by Sybil Macbeth | Dec 22, 2014 | Praying in Color
With a household of visiting and resident grown sons, a granddaughter, and a couple of adult girlfriends, the temptation to make random comments on everyone’s life and behavior is seductive. “Why don’t you take Clara to the zoo?” Why does she...
by Sybil Macbeth | Dec 21, 2014 | Praying in Color
The weeks of Advent are far-spent, only four more days until Christmas. I have loved this Advent as I usually do, but it also has been too short. There are three meditation books I would still like to read and I have squandered my sitting-still/prayer time. But the...
by Sybil Macbeth | Dec 19, 2014 | Praying in Color
In early January my husband and I will “move” to Colorado. He will be interim pastor at an Episcopal church for about a year. The church will provide furnished housing, so we will take only clothes, a milk foamer, my big coffee mug, and some of our...
by Sybil Macbeth | Dec 17, 2014 | Praying in Color
Thanks to friend and performance artist Sharon Pavelda for letting me share her Advent poem. Advent is Scary for Me and the Virgin Mary Silent night, holy night, Christmas Cards make it look “just right:” Calm Madonna, sleeping child, Even the animals are reverent,...
by Sybil Macbeth | Dec 16, 2014 | Praying in Color
One of the best and worst things about air travel is being trapped in a seat for several hours. I often accomplish more in the time in those cramped quarters than I do at home in a whole day. On a flight back home on the first Sunday of Advent I started to doodle just...
by Sybil Macbeth | Dec 15, 2014 | Praying in Color
One of the ways to really learn the stories of the people of Scripture is to implant them in your body and recite them with your voice. My friend Roy DeLeon, author of Praying With the Body: Bringing the Psalms to Life, graphic designer, yoga teacher, and joyful...
