If there is one person in Catholic circles I'd love to interview right now Elizabeth Scalia would be that person. Lest this seem a total fangirl post it is and it's not for when someone writes about themselves presenting the dumbass things they do it would be her. I can be a bit of a … Continue reading Changing Prayer
Category: Cravings Tribe
Moved
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjwefyT4_80 You did not create me to worry, You did not create me to fear But You created me to worship I'm gonna leave it all right here There is a distinct difference between knowing something, and experiencing something. And sometimes when the experience of something is so incredibly beautiful you want to go back … Continue reading Moved
Reminders
One of my favorite priests has a saying, "we don't need new teachings, we need reminders." On TerifiCreations I have a Tutorials and Helpful Hints page, these are reminders for me and others for when things are going kaflooie! Reminders are things we've learned, or that others have learned that work, most of the time. … Continue reading Reminders
Control
Control—that ever-elusive dream. We all crave it, and yet our faith reminds us that we’re never really in control. We may try to convince ourselves otherwise, but usually we find out the hard way that even our best attempts to steer every last detail of our lives won’t give us what we’re seeking. So part … Continue reading Control
Untangling
Happy Wednesday! It is good to be here in 2018. It's a good time to be a quilter. It's a good time to be discovering something so hang with me here... So often we look in the mirror as if through a glass darkly, seeing not what God has created but what we have created … Continue reading Untangling
Change my Heart o God
I've been working on an impractical color wheel using thread I have on hand, I have a lot of thread, this is a hazard of being a quilter for a long time. Check out my progress over on instagram. This is a class I'll be teaching in January at a local to me quilt shop. … Continue reading Change my Heart o God
I’m going to stop saying that
or "Well, I didn't expect to get that out of it." There is a life long, ingrained habit that it's time to let go of, in order to do that new habits will need to be formed. The realization came from two separate conversations. Why these two conversations offered me the opportunity to see is … Continue reading I’m going to stop saying that
Noticing a Difference
Over the last week or so reading Cravings has been a little bit low on the priority list as the need to do some writing for the magazine, and make a quilt bubbled urgently to the surface. Like the urgency of the work needing doing some memories, profound ones have bubbled up as well. As … Continue reading Noticing a Difference
I’m at a loss for words, and the funny thing
is, it's okay. - Mercy Me Word of God Speak Perhaps being at a loss for words is not so much a problem, as an opportunity to listen, be still, reconnect. Enjoy the beauty step back seek let things speak like the moon and NY City like the patterns that need words I woke up … Continue reading I’m at a loss for words, and the funny thing
Exploring the Creative Zone
Wherein Beauty is Rediscovered My posts lately have been a bit more than I usually post. I've known for a long time that exploring the food, faith, and their relationship. As I read Cravings the language of this discussion is clarifying, allowing me to explore some life stuff that needs some exploration. Oddly enough, I … Continue reading Exploring the Creative Zone