Live Big, Love Bigger: Getting Real with BBQ, Sweet Tea, and a Whole Lotta Jesus - Softcover

Whitaker, Kathryn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1594719144 ISBN 13: 9781594719141

Publisher: Ave Maria Press, 2019

Synopsis

Winner of a 2020 Catholic Press Association book award (third place, first-time author).


Popular blogger Kathryn Whitaker is a Dr Pepper super fan, Aggie-loving, type A mom of six with a personality the size of her native Texas. The stressful premature birth of her fifth child threw her orderly world into chaos and ultimately led her to rethink her priorities. In Live Big, Love Bigger, Whitaker shares her journey and challenges readers to understand that they, too, can live a life of authenticity with joy-filled purpose, love, and faith. Along the way, she’ll help readers see that choosing to say no is the only way they’ll be able to say yes to what matters most—Jesus.

It’s not every family who would plan a week-long Texas barbecue pilgrimage for a family of eight, much less expand the idea to a multi-month quest to experience the state, eat amazing food, and visit some awesome religious sites along the way. But Whitaker did it—when she decided imperfect family road trips trumped a vacation at a luxury resort. “Barbecue encouraged us to hit the road, while Jesus met us at every single stop along the way—proof that he loves brisket as much as we do, right?”

Ditching the fancy vacation was one way Whitaker learned to give up control and say no to perfectionism and over-achievement in order to live a new, more intentional life and discover what God truly has in store for her family.

Whitaker’s sassy authenticity will make readers laugh—and cry—while encouraging them to be honest about mistakes in every area of their life, embrace them, and find a way to let God redeem it all.

About this title

About the Authors

Kathryn Whitaker is the author of the award-winning book Live Big, Love Bigger. She's a sixth-generation Texan who was raised as an evangelical Protestant and then converted to Catholicism on the eve of her wedding.

On social media, Whitaker shares her honest take on family life, prematurity and living the Gospel, all while drinking Dr Pepper and cheering on the Texas Aggies. She has appeared in USA Today and Publishers Weekly, and on NBC, EWTN, Ave Maria Radio, and Catholic TV. She and Rachel Bulman are the co-hosts of Strong Voices, a weekly show on The Catholic Channel on SiriusXM.

Whitaker and her husband, Scott, live with their six children in Austin, Texas.

Fr. Dave Dwyer, C.S.P., is executive director of Busted Halo ministries, host of the Busted Halo Show on SiriusXM’s The Catholic Channel, and cohosts Conversations with Cardinal Dolan, which also airs on The Catholic Channel and on multiple television stations.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ave Maria Press
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1594719144
• ISBN 13: 9781594719141
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160