YOU'RE INVITED Have you ever had that quiet whisper in your ear, nudging you forward, inspiring you to create? For me, the whisper started this summer: create a quilt sharing our salvation story. The basic groundwork had been set in the writing of Our Family's Jesse Tree several years back, so I ... Read More about Jesse Tree Quilt Pattern for Advent
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Movie Review: PRAY
If your family is like mine, I'm *guessing* you've been watching a few more movies than usual. We've officially adopted Friday night movie night, and - alongside a slice (or three) of pizza and salad, we gather on the couch for an evening of family entertainment time. One new movie, that I was ... Read More about Movie Review: PRAY
Fabric: Saint Cecilia, Patron Saint of Music
Saint Cecilia, celebrated since the fourth century, is the patron saint of musicians. Cecilia was a noble lady of Rome who, alongside her husband Valerian, his brother Tiburtius, and a Roman soldier named Maximus, was martyrdom around the year 230 AD under Emperor Alexander Severus (though other ... Read More about Fabric: Saint Cecilia, Patron Saint of Music
Book Review: Be Yourself and Prompt Me to Pray
There are so many good books out there, and it's been such a pleasure these past few week to share my new book, Make Every Day Blessed: Living the Liturgical Year alongside my two friends as *they* release their two books! Each of these there books are journal-inspired, which means that - as you ... Read More about Book Review: Be Yourself and Prompt Me to Pray
Fabric: St. Martin de Porres
I’ve been reaching out in prayer to this man lately, asking what I can do and how I can be part of the change that is so badly needed. As the first black saint in the Americas, he is the patron saint of racial and social inequality as well as well as barbers, hairdressers, and radio. St. Pope ... Read More about Fabric: St. Martin de Porres