Author

Kendall Vanderslice

Author

Kendall Vanderslice is a baker and writer living in Durham, North Carolina. She is a graduate of Duke Divinity School with a master of theological studies, Boston University with a master of liberal arts in gastronomy, and Wheaton College with a bachelor of arts in anthropology. She’s the author of three books: “We Will Feast,” “By Bread Alone” and her recently released “Bake & Pray: Liturgies and Recipes for Baking Bread as a Spiritual Practice.”

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Apply for Lilly Endowment Inc.’s Exploring Christian Practices Initiative 

The Exploring Christian Practices Initiative aims to multiply opportunities and increase access to settings that help individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds explore and engage in Christian practices to address their spiritual interests and questions, find and build community with others, nourish their religious lives and grow in faith. 

An Interest Form and Letter of Interest are due March 25, 2026. Complete proposals are due May 18, 2026.

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