by Sybil Macbeth | Dec 5, 2021 | Praying in Color
On a walk through the Old City on Friday about sunset, we went to the Jewish Quarter to see lights for the sixth day of Hanukkah outside people’s homes. The Christian Quarter near St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church was beginning to display its Christmas...
by Sybil Macbeth | Oct 27, 2021 | Praying in Color
Using an Advent calendar is my favorite way to pay attention and pray during the four weeks of Advent. Unlike the store-bought versions, my calendars have no doors, just blank spaces for the days of Advent. Each day I fill one space with a prayer or meditation–...
by Sybil Macbeth | Dec 30, 2020 | Praying in Color
Here are my two Advent calendars for 2020. The calendar on the left incorporates the words of #AdventWord–a ministry of Virginia Theological Seminary. The one on the right contains my prayers for others. Advent was full of illness and death for friends and...
by Sybil Macbeth | Dec 14, 2020 | Praying in Color
If Don had to die I’m glad it was in Advent When Grief and Hope Dance My brother died a week ago. Don was my big brother by six years. His death was a surprise but not a shock. He had escaped death on multiple occasions with heart issues. Every time a family...
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...
