Barefooted Faith – a Poem by Kayla Mravec

and step forward gently toward a barefooted faith.

Feel the cool breeze of peace

Warm sunlight of joy

Cleansing, patient rains

And the kind coming of spring

tend the roots of your soul.

Each step an invitation to become and to bloom as you are.

Each footprint an echo of your unique seeds of love

for those who are and those yet to come.

May sacred granules of goodness

nurture your wildflower heart

So that you may come to know

the holy ground you inhabit.

Kayla is a Cleveland native and practicing Episcopalian who is a clinically trained chaplain, educator and poet with cerebral palsy. She graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a M.Div. in 2014, and since then has been on a journey toward discovering her calling to be a spiritual director. Kayla is delighted to have found Teresa through her own spiritual director, and plans on integrating all she learned with Teresa in her current role as support staff at a local middle school, opening the doors of her heart for new directees, and in her creative writing. www.wildgracewritings.com