by Sybil Macbeth | Apr 3, 2022 | Praying in Color
Lent almost always surprises me. I choose the book/s I’ll read and the Lenten calendar template I’ll use with the book. I have the forty days well-planned; I am in control. Then I am spun around and led in a different direction. I often describe my...
by Sybil Macbeth | Feb 2, 2022 | Praying in Color
And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. (Luke 4, 1-2 NRSV) After almost four months in Jerusalem and the land of the Holy One, my idea...
by Sybil Macbeth | Jan 25, 2021 | Praying in Color
Using a calendar template Using a calendar template is a simple, daily, and playful but serious practice for praying our way through the forty days of Lent. Each day, choose a word to ponder or a person to pray for. Write the word or name in the allotted space with a...
by Sybil Macbeth | Apr 30, 2020 | Praying in Color
Sheltering-at-home brings out my best character assets and my worst character defects. It also heightens my temptation to draw conclusions and impose meaning when confessing and observing might be more honest and real. In this post and several more are some of my...
by Sybil Macbeth | Apr 11, 2020 | Praying in Color
Holy Saturday The blackest day The emptiest day The sorriest day The silent-as-a-grave day The hold-your-breath day The candles-barely-shed-a ray day The waiting day The no-word-from-God day The hope-slides-into-hopeless day The call-it-quits day The please, Lord,...
