by Sybil Macbeth | Apr 22, 2019 | Praying in Color
Yes to the new creation! Yes to Christ is Risen! Yes to all that I do not understand about this new beginning! Alleluia! This year I am neither exhausted nor “sooo ready for Lent and Easter to be over.” What is different from past Lents was not bingeing on...
by Sybil Macbeth | Mar 25, 2019 | Praying in Color
I love this one-day-at-a-time, one tear-at-a-time journey through Lent. Lent for Everyone–Year C by N.T. Wright is a thoughtful combination of Scripture and reflection. The devotional includes a daily reading from Luke followed by a meditation from the author....
by Sybil Macbeth | Mar 4, 2019 | Praying in Color
Lent starts this coming Wednesday, March 6! Here are two additional Lenten Calendar Templates. Click on the version you want below the picture; download; and print. The first one with the hearts was created by Pat Maier of Visual Faith Ministry. It has 40 spaces. For...
by Sybil Macbeth | Feb 12, 2015 | Praying in Color
I love using a calendar template for Lent because it gives me a one-day-at-a-time, concrete, manageable way to have a daily practice for the 40 (or 46) days before Easter. If you like more space than a piece of 8 1/2″ x11″ paper affords, go to a copy store...
by Sybil Macbeth | Apr 21, 2014 | Praying in Color
Here is my finished calendar for this Lent. I used no words, just drew crosses everyday. It was a wordless Lent in terms of the calendar and I didn’t miss them. But as usual I wish I could take back some words I said and said some words I didn’t say during...