July 6th is a special day. My Gramma's birthday, were she still living, it'd be her 101st. I miss having Gramma around. Today is also my high school bestie's birthday. Happy Birthday Beth! The other day while at the quilt shop I had the opportunity to talk about different types of friendship with a 10-year-old quilter. She … Continue reading Value
Category: creativity
Breathe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHz0w-HG4iU It's Your breath in our lungs So we pour out our praise We pour out our praise It's Your breath in our lungs So we pour out our praise to You only"It's your breath in our lungs" And that is the line that asks me to listen to the Word. God Breathed Life into … Continue reading Breathe
Craftsmanship
FRODO: I can’t do this, Sam. SAM: I know. It’s all wrong. By rights we shouldn’t even be here. But we are. It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end. Because how could the … Continue reading Craftsmanship
So, we’ve been told
Beauty is only skin deep. So we've been told. So we're told. Yes, that's an intentional rephrase. While at lunch I perused facebook on my phone and was stopped cold seeing an image of a sweet, long-haired little girl, sitting cross-legged, wielding a pair of shears, poised to cut the "bulge" from her belly. The … Continue reading So, we’ve been told
Memories
Over the weekend one of the readings was on the Spiritual Gifts. How we're all part of the same group (the same body), and yet we're different, and we have different functions (jobs). There are so many things that flit through my head as I think about the gifts. And today I'm going to look … Continue reading Memories
same prayer, years apart
Sometimes in the quiet a song comes to the surface of my heart reminding me that I've been praying this type of prayer for as long as I can remember. "God I love you, I want what you want in my life." Often this is exemplified by a song, or a prayer (which is a … Continue reading same prayer, years apart
Advent – Wait
They that wait upon the Lord Shall renew their strength They shall mount up with wings of eagles They shall walk and not be weary They shall run and not faint Teach me Lord, teach me Lord to wait Through the season of Advent we wait. We wait for our Lord to come, to live … Continue reading Advent – Wait
"Let the words of my mouth be acceptable, the thoughts of my heart before you, LORD, my rock and my redeemer." Psalm 19:15 or "Let the words of my mouth and meditations of my heart, be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord my strength" This week there are a couple of things running through my … Continue reading
I’m a bad student
Now, some of my dear friends will probably want to whap me upside the head however, I'm going to ask you to hang with me here for a moment. Because I'm not so much a bad student as I've discovered a few things in the last few weeks that have me thinking about how I … Continue reading I’m a bad student
Free . . . ish
So I've been thinking about some quilterly things. And I realized I never really told you about how I learned to quilt. Sure if you've heard my lecture or have read my other blog for any period of time you've read part of the journey or watched it unfold. However if you're new to my blog, … Continue reading Free . . . ish
A Quilter's Heart 