by Kendra | Dec 15, 2018 | Advent, Catholic All Year Compendium, Catholic Living, Christmas, Liturgical Year
Why yes this IS a new blog-do . . . 💁♀️ What do you think? I really REALLY love this tradition. With my book out and the approximately 4672 radio and print interviews I have done in support of it, I am very often asked what is my favorite liturgical living in the...
by Kendra | Nov 30, 2018 | Advent, Liturgical Year
Hey guys! Advent is JUST around the corner. In fact, today is the feast of St. Andrew, which, for us, kicks off our Advent traditions. (Even though Sunday is the actual beginning of Advent.) The very first thing I recommend in the Catholic All Year Compendium is the...
by Kendra | Nov 14, 2018 | Gramblewood
I keep waiting to be finished with the chapel to share it here, but I keep NOT being finished with it, and I’m tired of waiting. I made a ton of progress on it over the summer, but now that the homeschool year is going and with all the conference and book launch...
by Kendra | Nov 13, 2018 | Advent, Liturgical Year, My Book
First off, thank you guys for liking the book. I mean, I hoped you would. But you just never know. It’s been great seeing your social media posts and Amazon reviews (if you’ve got it will you leave one?) and getting your messages and talking to folks in...
by Kendra | Oct 16, 2018 | Them's the Rules
So much to update you all on! But that’s not what’s happening today. TODAY, I’m just popping in with this post that has been in my drafts folder for three years, because I just happened to reference our family rules in today’s Blessed is She...
by Kendra | Sep 8, 2018 | Catholic Living, Sackclothandashes
I thought this would be a good time to check in with everyone on our #sackclothandashes campaign. And add a little bonus challenge! Don’t know what Sackcloth and Ashes is? See here, then here. The response to this campaign has been really and truly humbling and...
by Kendra | Aug 26, 2018 | Can of Worms, Catholic Living, Sackclothandashes
One of my intentions for the forty days of prayer and fasting for #sackclothandashes has been that ALL of the evil in our Church that has been hiding in shadow will be brought into the light. . . . But I did not expect this. I respect the Church as an institution and...
by Kendra | Aug 20, 2018 | Can of Worms, Catholic Living, Sackclothandashes
We find ourselves again rocked by scandal in the Catholic Church. On Aug. 14, a Pennsylvania grand jury released its report on an 18-month investigation into seven decades of clerical sexual abuse allegations in six Pennsylvania dioceses. The details are sickening and...
by Kendra | Jun 2, 2018 | Catholic Stuff Saturday, My Book
This is from the introduction to the (forthcoming) Catholic All Year Compendium, that I wrote for the pitch I submitted to the publisher, back in 2015: “Sometimes all you really need is a little enthusiasm and the willingness to give things a try. The easiest...
by Kendra | May 26, 2018 | 7 Quick Takes, A Few of My Favorite Things, Catholic Stuff Saturday
1. Thank you, thank you, thank you for your love and support on my last post. I knew you guys were going to be the BEST, but I was still blown away by it. 2. It’s Memorial Day weekend here in the US of A. This is a FB post the husband shared a couple years...
