by Sybil Macbeth | Dec 11, 2014 | Praying in Color
One of the things I like about doodling while I pray is the opportunity to linger with the people I’m praying for. Lingering with people in person who are sick, suffering, or mourning is not always easy for me. I tend to get shy, afraid, and tongue-tied in...
by Sybil Macbeth | Dec 7, 2014 | Praying in Color
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...
by Sybil Macbeth | Nov 28, 2014 | Praying in Color
Here are five things to do today or tomorrow in preparation for Advent: 1) Create a special corner in your house/apartment where adults and children can go to be quiet. Provide a Bible, book of daily meditations, or appropriate picture books. Put some candles (real or...
by Sybil Macbeth | Nov 26, 2014 | Praying in Color
I love drawing/praying my yearly gratitude turkey. The turkey is a visual journal of my life in the past twelve months. What I notice about my life in the past year is my tendency to be alone. This is not all bad. Keeping one’s own company and learning to...
by Sybil Macbeth | Nov 23, 2014 | Praying in Color
Advent is the beginning of the annual church pilgrimage through Scripture and salvation history. I think of it as the starting gate to the yearly reunion with our spiritual ancestors from the Bible and from two thousand years of Christian history. In the midst of...
