by Sybil Macbeth | Nov 9, 2019 | Praying in Color
My early-childhood, next-door neighbor always had an Advent calendar. In our Christian Science household we did not celebrate Advent, but I coveted all those little doors my friend Marian opened every day in the weeks before Christmas. Each door revealed tiny,...
by Sybil Macbeth | Dec 11, 2018 | Praying in Color
For the first nine days of Advent I have really enjoyed combining praying in color with #AdventWord. Everyday #AdventWord (adventword.org) sends an email with a new word and a reflection on the word. The chosen words are based on the Advent lectionary from year C....
by Sybil Macbeth | Sep 14, 2016 | Praying in Color
For the next two weeks I will be in Ireland. My husband Andy, our friends Eyleen and Tom, and I have anticipated this trip for a year. We will drive around the southern half of the country for more than a week and end up in Galway for an eight-day pilgrimage with...
by Sybil Macbeth | Apr 17, 2013 | Praying in Color
Praying in color prayers do not have to be ornate, complicated, detailed, or beautiful. They can be very simple: just a few strokes of the pen, dots, circles, lines, shapes, a splash of color here and there. My prayer drawings sometimes become kind of elaborate. I...
