Two-Stroke Doodled Prayers

I love drawing my prayers. In a pinch, coloring pages work as a place to record my intercessions, gratitudes, and confessions, but there is something so satisfying about growing my own prayer. For the drawing-phobic like myself, directions and boundaries are sometimes...

USA Prayer Coloring Page/Template

A couple of weeks ago I used a template of the USA map to pray my feelings about our country. The post was called States of Mind and Heart. Below are three different templates/coloring pages of maps of the USA to use for your prayers. In the first empty template you...

New Praying in Color Website

My new Praying in Color website has launched. The first site was launched in 2007; this is the third. I’m very pleased with the work of the designers and tech staff at Paraclete Press. Please take a few minutes to check out the new site here. If you know people...

States of Mind and Heart

My states of mind and heart about our country have flip-flopped all over the place in the past few weeks. The map below is an outpouring of words describing the states I have entered. Many of the words are negative and despairing; but poking through are positive words...

Prayer for Lois

I started praying in color over a dozen years ago because I was at a loss for words in prayer. A dozen friends and family members were ill with cancer. My words vanished. I just didn’t know what to say or what to pray for. Doodling and coloring gave me a way to...