diff --git a/cauldron/session/exposed.py b/cauldron/session/exposed.py
index d2c7c17..dea7dc6 100644
--- a/cauldron/session/exposed.py
+++ b/cauldron/session/exposed.py
@@ -264,6 +264,21 @@ class ExposedStep(object):
         interceptor = self._step.report.stdout_interceptor
         interceptor.write_source('{}'.format(message))
 
+    def render_to_console(self, message: str, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Renders the specified message to the console using Jinja2 template
+        rendering with the kwargs as render variables. The message will also
+        be dedented prior to rendering in the same fashion as other Cauldron
+        template rendering actions.
+
+        :param message:
+            Template string to be rendered.
+        :param kwargs:
+            Variables to be used in rendering the template.
+        """
+        rendered = templating.render(message, **kwargs)
+        return self.write_to_console(rendered)
+
 
 def render_stop_display(step: 'projects.ProjectStep', message: str):
     """Renders a stop action to the Cauldron display."""

Render to Console
In addition to the `cd.step.write_to_console()` function, it would be nice to have a `cd.step.render_to_console()` that included Jinja2 templating and `textwrap.dedent()` internally to make complex console messages easier to write.

diff --git a/cauldron/test/projects/test_exposed.py b/cauldron/test/projects/test_exposed.py
index 88634b2..3f46bc4 100644
--- a/cauldron/test/projects/test_exposed.py
+++ b/cauldron/test/projects/test_exposed.py
@@ -245,6 +245,27 @@ class TestExposed(scaffolds.ResultsTest):
             args, kwargs = write_source.call_args
             self.assertEqual('{}'.format(message), args[0])
 
+    @patch(
+        'cauldron.session.exposed.ExposedStep._step',
+        new_callable=PropertyMock
+    )
+    def test_render_to_console(self, _step: PropertyMock):
+        """
+        Should render to the console using a write_source function
+        call on the internal step report's stdout_interceptor.
+        """
+        message = '   {{ a }} is not {{ b }}.'
+
+        _step_mock = MagicMock()
+        write_source = MagicMock()
+        _step_mock.report.stdout_interceptor.write_source = write_source
+        _step.return_value = _step_mock
+        step = exposed.ExposedStep()
+        step.render_to_console(message, a=7, b='happy')
+
+        args, kwargs = write_source.call_args
+        self.assertEqual('7 is not happy.', args[0])
+
     @patch(
         'cauldron.session.exposed.ExposedStep._step',
         new_callable=PropertyMock

pip install -e .
parse_log_pytest
requirements.txt
pytest-cov pytest
apt-get update apt-get install -y gcc
3.6
requirements.txt
pytest --no-header -rA --tb=line --color=no -p no:cacheprovider -W ignore::DeprecationWarning
attrs==22.2.0
beautifulsoup4==4.12.3
bokeh==2.3.3
-e git+https://github.com/sernst/cauldron.git@3ebb9fece61219af16f73fd67a1c0e7fc584f770#egg=cauldron_notebook
certifi==2021.5.30
charset-normalizer==2.0.12
click==8.0.4
coverage==6.2
cycler==0.11.0
dataclasses==0.8
Flask==2.0.3
idna==3.10
importlib-metadata==4.8.3
iniconfig==1.1.1
itsdangerous==2.0.1
Jinja2==3.0.3
kiwisolver==1.3.1
Markdown==3.3.7
MarkupSafe==2.0.1
matplotlib==3.3.4
numpy==1.19.5
packaging==21.3
pandas==1.1.5
Pillow==8.4.0
plotly==5.18.0
pluggy==1.0.0
py==1.11.0
Pygments==2.14.0
pyparsing==3.1.4
pytest==7.0.1
pytest-cov==4.0.0
pytest-runner==5.3.2
python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
pytz==2025.2
PyYAML==6.0.1
requests==2.27.1
scipy==1.5.4
seaborn==0.11.2
six==1.17.0
soupsieve==2.3.2.post1
tenacity==8.2.2
tomli==1.2.3
tornado==6.1
typing_extensions==4.1.1
urllib3==1.26.20
Werkzeug==2.0.3
zipp==3.6.0

