by Sybil Macbeth | Oct 26, 2026 | Praying in Color
Hurry up, Slow down. Prepare, Wait. Get ready, Pray. The time is coming; It is already here. Advent is the season of both revving up and putting on the brakes in preparation for the yearly celebration of the birth of Jesus, the coming of the God into the world as a...
by Sybil Macbeth | Jan 28, 2026 | Praying in Color
Praying the Journey to Easter on a Calendar Template Using a calendar template is a simple, daily, and playful (but serious) practice for praying our way through the forty days of Lent. Each day, pray for a person, ponder a word of Scripture, confront your...
by Sybil Macbeth | Dec 16, 2025 | Praying in Color
Many Christmas carols exalt the nighttime: Oh Holy Night, Silent Night, O, Little Town of Bethlehem, Away in a Manger, While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night…. Christmas carols are probably the reason I love nighttime and darkness. When the nights start to...
by Sybil Macbeth | Nov 29, 2025 | Praying in Color
“Be still and know that I am God.” (Psalm 46:10) “Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart.” (Psalm 27:14) In the midst of preparations and decorations for Christmas, some small and simple practices remind me that Advent is now; Christmas...
by Sybil Macbeth | Nov 23, 2025 | Praying in Color
Celebrate Thanksgiving with a visual gratitude list. A visual gratitude list can be an individual or family Thanksgiving Day activity–between dinner and dessert or after the meal. Give everyone at your Thanksgiving meal a coloring page/template. Provide pens and...
