I am slowly sipping coffee, waiting the sublime moment when the space between my ears and my body are ready to greet the day with great gusto. One of many great oddities in being the chief creative weirdo is that if I am with a group of friends or other creative types in the morning … Continue reading Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters Day 39: Render
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Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters Day 38: Come Holy Spirit
Every now and again I go through these periods of time when I experience deeply negative thoughts on repeat like an old vinyl reacord skipping. Please allow me to assure you this is wholly unpleasant, bleeds into other areas of my life, and is the cause of the prayer, "Lord take this from me, please!" … Continue reading Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters Day 38: Come Holy Spirit
Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters Day 36: Reflection/Reflecting
Sometimes I have moments where I imagine either giving quilt lectures, or faith talks. Quilts and faith are interrealted as evidenced by what I share here on this blog. I can, almost without hestiation share my quilting journey paying particular attention to the moments of growth, where in my faith life this isn't always so … Continue reading Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters Day 36: Reflection/Reflecting
Forty Days of Prayers for Quilters Day 35: Hosanna
Hosanna in the Highest!Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord!Hosanna! Today is Palm Sunday in our Liturgical calendar, the day we Praise the Lord as He enters Jerusalem, palm branches laid before him, honoring Jesus as our king. As this week progresses all gets worse until Friday when Jesus is crucified … Continue reading Forty Days of Prayers for Quilters Day 35: Hosanna
Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters Day 32: More
More. There is always more than we see on the surface. One of the things about social media is we can narrate and curate our stories in a way that places whatever positive, negative, or neutral story, narrative we choose. One can with vivid imagination firmly intact, almost hear the narration, music, and see the … Continue reading Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters Day 32: More
Forty days of Prayer for Quilters Day 30: Apologizing for Who and Where I am
Authors Note: I am not apologizing for anything. I read a post the other day on one social media platform, then a related post on another that reminded me of my very strong take on the word Just and the tendency to judge people when we don't know where they've come from or because of … Continue reading Forty days of Prayer for Quilters Day 30: Apologizing for Who and Where I am
Forty Days of Prayers for Quilters Day 29: Praying
Our FatherWho art in HeavenHallowed be Thy NameThy Kingdom comeThy will be doneOn earth as it is in heavenGive us this day our daily BreadAnd forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against usLead us not into temptation but Deliver us from evil.Amen - Jesus I am a struggler in Faith and … Continue reading Forty Days of Prayers for Quilters Day 29: Praying
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
Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters Day 23: Through
Towards the end of the first Catholic Book Study for Women in our parish I was invited to enter into community with a small faith sharing group. I told them about this Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters project and they are holding me accountable for finishing by the end of Lent. There are 18 … Continue reading Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters Day 23: Through
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
A Quilter's Heart 