by Sybil Macbeth | Nov 30, 2019 | Praying in Color
I know there are wine pairings for just about every food on the planet. But here are some resources for word pairings to go along with the Advent Calendar Templates or the Advent Chains from my November 9 and November 25 blog posts 1) #AdventWord is is a global,...
by Sybil Macbeth | Nov 25, 2019 | Praying in Color
Advent paper chains are like 3-D Advent calendars. They are a physical and visual way to mark the daily journey to Christmas. Paper chains are an easy and playful way for kids to learn Advent words. Pick simple words like “wait, prepare, watch, baby,...
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 25, 2018 | Praying in Color
Celebrate the coming of Christ. Celebrate Incarnation. Celebrate Emmanuel. For Unto Us a Child is born. Unto us a Son is Given. Isaiah 9:6-7 May this completed Advent be the start of a fresh, new journey with Jesus for the coming year, an unfolding experience of...
by Sybil Macbeth | Dec 24, 2018 | Praying in Color
Below are a few verbal and visual reflections on words from#AdventWord 2018. #SINGing is my primary learning style. It is probably not in the educators’ official handbook of learning styles with auditory, verbal, visual, kinesthetic…but it includes all of...