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I have been writing the Praying in Color blog for over a dozen years. The entries include theological musings, memoir, reflections on life and Scripture, and hundreds of posts on ways to incorporate Praying in Color into your prayer and spiritual life. In the search bar you can type words like “Scripture, Advent, Lent, calendar templates, intercessory prayer, mourning, gratitude, forgiveness…” or other topics of interest to find related posts. I hope you enjoy exploring this site.

Praying in Color Drawing

A couple of months ago, a woman sent me a prayer drawing she had made for her family. It is so beautiful I wanted to share it. Linda is a REAL artist with a website to prove it. When I look at the drawing, however, it does not discourage me or humiliate me for my...

Praying in Color & the Airways

Many thanks to my friend Sharon P. for this guest blog post. I’d like to ‘testify’ how Praying in Color kept me from throwing my phone through a window and my self-respect along with it. Let it be known that (unlike Sybil) I CAN draw a cat. Or at least a recognizable...

Moving

In about two weeks, my husband and I will move to the Detroit area for about a year for an interim ministry position. Not quite ready to give up the people and things I love in Memphis, I'm thinking of this as an extended "field trip," a chance to study the various...

Halloween and All Saints’ Day

Halloween is one of those questionable holidays among Christians. Some people think it's harmless fun; other people think it is spiritually dangerous and pagan. For me neither of those explanations quite works. Halloween on October 31 paired with All Saints' Day on...

Earache

As a kid, I never had earaches or ear infections. In the past year I've had two. So yesterday when my ear started throbbing and swelling shut yet again, I did what any sane person would do on a day when the doctor's office was closed. I took a clove of garlic, peeled...

Praise

Outward praise for God is not an easy practice for me. Most of my praise stays quietly locked in the thoughts and prayers in my head. In corporate worship, it comes out of my mouth in the spoken words of rote prayers and prescribed liturgy. I describe my praise as...

Holy Spirit

I've been in Maine for the past week. There is almost more beauty here than I can bear. Between the ocean, the flowers, the sea grasses, the sailing schooners, the lobsters and oysters, and the color of the leaves, I'm in a chronic state of awe and "OH!" When I see...

Jealousy

While I was taking photos in the hills of North Carolina last week, I noticed my shadow. "Wow! These are the legs I've always wanted," I thought. As a 5' 3" dancer, I spent years in ballet studios envying the young women with the long, willowy legs up to their...

A Little Refuge

Once a year the members of my husband's clergy support group are guests at a beautiful inn in the North Carolina mountains. At 5000 feet the view of the sky, meadows, and surrounding Appalachian range is spectacular. After years of nagging, we spouses garnered an...

Prayers for Bones and Backs

My friends Lois and Susan are both struggling with physical issues. One friend has a serious broken ankle. The other has recurring back problems. This prayer started with a simple, wiggly diagonal line. On the top of the line I drew a cloud-like shape for Lois; on the...