name: cauldron
channels:
  - defaults
  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main
  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r
  - conda-forge
dependencies:
  - _libgcc_mutex=0.1=main
  - _openmp_mutex=5.1=1_gnu
  - ca-certificates=2025.2.25=h06a4308_0
  - certifi=2021.5.30=py36h06a4308_0
  - ld_impl_linux-64=2.40=h12ee557_0
  - libffi=3.3=he6710b0_2
  - libgcc-ng=11.2.0=h1234567_1
  - libgomp=11.2.0=h1234567_1
  - libstdcxx-ng=11.2.0=h1234567_1
  - ncurses=6.4=h6a678d5_0
  - openssl=1.1.1w=h7f8727e_0
  - pip=21.2.2=py36h06a4308_0
  - python=3.6.13=h12debd9_1
  - readline=8.2=h5eee18b_0
  - setuptools=58.0.4=py36h06a4308_0
  - sqlite=3.45.3=h5eee18b_0
  - tk=8.6.14=h39e8969_0
  - wheel=0.37.1=pyhd3eb1b0_0
  - xz=5.6.4=h5eee18b_1
  - zlib=1.2.13=h5eee18b_1
  - pip:
      - attrs==22.2.0
      - beautifulsoup4==4.12.3
      - bokeh==2.3.3
      - charset-normalizer==2.0.12
      - click==8.0.4
      - coverage==6.2
      - cycler==0.11.0
      - dataclasses==0.8
      - flask==2.0.3
      - idna==3.10
      - importlib-metadata==4.8.3
      - iniconfig==1.1.1
      - itsdangerous==2.0.1
      - jinja2==3.0.3
      - kiwisolver==1.3.1
      - markdown==3.3.7
      - markupsafe==2.0.1
      - matplotlib==3.3.4
      - numpy==1.19.5
      - packaging==21.3
      - pandas==1.1.5
      - pillow==8.4.0
      - plotly==5.18.0
      - pluggy==1.0.0
      - py==1.11.0
      - pygments==2.14.0
      - pyparsing==3.1.4
      - pytest==7.0.1
      - pytest-cov==4.0.0
      - pytest-runner==5.3.2
      - python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
      - pytz==2025.2
      - pyyaml==6.0.1
      - requests==2.27.1
      - scipy==1.5.4
      - seaborn==0.11.2
      - six==1.17.0
      - soupsieve==2.3.2.post1
      - tenacity==8.2.2
      - tomli==1.2.3
      - tornado==6.1
      - typing-extensions==4.1.1
      - urllib3==1.26.20
      - werkzeug==2.0.3
      - zipp==3.6.0
prefix: /opt/conda/envs/cauldron

cauldron/test/projects/test_exposed.py::TestExposed::test_render_to_console
cauldron/test/projects/test_exposed.py::TestExposed::test_change_title cauldron/test/projects/test_exposed.py::TestExposed::test_get_internal_project cauldron/test/projects/test_exposed.py::TestExposed::test_get_internal_project_fail cauldron/test/projects/test_exposed.py::TestExposed::test_no_project_defaults cauldron/test/projects/test_exposed.py::TestExposed::test_no_step_defaults cauldron/test/projects/test_exposed.py::TestExposed::test_project_path cauldron/test/projects/test_exposed.py::TestExposed::test_project_stop_aborted cauldron/test/projects/test_exposed.py::TestExposed::test_render_stop_display cauldron/test/projects/test_exposed.py::TestExposed::test_render_stop_display_error cauldron/test/projects/test_exposed.py::TestExposed::test_step_properties cauldron/test/projects/test_exposed.py::TestExposed::test_step_stop_aborted cauldron/test/projects/test_exposed.py::TestExposed::test_step_visibility cauldron/test/projects/test_exposed.py::TestExposed::test_stop_project cauldron/test/projects/test_exposed.py::TestExposed::test_stop_step_and_halt cauldron/test/projects/test_exposed.py::TestExposed::test_stop_step_no_halt cauldron/test/projects/test_exposed.py::TestExposed::test_stop_step_silent cauldron/test/projects/test_exposed.py::TestExposed::test_write_to_console cauldron/test/projects/test_exposed.py::TestExposed::test_write_to_console_fail
cauldron/session/exposed.py
cauldron/session/exposed.py