As a long time quilter I'm generally comfortable within the quilting language itself, and within said language a lot of the dialects exist. While my fluency seems to be in free-motion quilting I'm comfortable enough in art, patchwork, traditional, modern to converse. If I'm uncertain of a term or phrase used I'll ask, because the … Continue reading The Deep End and Defining Terms
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Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters: Layers yet One
As I write this we are in the middle of a deep arctic cold, snow, icy rain winter event. It is, according to weather sources, a once in a generation event in Texas. My Sweetie was keeping an eye on the heating system at the Priory Sunday evening and around 9 PM we agreed that … Continue reading Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters: Layers yet One
Lead me to the Cross
On and off over the last couple of weeks I've been waking up with a song in my head. Sometimes it's the melody only, like a delightful ear worm, and others it's words and music. I'd missed this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7tpWU_JlhY This mornings Lead me to the Cross by Hillsong seems so appropriate as Lent begins Wednesday … Continue reading Lead me to the Cross
Flip the script
Take Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, all that I have and possess. Thou hast given all to me. To Thee, O lord, I return it. All is Thine, dispose of it wholly according to Thy will. Give me Thy love and thy grace, for this is … Continue reading Flip the script
I will praise You in the storm
From the storm on Sunday June 30 along I-84 in NY When I was little I remember either my parents or grandparents telling me that thunder is the angels bowling and the lightning is a strike. This was oddly comforting and made the storms something of a treasure as they didn't come quite so often. … Continue reading I will praise You in the storm
Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters: Day 15
Lectio Divina is the practice of divine reading where in we read, meditate, contemplate, and orate. We listen for a word, a phrase to contemplate, to live with. In a small group setting a discussion is part of the experience; alone I journal. After an experience in prayer the other night I started thinking about … Continue reading Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters: Day 15
Going all in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKw6uqtGFfo PS I've been waking up with songs again. I'm enjoying it. This morning's song went with the reminders of being God's well loved kid from the Charismatic retreat. Enjoy. Often it takes some time to unpack an experience to learn all that it has to teach you. It's the same thing with quilts, sometimes … Continue reading Going all in
A Weekend of Renewal
A wise priest once said, "we don't need new teaching, we need reminders." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q40vLWAOYJ4 My Sweetie and I attended the Catholic Charismatic Renewal Conference in Scranton over the weekend. This years theme, " He makes me lie down in green pastures. . . .He restores my soul." Psalm 23: 2, 3. Speakers Dr. Carol Razza, … Continue reading A Weekend of Renewal
Teaching and Speaking
Before sharing more today please allow me to encourage a reading of Elizabeth's Scalia's How to Restore a Church in Scandal? Begin with a Collective Confession at the Word on Fire website. This honest look at our priestly call as laity, how we can help the Church not only heal, but be better. Our Shepherds … Continue reading Teaching and Speaking
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
A Quilter's Heart 