Francesca Battistelli - Write Your Story I'm an empty page I'm an open book Write Your story on my heart Come on and make Your mark Writing is on my heart apparently lately in a way that is making it to my brain. I started journal keeping in 7th grade not knowing that other members … Continue reading your story on my heart
Category: prayer
Glory? Glory!
Glory! Glory! Glory! in the Highest, Highest! Glory! Glory! Glory! in the Highest Highest! This is the refrain running through my head this morning...from Fellowship Creative. I don't know why but I was also thinking about hair. Weird I know, right. Like most people my train of thought resembles more of a Harold and the … Continue reading Glory? Glory!
Thank you!
Psalm 138 I thank you, Lord, with all my heart; in the presence of the angels* to you I sing. I bow low toward your holy temple; I praise your name for your mercy and faithfulness. For you have exalted over all your name and your promise. 3On the day I cried out, you answered; … Continue reading Thank you!
Have no anxiety – Be confident
Rejoice in the Lord always. I shall say it again: rejoice!Your kindness* should be known to all. The Lord is near. Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and … Continue reading Have no anxiety – Be confident
Enjoying the creativity of others
Over the weekend I went to the Northern Star Quilt Show - both days as Sunday I worked in a booth with a friend. Saturday afternoon I stopped by one of the vendors to look at her gorgeous fabrics. I love them because the colors are clear. Then she had a small grouping of fabrics … Continue reading Enjoying the creativity of others
Play time
Or Showing up to do the Work I must confess to listening to Elizabeth Gilbert's first TED talk on more than 10 occasions. I go back to this every once in a while for a nudge in the right direction - in seeking God in what I do with the quilting and writing. There are … Continue reading Play time
Service of Beauty
The artistic vocation in the service of beauty 3. A noted Polish poet, Cyprian Norwid, wrote that “beauty is to enthuse us for work, and work is to raise us up”.(3) The theme of beauty is decisive for a discourse on art. It was already present when I stressed God's delighted gaze upon creation. In … Continue reading Service of Beauty
Holy Saturday
So what was it then that drew me into/back to the Catholic Faith? Well it is and isn't simple. Simple story: I met the man who would one day become my husband, started having some serious faith conversations. Saying I wasn't satisfied in my own faith experience wouldn't be true - I wasn't ready to … Continue reading Holy Saturday
Holy Week
Lent, Holy Week and Easter hold special meaning in my heart. The seasons of the Church reflect - depending on what part of the world you're in - the seasons of the year. This time of year calls us to reflect on our lives where we can make changes and improve and where we've done … Continue reading Holy Week
I AM holding on to You
David Crowder Band or Crowder has this song I Am. The refrain has been running through my head since waking up. I AM Holding on to youI AM Holding on to you In the middle of the storm I AM Holding on to you I AM I AM Holding on to … Continue reading I AM holding on to You
A Quilter's Heart 