by Sybil Macbeth | Jan 27, 2013 | Praying in Color
I’ve been sitting on a porch facing the Pacific Ocean for hours in the past five days. My overalI impression is a vast expanse of blues, greens, jungle, water, sky–a panorama of “oohs” and “ahs.” This morning an air plant on a tree...
by Sybil Macbeth | Jan 24, 2013 | Praying in Color
I have never posted from my phone before; so this is partly a test to see if I can post from out of the country from a teeny keyboard. Looks like it might work. Prayers, I know, work from anywhere so this one started on a plane to Costa Rica and finished in a jungle...
by Sybil Macbeth | Jan 7, 2013 | Praying in Color
I’ve been reading Anne Lamott’s slender but buff new book called Help,Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers. As usual, she is funny, articulate, irreverent, holy, honest, crass, devout, perceptive…all at the same time. Except for a few direct...
by Sybil Macbeth | Jan 4, 2013 | Praying in Color
Here is my friend Connie D’s Advent calendar. Since this is the 10th day of Christmas, closing in on this Sunday, Epiphany–the arrival of the wise men, the “shining forth” of the Gospel–, it seems appropriate to post these candles. If...
by Sybil Macbeth | Jan 3, 2013 | Praying in Color
On January 19, I’ll be leading a Praying in Color Workshop® from 9am-noon at a church in Wheaton, Illinois. The workshop is sponsored by Church of the Savior and located at Pleasant Hill Community Church. Click here for the details. If you know anyone in the...