Praying in Color: Drawing a New Path to God (Active Prayer Series)
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Need help communicating with God?
Maybe you hunger to know God better. Maybe you love color. Maybe you are a visual or kinesthetic learner, a distractable or impatient soul, or a word-weary pray-er. Perhaps you struggle with a short attention span, a restless body, or a tendency to live in your head.
This new prayer form can take as little or as much time as you have or want to commit, from 15 minutes to a weekend retreat."A new prayer form gives God an invitation and a new door to penetrate the locked cells of our hearts and minds," explains Sybil MacBeth. "For many of us, using only words to pray reduces God by the limits of our finite words."
For more information, including author events, examples and contact information to request Sybil MacBeth to do a workshop, visit www.prayingincolor.com.
Use Praying in Color to help with:
•lectio divina -- reading the bible for spiritual growth
•memorizing Scripture
•prayers for discernment
•creating a personal Advent or Lenten calendar
•praying for enemies
Praying in Color is ideal for:
•Intergenerational Education Classes
•Women's Meetings
•Praying Workshops
•Vacation Bible School and Summer Camp
•Staff Retreats on Prayer
•Summer Sunday School Classes
•Wednesday Night Church-wide Programs
•Senior Citizens Activity
•Youth Confirmation Retreats
•Men's Prayer Groups
•Prayer Therapy During Convalescence
•Kindergarten and Children's Prayer Training
•Homeschooling, grades K-12
•Prison Ministry
•Ministry to the hearing impaired
•Ministry to the disabled
"This is the most invigorating and enabling book about prayer that I have seen in years! Wry, funny, accessible, wise beyond all appearances, and deeply spiritual, MacBeth warms the soul as well as the heart. So will praying in color." - Phyllis Tickle, compiler, The Divine Hours
Maybe you hunger to know God better. Maybe you love color. Maybe you are a visual or kinesthetic learner, a distractable or impatient soul, or a word-weary pray-er. Perhaps you struggle with a short attention span, a restless body, or a tendency to live in your head.
This new prayer form can take as little or as much time as you have or want to commit, from 15 minutes to a weekend retreat."A new prayer form gives God an invitation and a new door to penetrate the locked cells of our hearts and minds," explains Sybil MacBeth. "For many of us, using only words to pray reduces God by the limits of our finite words."
For more information, including author events, examples and contact information to request Sybil MacBeth to do a workshop, visit www.prayingincolor.com.
Use Praying in Color to help with:
•lectio divina -- reading the bible for spiritual growth
•memorizing Scripture
•prayers for discernment
•creating a personal Advent or Lenten calendar
•praying for enemies
Praying in Color is ideal for:
•Intergenerational Education Classes
•Women's Meetings
•Praying Workshops
•Vacation Bible School and Summer Camp
•Staff Retreats on Prayer
•Summer Sunday School Classes
•Wednesday Night Church-wide Programs
•Senior Citizens Activity
•Youth Confirmation Retreats
•Men's Prayer Groups
•Prayer Therapy During Convalescence
•Kindergarten and Children's Prayer Training
•Homeschooling, grades K-12
•Prison Ministry
•Ministry to the hearing impaired
•Ministry to the disabled
"This is the most invigorating and enabling book about prayer that I have seen in years! Wry, funny, accessible, wise beyond all appearances, and deeply spiritual, MacBeth warms the soul as well as the heart. So will praying in color." - Phyllis Tickle, compiler, The Divine Hours
Customer Reviews
Very inspiring and helpful, 2009-10-01
by L. Nelson
This is a quick read, but don't underestimate its value. It is inspiring and helpful, if you ever find yourself "stuck" wondering how or what to pray - particularly if you're asked to pray for someone in a tough situation. This takes your rational, analytical self and sets it aside, so you can pray with your heart and emotion. You don't have to say "the right words," or even draw "pretty pictures." It's liberating, and fun!
A+ work on drawing prayers for a math teacher, 2009-09-04
by Leah Durst (Shreveport, LA United States)
One of my favorite lines was "if prayer is a credit course in the kingdom of heaven, I'm in trouble. The report card grade of C- would probably say not enough detail, wandering attention, too many clichés, too little time and effort, too self-focused, too much fidgeting, too much whining."
This is a book about "praying with the right side of your brain." Sybil MacBeth draws a new path to God by sketching her prayers. This way she can visualize her prayers better all day long. They take the shape of geometric figures and then she places the name of the person she is praying for in those. Or you can put the names of people you need to make amends with or your shortcomings in the circles and squares. The possibilities are endless. She uses colored pencils, but you can do it with pen and ink. She saves those ubiquitous calendars we all get for Lent and draws a different prayer for 40 days in the boxes. The book cleverly starts with chapter -5 and goes up to 16. I read it in one sitting tonight. It is very well written for a MATH teacher.
This is a book about "praying with the right side of your brain." Sybil MacBeth draws a new path to God by sketching her prayers. This way she can visualize her prayers better all day long. They take the shape of geometric figures and then she places the name of the person she is praying for in those. Or you can put the names of people you need to make amends with or your shortcomings in the circles and squares. The possibilities are endless. She uses colored pencils, but you can do it with pen and ink. She saves those ubiquitous calendars we all get for Lent and draws a different prayer for 40 days in the boxes. The book cleverly starts with chapter -5 and goes up to 16. I read it in one sitting tonight. It is very well written for a MATH teacher.
Praying in Color, 2009-09-01
by Carol Clifton (Arkansas USA)
This book offers a way of visualizing prayers that has made a definite impact on my daily prayer life. The act of writing down names of those for whom I am praying brings them closer to my mind and helps me concentrate on each as I pray. I recommend it as a help tool for those looking to enrich their prayer life
Interesting perspective on a unique way to worship, 2009-08-21
by K. Self (Lewisville, TX)
This was an interesting book, to say the least. I'm not sure I would agree on some of the statements made by the author but I think it would be a great suplemental way to worship the Lord. I don't think it should take the place of word prayer but when you can't find the words or when words just can't express the emotions you are feeling or when you are afraid of the words you may use in frustration or even as a way to get started kind of like those brainstorming clouds we use to use when we were in elementary school, this may be a great way to express that. I think it is beautiful that this woman has discovered the type of worship God designed specifically with her in mind. It is definitely something I will try.
easy and fun read, 2009-06-30
by D. L. Vandermolen
I like to pray, and I also like to color and doodle. This book makes connecting with God simple and enjoyable by praying and simply drawing. I recommend it for adults, kids, artists and especially non-artists!
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Book Details
| Pages | 110 |
| ISBN | 1557255121 |
| Publisher | Paraclete Press |
| Publication Date | 2007-04-01 |
| Sales Rank | #11253 |