Stepping Stones Daily Devotional

As our insensitivity to our own feelings grows, our lives often begin leaking all kinds of negative emotions. Without...

REFOCUS Breath deeply as you pray and meditate on the words, “You are the potter, I am the clay,”...

O FOUNTAIN OF ALL GOOD, Destroy in me every lofty thought, Break pride to pieces and scatter it to...

The Same Spirit John 14:15-31 If you love me, you will obey what I command. And I will ask...

“Real spirituality dawns when our life with God becomes as real as the problems and joys we experience each...

The holiest of men still need Christ as their Prophet, as “the light of the world.” For he does...

The ass was the beast on which kings rode when they came in peace; only in war did they...

REFOCUS Use this passage from 2nd Timothy as a scripture to focus on, saying each phrase in your mind...

In every great religious tradition the concept is clear: to be contemplative we must become converted to the consciousness...

As Christians we live by faith in God, and we carry within us the notorious hope that a life...

The shalom bringers spread a sense of warmth, comfort, hope, and well-being even before a word is spoken. They...

After a while, this Sabbath-less way of living might even become a point of honor with us. We begin...

How does a grain of wheat feel as it is planted in the soil? To answer that, I imagine...

READ Psalm 32: 1-5 1 Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. 2 Blessed...

Probably our journey of forgiveness will be impossible unless we realize we cannot do it alone. We are not...

Our questions can serve us well in a time such as this, a time of grave uncertainty, of soaring...

My Messy House by Kathleen Norris When I’m working as an artist-in-residence at parochial schools, I like to read...

CHOICES O GOD, Though I am allowed to approach thee I am not unmindful of my sins, I do...

Completing calvary; 2 corinthians 6:1-12 As God’s fellow workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain....

REFOCUS Begin with prayer to refocus your thoughts. In the spirit of the Lord’s Prayer begin by recalling the...

Faithfulness is consecration in overalls. It is the steady acceptance and performance of the common duty and immediate task...

The Church, then, both washes the feet of Christ and wipes them with her hair, and anoints them with...

Congruence. “Integrity” comes from the same Latin root as the words “integrated'” and “integer.” A person has integrity when...

The how of the role of scripture in spiritual formation is not so much a body of information, a...

Seeing Disaster as God Sees It The ability to see disaster within a framework that is good requires us...