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...
by Sybil Macbeth | Nov 28, 2017 | Praying in Color
The Living Church asked me to write an article about Advent based on my book The Season of the Nativity: Confessions and Practices of An Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany Extremist. The article suggests simple ways to practice a Holy Advent. Several incorporate praying...
by Sybil Macbeth | Nov 7, 2017 | Praying in Color
Advent calendars are for adults and children. The calendar templates below offer a doable, simple discipline for each day of Advent. Instead of opening daily doors with pictures or retrieving small gifts or candies from pockets, these calendars mark the daily journey...
by Sybil Macbeth | Jan 24, 2017 | Praying in Color
I know we are in the Season of the Epiphany, but I keep looking at these two Advent Calendars by Cindy O* and Melissa zL. There are so many symbols of light in them that the calendars could hang as reminders of Epiphany. Both Cindy and Melissa used a simple block...
