by Sybil Macbeth | Nov 11, 2013 | Praying in Color
Advent starts this year on Sunday, December 1. Advent, the four Sundays and weeks before Christmas, marks the beginning of the Church year. It is a time of preparation for the birthday of Jesus and the entrance of God into the world in a new way. Advent calendars...
by Sybil Macbeth | Feb 9, 2013 | Praying in Color
Ash Wednesday, February 13–the first day of Lent– is only five days away. Here are three templates you can use to mark the 40 days (46, counting weekends) until Easter. Two of the templates are modeled on previous years. The newest one, the one with the...
by Sybil Macbeth | Mar 9, 2012 | Praying in Color
Here is the Lenten calendar of my friend Cindy of Mostly Markers. Cindy includes the names of people as well as words associated with Lent on her calendar. About the word sufficient, she says: “I was surprised by the word and drawing “sufficient.”...
by Sybil Macbeth | Dec 21, 2011 | Praying in Color
Below is Cindy’s Advent calendar. You can follow Cindy’s emerging calendar at Mostly Markers. Notice a Sunday theme on hers. Both Cindy and I have used the words of Scripture and tradition about the seasons of Advent and...
by Sybil Macbeth | Nov 25, 2011 | Praying in Color
My friend Cindy O. and I have been praying/drawing Advent calendars for several years. Below is a collage of some of our past calendars. We mark each day of the four weeks before Christmas with a prayer for a person or a meditation on a word. Words like” watch,...
