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About Kate

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Hi there! I’m thrilled you stopped by and may this be your official welcome to living a life that believes in your destiny and knows you’re here for a divine purpose.

You know that crazy idea you have right now? The one that’s way too big for you? The scary one far outside your comfort zone? I call it a God Dare and it’s Him, divinely nudging you. Take the plunge! Follow through, make the phone call, start the business, go back to school, start the ministy, write the book. Whatever it is, Just Do It. If you fall flat on your face, so what? What if you don’t? What if it is God and He has a huge plan just for you?

I’m an accidental writer and author of 2 books and I love to cook and chronicle life’s moments with my iPhone. I’ve been married to Mike, my best friend, for 37 years and I’m mom to Grammy-winning recording artist Francesca Battistelli and Mimi to Franny’s five children. Before giving my life to God, I acted and sang in the New York Broadway musical theatre world, touring for nearly three years in the Broadway National Tour of The King and I playing Anna opposite Yul Brynner as the King. That’s where I met my amazing husband.

I’m the author of the bestseller The God Dare, published in June by Barbour Publishing and Growing Great Kids: Partner With God to Cultivate His Purpose in Your Child’s Life, published by Charisma House. I’m a New Jersey girl living in Franklin, TN, and I love to share what I’ve learned about God, family, food, and hospitality. My passion is to remind you there’s a big God Dare with your name on it!

You know, I always imagined myself as the mom of 4 or 5 kids, house in disarray, chaos, crumbs and craziness everywhere. Of course, things don’t usually turn out how we plan do they? God had a different path, a unique story crafted just for me. His plan? Give me one precious child and teach me day by day and year by year. He slowly helped Mike and I uncover her gifts and talents deep within and taught us what we needed to do to give her dreams wings. I wrote about our struggle with infertility and having an only child here.

I never saw myself writing a book, no way! But God did. All along He was writing the chapters deep in my heart year by year as I took up residence in “the mother hood.” His lessons stuck with me and when He was ready He gave me a ‘divine nudge’ and Growing Great Kids was born. My part? Obey and start writing. It didn’t really matter how I saw myself. He said write so, I wrote! Good thing He doesn’t only call the equipped but still equips the called!

Dancing with Yul Brynner to “Shall We Dance” more than 1,000 times!

Fast Facts About Me

  • I love to cook.
  • I HATE to clean.
  • I’m a word nerd and appreciate good grammar and spelling.
  • Give me all the coffee, organic and bulletproof.
  • I make my own jams and preserves and can them at home.
  • I’m a messy (just ask my husband).
  • I’m a complete Broadway musical theatre nerd.
  • I’ll take the ocean over mountains every time. Honestly, mountains scare me.
  • I make pretty much everything from scratch. Here’s my Recipe Index.
  • My grand-babies are the cutest kids on the planet.
  • I can’t draw to save my life.
  • I always write in pencil. Pencils have erasers so I can erase my mistakes. I don’t like mistakes.
  • For five years, Mike and I were certified childbirth instructors in The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth.
  • I went to 4 colleges in 2 years and didn’t graduate from any of them. Thus my initial reluctance to write a book.
  • My love languages are acts of service and gifts. I’m the person you want to have around on holidays because not only will I cook everything, but I’ll clean up and then give you presents 🙂
  • I’ve been to traffic school 3 times. Oops.
  • I’m an 8 on the Enneagram.

I’ve been married to my best friend for 36 years. We literally fell in love across the footlights when I was traveling across the country in The King and I back in the ’80’s. Mike joined the tour in Detroit as the Associate Conductor…and I knew he was the one for me.

Mike is the smartest person I’ve ever known. He’s consistently modeled what integrity, honor and humility look like, even when it’s cost him. He’s a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and he has a master’s degree and a doctorate in conducting from the University of Massachusetts. He’s a brilliant musician, Dr. Mike! (I figure his 3 degrees and my 0 degrees averages out to a nice B.A. for both of us, amiright??)

Celebrating 36 years together!

Why do I love and respect him so much? He’s a faithful husband, he’s devoted to God, he’s a fantastic dad and amazing grandpa and after more than 36 years of marriage, he still makes me laugh and I still can’t wait to tell him whatever interesting thing happened to me each day! Oh…and he makes the best pizza and meatballs and spaghetti sauce you’ve ever had.

You might know her as Contemporary Christian Recording Artist Francesca Battistelli. To me, she’s Franny. Amazing wife, daughter extraordinaire and devoted mom to my little heartbeats! Her devotion to worship and her heart for God inspire me and her passion to make His name known is contagious!

Franny was honored to play a concert at Carnegie Hall in October. We were beyond thrilled to go see her!
Franny was honored to headline a concert at CARNEGIE HALL recently…and we were beyond thrilled to go see her!
Matt, Franny, Wyatt, me, Audrey, Eli, Mike, and Isaac.

Being a mom is fantastic but being a grandma? It satisfies my heart in a dozen different ways. I didn’t know what to expect when Franny was expecting. What can I say?

I. Simply. Adore. Those. Babies 🙂

I’m so glad you stopped by…welcome!

