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Lent for Little Ones

My oldest daughter is only five, so I don’t expect her to draw up a long list of sacrifices. However, it’s my firm belief that even the smallest children can begin their journey to the cross with Jesus during Lent. Here are a few ways I make this liturgical season come alive for my littleRead the whole post >>

Living Lent as a family

This past Monday I had my monthly interview spot on Relevant Radio’s Morning Air Show, and we talked about some of the Lenten traditions my family I embrace or have embraced in the past. I had every intention of putting together a post chock full of resources for Lent prior to the interview. When thatRead the whole post >>

A not so peaceful way to start Lent & a repost of Lenten resources because I’m too lazy to write a new one

Below, you’ll find a re-post from two years ago that includes all sorts of Lenten resources. Forgive me if some of the links are bogus. I started to click on each one to check them, but then Mary Elizabeth and Thomas started fighting over whose turn it was to play (destroy) Daddy’s guitar. If youRead the whole post >>

Silent no more: Coming out of my cloister to talk about the HHS mandate

I’ve been debating whether or not to publish this post. This election cycle has challenged me personally, intellectually, and emotionally like never before (and physically, too, since I’m staying up way too late tonight and have a very early running date with a friend tomorrow). After several months of not blogging and then returning toRead the whole post >>

A Lovely Lenten Lunch

Yesterday we decided to take school and lunch outside. It was a quintessential spring day here. We sat under the canopy of a big and very old dogwood tree. White petals from the blossoms swirled in the breeze. Mary Elizabeth, who is incapable of sitting long enough to ever finish an entire meal even aRead the whole post >>