by Sybil Macbeth | Sep 15, 2020 | Praying in Color
The beaches of Puget Sound, off the coast of Seattle, offer beautiful and intriguing gifts when the tide comes in and makes its twice daily delivery. Piles of strange seaweed and sea monsters of giant kelp look like something from a sci-fi series. Dungeness crab...
by Sybil Macbeth | Jul 4, 2020 | Praying in Color
The 4th of July is not just a yearly extravaganza for fireworks and picnics—although it is that. Every 4th of July offers new situations and challenges, new reasons for gratitude and celebration, and new opportunities for our nation’s self-examination...
by Sybil Macbeth | Jun 15, 2020 | Praying in Color
Paraclete Press is sponsoring a series of one-day summer retreats online. I am excited that Praying in Color will be one of them. If you have not been to one of my workshops or retreats, I hope you will consider attending. Please invite your friends and Share this...
by Sybil Macbeth | Jun 9, 2020 | Praying in Color
Below is a template for creating a blessing prayer. See my post about blessing prayers from June 5. The “arms” on the template can hold the words of the blessing. If you run out of arms, you can use some of the other spaces for more words. Color and say...
by Sybil Macbeth | Jun 5, 2020 | Praying in Color
Blessing Prayers are one of my favorite ways to pray. In a blessing prayer we address directly the person we are praying for. A very old example of a blessing prayer is in the Book of Numbers 6:24-26: May the Lord bless you and keep you; May the Lord make his face to...
