by Sybil Macbeth | Aug 31, 2010 | Praying in Color
“Eat, drink, and be guilty!” Oh, that’s not what Ecclesiastes 8:15 says, is it? The real quote from Solomon is: “So I commended enjoyment, because a man has nothing better under the sun than to eat, drink, and be merry; for this will remain...
by Sybil Macbeth | Aug 27, 2010 | Praying in Color
Last week in the woods of Idaho, I picked huckleberries. After a tedious, 5-mile, hour-long drive up a bumpy dirt road, friends Kate and Chris, husband Andy, and I arrived at the top of a mountain with empty plastic bags and a taste for huckleberry pie in our mouths...
by Sybil Macbeth | Aug 19, 2010 | Praying in Color
Whenever I pray in color or pray in any other way, distractions come. Maybe other people are not so prone to these outbreaks of attention loss; but I like to think I’m not alone in this dilemma. In my prayer drawings/doodles, I now include the distractions as...
by Sybil Macbeth | Aug 10, 2010 | Praying in Color
Okay, so after 24 hours in 11 day-old Clara’s presence, I admit to a little bit of cheek-munching and a tad bit of besmittenness. Besmittenness is not even a real word, I’m sure, but neither do the silly lyrics and tunes I’ve been singing to Clara...
by Sybil Macbeth | Aug 8, 2010 | Praying in Color
Ten days ago I became a grandmother. Today I will meet my first grandchild, Clara Mae. For several years friends have been saying, “I bet you can’t wait to be a grandmother.” I have to admit a recurrent cringe at this comment. I have loved the...
