by Kendra | Dec 30, 2018 | Christmas, Tierneys Unmasked
Happy sixth day of Christmas! I hope you are all enjoying your holidays. I wanted to pop in here to share our 2018 Christmas Card with all of you. For reasons I explained here, I’m redacting a bit of the text, but if you zoom in on the image of the card itself...
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...
by Kendra | Jan 6, 2018 | Christmas, Liturgical Year
Today is January 6th, which is the traditional date of Epiphany, the day that the three Wise Men arrived in Bethlehem, having followed the star to meet the baby Jesus. But for Western Catholics, we celebrate it tomorrow, on the Sunday after January 1st. Liturgical...
by Kendra | Nov 24, 2017 | Advent, Can of Worms, Catholic Living, Christmas, Liturgical Year, Mailbag
I had every intention of not wading into the Elf on the Shelf debate, because it’s really not a matter of faith and morals, and is therefore something about which good Catholics are free to make their own choices, and follow their own consciences, and disagree....
by Kendra | Nov 8, 2017 | Catholic Living, Christmas, Liturgical Year, Saints
This is the time of year I start getting emails and Facebook messages from parents who are trying to decide how to handle the cultural traditions surrounding Christmas, and how to balance them with their Catholic faith. There is genuinely a lot of worry that...
by Kendra | Jan 4, 2016 | Christmas, Gramblewood
I hope everyone is having a lovely Christmas! School starts up again around here today, for better and worse. I do like a break, but . . . Especially this year. This holiday season has been an absolute blur of new house stuff. There was some back and forth as to...
by Kendra | Dec 24, 2015 | Christmas
Dear Gentle Readers, Thank you so much for being the best online community a gal could have. Thanks for your comments and opinions, your questions and your encouragement. Thanks for making this blog one of my favorite spaces. I wish you and yours a most beautiful...
by Kendra | Dec 23, 2015 | Catholic Living, Christmas
When I was expecting my second baby, lo those many years ago, my oldest would happily tell anyone in earshot that the new baby was going to “blast out” of mommy sometime soon. He also thought that maybe it was going to be a baby elephant, “like...
