A Faith & Quilting Blog
how each quilter, as desired, is able to discover their own unique, bespoke style. As we hone our skills, come to understand color - more on this in a moment - and discover part of the quilt making process that makes our heart sing with great delight, the more our quilts begin to reveal who … Continue reading One Thing I Appreciate About Quilting is . . .
The Gospel of Luke is a fascinating read and study. At my Parish there is a class on Luke with a guy who has a Masters in Scripture study and learned Greek to understand the writing better. I've read Sacred Scripture almost my whole life and remain in awe of how much is there. Over … Continue reading Make Me or Change my Heart O God
Happy New Year! It is the first Sunday of Advent and for us as Catholics it is a good time to begin again. There are several times during the calendar year that have a rhythm of beginning again. Since starting an intentional Word of the year it always comes and is revealed at the end … Continue reading Happy New Year 2023: Tenacity & 2024: Play
Years ago Rich Mullins wrote The Color Green. One of the the things I love about marathon quilting is, even though the Lord of the Rings extended dvd's are playing in the background. As I quilt there is sometimes a silence that comes. A place, state of being where the rhythm of quilting and the … Continue reading In Honor of Orange
Getting to the end of a book that I'm enjoying is difficult because in someway there is a sense of a friend moving on to a different place. I realize that I do not know if I am that friend or if the friend is the book. This is, as you can well imagine, a … Continue reading Prayer: Our Deepest Longing Review & More
Leticia Ochoa Adams posted a link to the Last Day podcast on Wednesday September 20, Your worst day isn't your only day. (<----- direct link to podcast here or below, either way) https://omny.fm/shows/last-day/leticia-your-worst-day-isn-t-your-only-day There are a couple of things to know before listening first, Leticia and Stephanie Wittles Wachs discuss the suicide of Leticia's son, … Continue reading Faith is Messy, don’t worry about cleaning it up
Perhaps it is good to start this post with a link to Miriam Ezagui on Instagram. Miriam is an Orthodox Jew who takes the time to explain the beauty of her faith, religion and religious practice. As a Catholic I appreciate her faith, and religious practice deeply and appreciate it for so many reasons. To … Continue reading Connection
"Jesus, I give you permission to interrupt my self defeating, God dethroning self talk. Amen." I found that quote somewhere, dropped it in here and thought, "I'll know both where it was from and what to share when I get back." It is Lent. I almost don't need to say more. Except that during Lent … Continue reading In Between
While hauling around suitcases this week one of them jammed into my big toe, it's fine, it'll be fine. Central Texas got a little rain this week. As a general rule when I go for the mail I step on the berm adjacent to our front door, cross the street and walk to the mailbox. … Continue reading Oasis
On the wall in my living room is a framed poster of St. John Paul II, there are tickets to the Mass in Central Park and a t-shirt from being "ushers" in Yonkers. In the cabinet is a bottle of water blessed by him at St. Joseph Seminary in Yonkers. My husband saw the helicopter … Continue reading Dignity, Vocation and a deeper understanding
A Quilter's Heart 