by Sybil Macbeth | Nov 24, 2020 | Praying in Color
Advent is a time of quiet contemplation and reflection but also a time of restless expectation and journey. My favorite practices, like Advent calendars and Advent wreaths, are ones that give me day-by-day opportunities for reflection but also activate my senses. They...
by Sybil Macbeth | Nov 21, 2020 | Praying in Color
Just in case you are drawing- or doodle-phobic, here are some examples of ways to fill in your Advent calendar template. Below is the template/poster I designed for Forward Movement and #AdventWord. To read more about that partnership look at my November 9th Post. The...
by Sybil Macbeth | Nov 13, 2020 | Praying in Color
1) Lectio Divina and Praying in Color with Ruah Space November 15, Sunday, 7pm Central Time Join Phil & Erin Vestal of Ruah Space and Sybil MacBeth, the author of Praying in Color, for a special live event. As a community, we will explore the practice of praying...
by Sybil Macbeth | Nov 9, 2020 | Praying in Color
“For the seventh year in a row, #AdventWord will gather prayers via a global, online advent calendar. Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS) in partnership with Forward Movement is offering 27 daily meditations and images during this holy season beginning Sunday,...
by Sybil Macbeth | Nov 6, 2020 | Praying in Color
Advent is my favorite season of the Church year. For me, it is like a many-sided, many-faceted star. I tried to write a coherent paragraph or two about its many facets, but the words collided and fell in a boring, incoherent heap. So I decided to just brainstorm all...
by Sybil Macbeth | Sep 15, 2020 | Praying in Color
The beaches of Puget Sound, off the coast of Seattle, offer beautiful and intriguing gifts when the tide comes in and makes its twice daily delivery. Piles of strange seaweed and sea monsters of giant kelp look like something from a sci-fi series. Dungeness crab...