Monday Prayer Practice

In case you haven’t noticed, I love words. I love reading them and writing them. I love speaking them and listening to them and praying with them. And words can be wonderful, soul-nurturing things. But my spiritual director recently pointed out that I also use words to distract myself. I use them to place myself…

Starting the Retreat in Daily Life

I’m excited to begin the Fruit of the Spirit Creative Arts retreat in daily life this weekend! All those who ordered materials should have received a welcome email with links to our Facebook page and the retreat blog page. You can find out more about the retreat here. And it is not too late to…

Prayer Beads

(So my creative Monday post is showing up on Tuesday this week due to general laziness and technical difficulties.) As part of my rule of life, we’ve started having family prayer time several evenings a week. I have a prayer bead bracelet that I made a few months ago, and my children have been intrigued…

New Retreat: Fruit of the Spirit

I’m super excited about the new creative arts retreat! It’s a 9-week retreat in daily life, focusing on the 9 fruits of the Spirit listed in Galatians 5. All the details are here, and the order page is up and running. I’d love for you to join us!

Fruit of the Spirit

I’m putting together a new creative arts retreat, and of course I’ve done the fun part first–gathering art supplies and sewing the bags to hold them. (Yes, I’m sewing.  My multi-talented husband threads the machine, re-fills the bobbin, and fixes things when I mess up. But I am sewing!) This will be a retreat in…