Cat WilsonMar 21, 20201 minSegue Hello Friends. You may have noticed Lent 2020 is different than other years. I'm not going to rehash what we already know, but it would...
Marie MOConnellMar 4, 20203 minIn which I fill my kitchen with bags of trash, and visit the dentist.Some have asked what my Lenten Practices practice is in specific this year, and since I have small kids who learn with visuals, we opted...
Marie MOConnellFeb 26, 20202 minWatch your Ash out there.2/26/2020 Ash Wednesday "Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;...
Cat WilsonFeb 25, 20201 minFat Tuesday Hello all! Tomorrow is Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday, which is followed by Ash Wednesday, signaling the beginning of Lent and our...
Cat WilsonApr 19, 20192 minOn Good Friday“If Christ is God, He cannot sin, and if suffering was a sin in and by itself, He could not have suffered and died for us. However, since...
Cat WilsonApr 16, 20193 minLet's talk Easter Baskets Hello my Peeps, I personally have a big soft spot for Easter Baskets. Every year my Mom would craftily put together an assortment of...
Marie MOConnellMar 27, 20194 minOne Thing at a Time by Guest Writer Ainsely Herrick The month before Ash Wednesday, my timeline was suddenly filled with posts encouraging people to give up...
Cat WilsonMar 16, 20192 minDear Sir or Madam I confess that personally I hate rocking the boat. I'm one of those people that wrings their hands about sending food at restaurants back...
Marie MOConnellMar 15, 20194 minThankful for a new face; there is great good in some plasticsWhenever I get down about how much we are overusing and abusing the planet, and all the literal crap we have made out of plastic for no...
Cat WilsonMar 12, 20192 minRefuse, Reduce, Reuse, don’t Rely on recycling and don’t despairI didn’t sleep last night. I kept smelling rank garbage. I would get up walk around check my cats’ litter boxes, nothing. I would lay...
Marie MOConnellMar 9, 20195 min"Ok, this will sound odd, but I'm giving up plastic for Lent..."Please believe me when I say that decent conversations can start this way. I've started SO many conversations this way. Sometimes they...
Marie MOConnellMar 5, 20193 minthe 5th year of Lenten Plastics.The year is now 2019, and it's been 5 years of Lenten Plastics--even if this is the first you've heard of it. Behold, my first post on...
Cat WilsonMar 4, 20191 minOn your mark, Get Ready...“Even though the future seems far away, it is actually beginning right now.” -Mattie Stepanek Good Morning Everyone. This website has...
Marie MOConnellFeb 25, 20194 minWe are doing WHAT?(But I Want to Eat That!)So we had our first conversation as a family yesterday: what are we doing for Lent this year? My kids are used to me (attempting) to...
Cat WilsonJan 31, 20192 minPreparing to go plastic free for 40 daysWelcome! You are here. You've answered the call. You want to do something for the environment and future generations of humankind. But...