by Kendra | Jul 1, 2019 | Can of Worms, Things I Think
It’s July! Get this month’s booklet of prayers and devotions here as a print-at-home pdf or here as a paperback booklet. The July installment of the Catholic All Year Liturgical Living Show is ready to go, I just need to get it captioned and write a post...
by Kendra | Jun 20, 2019 | Catholic Mom TV Review, Hey Watch This
The shows Good Omens (Amazon Prime) and Lucifer (formerly of Fox, now on Netflix*) have quite a bit in common on the surface. Both are about angels and devils who decide to come hang out on earth with we mortals, and find us surprisingly compelling. Both shows are...
by Kendra | May 28, 2019 | Catholic All Year Compendium, Liturgical Year
The June Catholic All Year Liturgical Living Show is here! The feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist isn’t until June 24th (the eve is June 23rd), but I wanted to give you plenty of time on this one, because I’m really hoping some of you are going...
by Kendra | May 25, 2019 | Can of Worms, Catholic Living, Sacraments
The historic sanctity of the seal of confession is being reconsidered by courts around the world—in England, Ireland, Australia, Louisiana, and in my own state of California, among others—specifically in regards to the crime of child sexual abuse. It begs the question...
by Kendra | May 23, 2019 | Parenting, Parenting With Authority
The husband and I were invited to give a parenting talk at our older kids’ school last week. We LOVE this school, and just had to say yes. It was a good time, although I will say that it was a different experience than my usual public speaking, as we were giving...
by Kendra | May 10, 2019 | Books, Catholic All Year Compendium, Catholic Living, Catholic Mom Book Review
I don’t want to fall into hyperbole, but the apostolate of bringing a meal really and honestly changed the way I see the world. It changed my heart when it happened to me, and practicing it for others is something that brings me great joy. While I was expecting my...
by Kendra | Apr 13, 2019 | Catholic Living, Lent, Liturgical Year, Things I Think
Spy Wednesday “Spy” Wednesday 🕵️♂️ is the name traditionally given to the Wednesday of Holy Week. This is the day Judas betrayed Jesus, telling the high priest when Jesus would be in a place where he could be more...
by Kendra | Apr 12, 2019 | A Few of My Favorite Things, Catholic All Year Shop, Gramblewood
Seems like a good time to update you all on a few of the goings on around here, shop, home, and family-wise . . . First, the Catholic All Year Shop now offers physical prints! see here It’s something I’m often asked about, and I’ve been wanting to do...
by Kendra | Apr 9, 2019 | Can of Worms
Nathan Pyle is the creator of a comic called Strange Planet, in which blobby aliens do regular people stuff and describe it in unusual ways. It’s gentle and amusing and, until very recently, utterly uncontroversial. The comics are simple and shareable and...
by Kendra | Apr 3, 2019 | Catholic Living, Things I Think, Weird Catholic Stuff
Rather heavy things loom on the horizon around here in general, and on Friday specifically (click for details here, but only if you have a hankie handy) . . . and Lent is here and Holy Week is coming for all of us. But we Christians know there is always a light in the...
