by Sybil Macbeth | Jan 25, 2021 | Praying in Color
Using 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, choose a word to ponder or a person to pray for. Write the word or name in the allotted space with a...
by Sybil Macbeth | Jan 11, 2021 | Praying in Color
The Feast of the Epiphany was January 6, but the Season of Epiphany continues. The “shining forth” of the Light of Christ deserves more than one day. It is an infinitely expanding event. Right now, I need as much of that Light as I can collect. So I pray,...
by Sybil Macbeth | Dec 30, 2020 | Praying in Color
Here are my two Advent calendars for 2020. The calendar on the left incorporates the words of #AdventWord–a ministry of Virginia Theological Seminary. The one on the right contains my prayers for others. Advent was full of illness and death for friends and...
by Sybil Macbeth | Dec 14, 2020 | Praying in Color
If Don had to die I’m glad it was in Advent When Grief and Hope Dance My brother died a week ago. Don was my big brother by six years. His death was a surprise but not a shock. He had escaped death on multiple occasions with heart issues. Every time a family...
by Sybil Macbeth | Nov 24, 2020 | Praying in Color
Here are five turkey templates (some old, one new) for a pre- or post-dinner Thanksgiving activity for adults and kids. In the center of the turkey write your name for God: “Gracious God, Creator, Beloved One, or….” In the spaces within the turkey,...