by Sybil Macbeth | Nov 12, 2018 | Praying in Color
If I had to choose just one Advent discipline or activity, it would be a doodled Advent calendar. If you have never done this before, it is a simple, daily but satisfying spiritual practice. This kind of calendar is different from the Advent calendars you buy in a...
by Sybil Macbeth | Dec 27, 2017 | Praying in Color
Advent morphs into Christmas. The #AdventWord calendar is now the swaddled babe. The Advent tree becomes a Christmas tree. Equipped with the skills of Advent we become Christmas people, followers of Jesus—laying the groundwork and working for the emerging kingdom of...
by Sybil Macbeth | Dec 18, 2017 | Praying in Color
.Advent seems so short this year. This is the sixteenth day of Advent and already three Sundays of Advent are gone. Here are my two daily disciplines for this Advent: 1) I have been reading Walter Brueggemann’s Celebrating Abundance: Devotions for Advent. The...
by Sybil Macbeth | Dec 4, 2017 | Praying in Color
One of my favorite intergenerational Christian Formation tools is the echo pantomime. Echo pantomimes tell a story with words and movement. They are a playful, full-bodied way to learn a Bible story and to build community. Here’s how the form works: 1.Choose a...
by Sybil Macbeth | Nov 30, 2017 | Praying in Color
There is still time to download an Advent calendar template. Advent starts this coming Sunday, December 3. This year is the shortest possible Advent season, only 22 days. Here are the possible templates. To download these free pages and for instructions about how to...
