Ireland Expectations

For the next two weeks I will be in Ireland. My husband Andy, our friends Eyleen and Tom, and I have anticipated this trip for a year. We will drive around the southern half of the country for more than a week and end up in Galway for an eight-day pilgrimage with...

Two-Stroke Doodled Prayers

I love drawing my prayers. In a pinch, coloring pages work as a place to record my intercessions, gratitudes, and confessions, but there is something so satisfying about growing my own prayer. For the drawing-phobic like myself, directions and boundaries are sometimes...

“Pray and Color” Coloring Book Giveaway

Author and friend Jana Riess has posted an interview with me and giveaway of my coloring book on her blog Flunking Sainthood. Jana is the author of the book Flunking Sainthood: A Year of Breaking the Sabbath, Forgetting to Pray, and Still Loving My Neighbor –her...

USA Prayer Coloring Page/Template

A couple of weeks ago I used a template of the USA map to pray my feelings about our country. The post was called States of Mind and Heart. Below are three different templates/coloring pages of maps of the USA to use for your prayers. In the first empty template you...

New Praying in Color Website

My new Praying in Color website has launched. The first site was launched in 2007; this is the third. I’m very pleased with the work of the designers and tech staff at Paraclete Press. Please take a few minutes to check out the new site here. If you know people...