by Sybil Macbeth | Jun 14, 2016 | Praying in Color
Most of my visual prayers start with doodling and then include coloring. The doodling focuses my attention and invites my eyes and hand into my prayer. Doodling and coloring give me time to slow down.They help to calm the chatter in my mind and help me to get quiet...
by Sybil Macbeth | May 18, 2016 | Praying in Color
My new book Pray and Color: A Coloring Book and Guide to Prayer is now available from amazon, Paraclete, and the usual suspects. It has 32 coloring pages and offers 14 ways to pray using the pages. Here are a list of the ways to pray: Prayers for Others Prayers...
by Sybil Macbeth | Jan 25, 2016 | Praying in Color
Using a calendar template is one of my favorite ways to keep a daily discipline during Lent. It doesn’t involve making false promises to myself about sitting down for thirty minutes a day and praying/studying/meditating and then feeling guilty when I fail. On...
by Sybil Macbeth | Nov 6, 2015 | Praying in Color
Advent calendars are not just for kids! Instead of opening daily doors with pictures or retrieving small gifts or candies from pockets, adults and children can mark the day-by-day journey to Christmas by daily praying/drawing with a calendar template. When I draw,...
by Sybil Macbeth | Sep 3, 2015 | Praying in Color
My paisley prayer has been growing. Instead of finishing the prayer in one sitting, I have been adding names over the course of a couple of weeks. Adding a new color reminds me of when I started praying for certain people. At the same time, I can pray for the original...
