2024 Advent Calendar Templates are now available! Click Here!
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Here are are four upcoming Praying in Color events. Please pass on this information to people who might be interested. Thank you. 1) Saturday, October 26, 2024 Sharpsville United Methodist, Sharpsville, Indiana 2) Saturday, November 2, 2024 St. Andrew's Presbyterian...
Hurricane Milton is bearing down on the Gulf Coast of Florida. Milton has been described as a Monster---its size, power, strength, speed.... No one knows for sure where or when it will make landfall--sometime late Wednesday night, somewhere between Tampa and Naples. I...
Besides doodling my prayers, I love to doodle just for fun. I have a sketchbook for TV Doodles--those random things I draw while watching TV or drinking coffee. I've noticed something lately; many of my doodles start with a cross. I'm not sure why. Is it an easy way...
My usual Lent is a 46-day challenge of overambitious reading of Scripture and devotionals, attempts at behavior changes, acts of kindness, giving up favorite things, and doodling on several calendars. I can never quite settle on a single path or discipline. My...
Praying the Journey to Easter on 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...
May the Word Made Flesh dwell in your hearts.
(Advent Calendar Templates for 2023 are in the previous post from October 23.) Celebrate this Thanksgiving with a visual gratitude list. Below are a pumpkin-like template and five turkey templates for a pre- or post-dinner Thanksgiving activity for adults and kids....
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, my calendars have no doors, just blank spaces for the days of Advent. Instead of tearing apart a calendar day by day, I...
For kids, the transition from summer vacation to a new school-year can be both a time of excitement and anticipation AND a time of fear and anxiety. Readying kids for school involves practical and physical preparations. Checking out wardrobes, replacing outgrown...