This week’s prayer practice is a prayer doodle. For some reason the “embed” feature isn’t working on WordPress today, so here’s an old-fashioned link to the video. I recently sent out the monthly journal pages and resource links to my Patreon subscribers. You can be one of those subscribers by signing up on my Patreon…
I love walking labyrinths and am fortunate to have one to walk in our worship space at Peace Mennonite Church. (For those in the Lawrence, KS, area, we have it open on the first Friday of each month from 9-Noon.) Sometimes, though, you do not have a labyrinth available to walk, and I find a…
This week’s creative prayer practice is based on Exodus 17:1-7, the story of God providing water from a rock. This practice is an opportunity to consider the challenges and blessings in your life and offer it all to God. I do hope you are enjoying these creative prayer practices–and/or finding other practices that are nurturing…
The Spacious Lent creative prayer practice for this second week of Lent is one of my favorite practices: a traced hand prayer. I encourage you to make some space in your week for connecting with God–whether through this practice or another. If you are looking for worship resources for the season, you can find my…
Our creative arts prayer practice for the first week of Lent is a wilderness dot meditation. When Jesus is tempted, he is in a sacred space–the space where the Spirit has brought him. But it is not only the physical space that is sacred. I believe that times of decision and discernment are sacred spaces…
The first Spacious Lent creative arts prayer practice is now available! For Ash Wednesday, you are invited to create a heart offering–to bring all of yourself to God as we begin this holy season. For this practice, I give a couple of options, the simplest of which requires only pen and paper, with optional colored…
Hello, friends. I’m dreaming about what Spacious Faith might provide for you all in the coming season of Lent. What would nourish your spirit and support your ministry? I’d love to have your input as I plan for the coming weeks. Thanks! Thanks so much for dreaming with me! Feel free to share additional thoughts…
Good morning and happy Monday, friends! My intention for 2023 is to share posts on Spacious Faith at least twice a week. (Giving grace in weeks that involve vacation, illness, or as-yet-undetermined crises.) Wednesdays I will post words for worship, which may or may not be helpful for you in your particular context. But I…
This Sunday (1/8/23) we will receive star words as part of our worship at Peace Mennonite. This has become a tradition for us–to claim a word as a gift from God and a guide in the new year. In the past, I have simply handed out the star words randomly to people. Since we are…
Happy *almost* new year, everyone! I was able to attend a great end-of-year reflection workshop last night from Eileen Campbell-Reed at 3-Minute Ministry Mentor. One of the exercises we did was to list “10 Things I Did that Mattered in 2022.” It turns out I did some stuff. Like adopting a rule of life and…
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