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I think about heaven a lot. I can sense a hint of the banquet, hear an echo of the orchestra tuning up. I can almost smell the bread baking, hear the hustle and bustle of those setting the table getting all things ready.⁠⠀
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When I go outside, I feel the ache in nature, desperate to give voice to centuries of silence. I catch a glimpse of eternity in a perfect flower or a shooting star.⁠⠀
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But I don't want to spoil my appetite. I prefer to wait with eager anticipation because even though I don't fully know what I'm waiting for, I do know this: I was made for a specific, incredible, perfect place and I know Who's I am. I know a day is soon coming when I'll look up and see the sight my heart ever longs for, the sight I was made for—my King, coming on clouds of Glory, to take me up with Him where there is no more crying, no fear, no sorrow, no sin, no disease.⁠⠀
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We are all in a season of dying. We've had to die to our routines and expectations, our way of life that seemed normal and good just weeks ago. ⁠But in seasons of death, we can look for resurrection. Life is hard and confusing at the moment but it's still good. Death is hard but resurrection is always worth it. And resurrection is coming. New life, new ways of living are coming.⁠⠀
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"Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert" (Isaiah 43:19, ESV)⁠.⁠⠀
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He always makes a way, friend. It might not look the way you thought it would, but you can trust He has you. Now's the time to press in, lean into His heart, ask Him what He would have you do or say or learn during this time when so much makes so little sense. If you ask and quiet the noise of your heart, He will answer. ⁠⠀
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When Mary went to the tomb early that morning, she didn't recognize the resurrected Christ. She looked but didn't see...until He said her name. As soon as He said, "Mary," she knew.⁠⠀
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In seasons of dying, something will resurrect, I promise. ⁠⠀
Tag a friend who needs to be encouraged by this today! ❤️. #writersofig #authorsofig #calledcreatives #hopewriters #hopewriterlife #amwriting #resurrection
These are crazy, trying times we’re living in an These are crazy, trying times we’re living in and we could all use a little encouragement, right?? I’m excited to be part of the Brave Moms conference starting today 5/7-5/9. It’s completely free and each day there are new sessions that will give you Peace in the Middle 💕. Get all the info over at @bravemoms  I hope you’ll join us, I know you’ll be blessed!💕. #bravemoms #motherhoodinspired #peaceinthemiddle #mothering #honestlymothering #christianmoms #mothersofig #bravemom #momssupportingmoms #speakingtruth
This is on Facebook, y’all. I don’t know how t This is on Facebook, y’all. I don’t know how they picked me and my book but I’m beyond thrilled they did!!. Tomorrow at 2pm Central I will be on the @booksamillion Facebook page for their Pray in May series answering questions as the video I made about THE GOD DARE plays. The page has over 350,000 likes so it’s a little intimidating but exciting for sure😊

The series began on Sunday with the incredible @sheilawalsh1 and now it’s my turn. I’m believing folks will be inspired and blessed by my story and motivated to step out and take God at His Word. To once and for all let go of fear and doubt and step with Him into the glorious future. To choose to be chosen to change the world!. This is the perfect season to dig deep with God and hear His heart for what’s next for your life. He is speaking. The Holy Spirit is talking to you, yes YOU. All you need to do is listen and follow. He might ask you to do something that seems impossible but, remember this: the impossible is God’s comfort zone!. I hope you can join me tomorrow!. #prayinmay #booksamillion #thegoddare #faithingod #faithfulness #faithoverfear #hopeingod #choosetobechosen #impossible #seasonofchange
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After one baby, I dealt with infertility, or should I say, infertility dealt with me. 
Everything I knew about God, motherhood, my purpose—all were tarnished by a hard season.⁠⠀
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The pain of a harsh diagnosis pierced my heart like a sword. Depression made a move when I realized the one thing I wanted—a big family—wasn't happening. After four failed adoption attempts, I had no clue what to do.⁠⠀
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The pain and loss grew each day, making me sad, resentful, and filled with self-pity. I had no room for gratitude and couldn't see the point in any of it.⁠ Years went by and the pain remained, with that empty feeling each time a friend announced a pregnancy. As I learned to manage the ache, it felt like telling a nasty dog, "Go sit over there. I'm not petting you," because⁠ whatever you pet sticks around. ⁠⠀
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God let me dangle over a precipice of self-pity until I was ready to do three things:. To read the rest, jump over to @joyfullifemagazine and look for the same picture as this post 😊 Thanks!!. #infertilityawareness #infertilityawareness #infertilityjourney #mothering #honestmothering #pregnancyloss #miscarriage
Super excited to share that the newest issue of @t Super excited to share that the newest issue of @thepodcastmag came out today with a list of their top 50 motherhood podcasts and guess what? @momtomompodcast is number 36!! Of all the zillions of motherhood podcasts out there we are 36 and, they did a beautiful 4 page article on us!. God is so good. I am in awe. We are in the top 50 with names you know and love like @emilypfreeman, @dontmomalone, @drmichellebengtson @mimikacooney @jamieivey and so many more.

We started our podcast a little more than a year ago and we’ve been consistently building & growing and loving the community we’ve begun to see grow around Mom to Mom.

And now this lovely honor. I hope you’ll take a look at @thepodcastmag and download it for free. There’s tons of great content and we are grateful to CEO @steveolsher for featuring us in a great article by @eric_nevins. Thank you!!. #podcastlife #podcastersofinstagram #podcastsofinstagram #christianpodcast #podcasters #podcasting #podcastersunite
New post up at @momtomompodcast!. So much about Go New post up at @momtomompodcast!. So much about God and His Word is still a mystery, even to the greatest theological minds down through the ages. Faith–simple, childlike #faith is what holds the whole thing up. But, do we just stop there?
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In 2 Timothy 2:15, we’re charged to rightly handle the Word of Truth and to study to show ourselves approved unto God. And in 1 Peter 3, we’re told to always be ready to give an account of the hope that we have in Christ.
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Should part of that readiness be Biblical literacy–not just being able to quote Scripture, but being able to use those Scriptures to better know God–His character and attributes–and to better know the doctrines of our faith and how those are to be lived out in our everyday lives? .

Today, we’re joined by @phyliciamasonheimer who is going to help answer that question and hopefully give us some tips for living in the tension of both a simple faith and practical theology.

#christianmom #momtomompodcast #stopcallingmebeautiful #phyliciamasonheimer
#biblicalliteracy #theology #theologymatters #wordoftruth
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