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...
by Sybil Macbeth | Nov 17, 2025 | Praying in Color
Using an Advent calendar is one of my favorite ways to prepare and pray in the days leading up to Christmas. Unlike the store-bought versions, the calendars below have no doors, just blank spaces for each day of Advent. The blank spaces are a daily invitation to build...
by Sybil Macbeth | Jun 6, 2025 | Praying in Color
Acts 2:1-4 (NRSV) “When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among...
