Lenten Calendar 2012 Final

I liked the “behive” template I used this year (or as a friend called it, the “chicken wire”). The six angles in each hexagon provided nice little nooks for arcs, lines, triangles, and a variety of doodle shapes and strokes. There are so many...

A Joyous Easter!

“Hallelujah, Christ is risen. The Lord is risen indeed!” Children in the church I attend bring flowers on Easter Sunday and cover a box-shaped or palm-frond cross with colorful blossoms.The children participate in the transformation of the cross from a...

Blood, Water, Obedience

“Blood is thicker than water,” my mother used to say. The translation of her warning was: “Don’t say anything negative to your friends or to your spouse about relatives because ties to family are stronger than their ties to you–a friend,...