by Sybil Macbeth | Nov 21, 2016 | Praying in Color
I love Advent for many reasons: Advent is the start of a new Church/liturgical year. I think of the liturgical year as the annual pilgrimage we make as the Church and as individuals through the stories of our spiritual ancestors. Every year we read through a cycle of...
by Sybil Macbeth | Nov 15, 2016 | Praying in Color
“Let us come before God with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.” (Psalm 95:2 NIV) For a Thanksgiving Day activity with family and friends, pass out the Gratitude Gobbler prayer page with some colored markers, pencils, or crayons. Invite people to list...
by Sybil Macbeth | Nov 9, 2016 | Praying in Color
Advent calendars are for children and adults! Instead of opening daily doors with pictures or retrieving small gifts or candies from pockets, mark the day-by-day journey to Christmas by daily praying/drawing with a calendar template. When I draw, color, and doodle my...
by Sybil Macbeth | Oct 26, 2016 | Praying in Color
If you are looking for a Thanksgiving gift for friends, family members, or Thanksgiving Day hosts, consider Paraclete Press’s new coloring book called Count Your Blessings in Color. The book is designed specifically for praying your gratitudes and thanksgivings....
by Sybil Macbeth | Sep 12, 2016 | Praying in Color
I love drawing my prayers. In a pinch, coloring pages work as a place to record my intercessions, gratitudes, and confessions, but there is something so satisfying about growing my own prayer. For the drawing-phobic like myself, directions and boundaries are sometimes...
