Advent Calendar 2014 Week 1

Here is the first week of my Advent tree calendar. On this calendar I pray for people and places–for healing, in gratitude, for restoration. I doodle, pray with words, let go of words, doodle, listen, pray more words if they come, and generally, try to be...

Celebration Cards

I love using praying in color to make cards for birthdays, anniversaries, and celebrations. Doodling and drawing create a reflection & prayer time as well as a personal card at the end. Also I am overwhelmed by the zillions of choices on card racks in stores....

Praying in Color—The Portable Edition

Paraclete Press and I have just released a new version of Praying in Color. It’s called the Portable Edition. It uses 5/8 of the original edition, 1/8 of the Praying in Black and White version and 1/4 new material. Instead of an almost square book like the...

Just Doodles

Riding in the passenger seat of the car on endless interstate highways gives me a good excuse to doodle. My favorite on-the-road sketch/prayer pad is called the trav•e•logue series artist journal by hand•book and distributed by Global Art Materials, Inc. Most of these...

Praying in Color Inventory

In a sort of New Year’s prayer inventory, I decided to reevaluate why I continue to pray in color. When I started praying in color it was unconscious. In the middle of a doodling session I just realized I was at prayer. The reasons I continue to do something are...