St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians

I (Kevin) am currently writing a Bible study on 1 Corinthians. Last year, I was sitting in on a class at the Augustine Institute with some missionaries who were visiting Denver. My friend and mentor Dr. Sri was teaching the class on 1 Corinthians and made the remark to everyone, "If I were going to write one Bible study for college students, it would...

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Holy Medal Earrings

Ladies, I am happy to bring to you the latest Catholic trend, fresh from the FOCUS conferences. The on-campus missionaries are the ones who keep me up to date on trendy ways to share your faith with style, so today I'm happy to pass their wisdom on to you. Presenting, holy medal earrings... "Where in the world can I get these?", you ask. "They are...

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Homemade felt bags for $2.00

Look what I made for $2.00 each! These easy to make bags are made out of felt sheets and can be tailored for all sorts of uses. The ones above are library bags which I made for Christmas presents. I put a book in each one to complete the gift. I've also made these for a Halloween candy bag... If you were to make plain solid colored bag without a...

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Catholicism and Mormonism: Part 3 of 2

Ok, so I just wanted to add one more link about Mormonism. Lisa and I watched the PBS Frontline special on Mormonism last week. If you want a deeper picture of Mormonism, this is a great place to start. It consists of 2 parts, each 2 hours long. You can also watch it online for free. Here is the link: http://www.pbs.org/mormons/ The program is on the right si...

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Catholicism and Mormonism: When Mormons Come to Your Door Part 2

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Feast of the Epiphany

Today we celebrated the Epiphany, the day in which the famous three wise men, or kings, or magi, brought baby Jesus their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. While I understand the theological meaning behind the chosen gifts: gold for the king, frankincense (a type of incense) for the priest and myrrh (used in burials) for...

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Epiphany Crown Craft

For the 3 kings we made our own crowns today at our Epiphany party. Here's the line up: Yellow foam sheets Sparkly pipe cleaners Jewels and foam stickers Glue stick Scissors Hole punch I was able to fit two crowns on a half sheet of foam like above. Then I punched holes on each side and put a full length pipe cleaner on one side and a half length...

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Epiphany Crown Cake

I'm back with more professional cake making ideas and tips. Today's cake was inspired by brightideas.com, but I made mine out of ice cream, because... 1. It was on sale. 2. I didn't know what to do with frosted ice cream cones and no ice cream to eat it with. 2. I still have leftover regular cake from Jesus' Birthday cake. It doesn't look as pretty...

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