guess one never really “finishes” them. The Exercises are a lifelong journey. At any one point...
October 29, 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 – Hold out for the quiet miracles.
Today is the Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary. It’s one of the many feasts dedicated to Mary throughout the liturgical year. During my work...
October 7, 2021
Daily Step – It’s okay to be emotional.
“It’s okay to be emotional.” These were words spoken to me last week. I was having a moment when I was trying really hard to keep...
August 23, 2021
Daily Step – What if He said no?
This week I entered the third week of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. It’s the part of the Exercises where the retreatant is supposed to...
August 20, 2021
Daily Step – How are you showing up in the world?
“The point is you’re you, and that’s for keeps.” How many times have you tried to be something you are not? The most outgoing person in...
July 8, 2021
Daily Step – What lens are you viewing the world with today?
“The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me; my eye and God’s eye are one eye, one seeing,...
July 7, 2021
Daily Step – What is narrowing your focus today?
For everything has the potential of calling forth in us a deeper response to our life in God… Or the opposite. And we have a hand...
June 29, 2021
Daily Step – Who is worthy of love?
Who is worthy of love? I’ve learned a lot about the answer to this question over the past eight years of being a parent. Seeing how...
June 24, 2021