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Selah Retreat

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Sometimes clarity just can’t come in the midst of the chaos. This doesn’t have to be the big things in life—like gaining clarity in a crazy-making destructive relationship. But sometimes—life is just clamoring a little. Even if we aren’t frazzled or overwhelmed, we can just be going so many directions, and it can be hard to slow down and fully get our bearings. Last night was one of those times when my mind was just restless. I’d accomplished much during the day. I’d worked my job. Done housework and laundry. Prepared yummy Good-for You-Naturally!* snacks. Exercised. Worked on an art… Continue reading →

Go Make Disciples

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Have you ever had a creative piece that you knew just what it was to be, but it still just wouldn’t come together? This Faith+Art Journal page was inspired by Marjolaine Simard’s Dream page, in Encounters in Color, and I started it back then, in June. It activated much thought, and I knew it wasn’t just going to be a page in an art journal. It has a longer story, of course. (That will likely wait until my memoir.) 😄 It brought so much meditation, it took 6 weeks to finally get it done. Oh, what can be sparked by… Continue reading →

Looking Forward

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Thank you to all of you who recently subscribed here, through the Faith Journaling Summit. I’m so glad and grateful that you’ve joined us. I hope you enjoyed my session, and your Free Gift. (Check your Spam, and other folders, if you didn’t receive it.) And thank you to my other subbies who have been here awhile. I so appreciate you. Artsy Summits and Retreats are so fun, but it’s not a pace most of us can keep up with regularly. Even if you’re at a place in your life where you can pretty much create and study God’s Word… Continue reading →

Today’s the Day

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I hope you were able to catch the Faith Journaling Collective Worskshop sessions yesterday. But… Today’s the day MY lesson there is officially live (at 8 am central) and I had to let you know! If you signed up, go jump in and watch it. I hope it encourages you and gives you a fresh perspective for your time with God. Be sure to grab your Free Download, and Free Mini Class I’m offering (in the Freebies section of the Workshop.) If you haven’t signed up yet, no worries! There’s still time to join us and access all of today’s… Continue reading →

How the Faith Journaling Workshop Works

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It’s almost time! Are you as excited for the Faith Journaling Workshop Collective as I am? This week you’ll experience the different ways 20 women—including me!—connect with God through Faith Journaling. I’ve had a few people ask how it works. It’s super simple! Register for Free! Not Registered yet? Click: https://www.faithbundles.com/a/2148280176/etYjciNfhttps://www.faithbundles.com/a/2148280176/etYjciNf Once you’re signed up, you’ll simply head over to FaithBundles.com, log in, click on your Member Library, and you’ll find the workshop waiting for you there. Can’t Watch on Workshop Days? What if you can’t watch all the sessions? The sessions you really want? Or even any of the… Continue reading →

Who Would LOVE This?

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💖 Thank you to all who have clicked my links to check out the Faith Journaling Collaboration Summit. And huge hugs to those of you who have joined or purchased the VIP Access through my links. 💖 🥰 You are going to be so blessed by these sessions—and even moreso by implementing some of their inspiration into your own quiet time with God. I’m especially excited to share the session I’m teaching in this Summit! 👩🏻‍🎨 One more thing. Can I ask a little favor? Do you have a friend who loves Bible study, journaling, quiet time, prayer, creativity, or… Continue reading →

Imagine

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Imagine sitting down for your quiet time and feeling excited instead of wondering where to start. Imagine having a few different ideas in your back pocket for days when you feel distracted, stuck, overwhelmed, or just need something a little different. That’s what I love about the Faith Journaling Collective Workshop from Faith Bundles. Twenty women—including me!—. are sharing different ways they process Scripture and connect with God, and I have a feeling you’ll walk away with ideas you can continue using long after the workshop ends. Sometimes all we need is a little fresh perspective. You can join free… Continue reading →

Love & Worship God

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Have you ever had a Bible verse that you know well—you’ve memorized it, meditated on it for decades, and then a word changes in your mind? Love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. Deut. 6:5, Matt. 22:37, Mark 12:30, Luke 10:27 I know this verse inside out. It is a key verse for my life. I taught it to all my children. Yet, as I meditated on it to make this Faith+Art journal page, my mind kept saying worship, not love. In fact, I… Continue reading →

Where Faith, Neuroscience, & Creativity Meet

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This neurographic drawing has been sitting on my desk for a week or so. Although I’ve been doing other FaithArt journaling pretty consistently this summer, that evening I just wasn’t drawn to my mixed media projects in process. There were no heavy feelings, or issues to work through. Just a heart that needed something different. So I picked up paper and pen and began drawing neurolines and rounding intersections, while meditating on God’s Word and worshipping Him. I hadn’t done any neurographic drawing in several weeks, not since at the CTPM Retreat in May. But that’s what I was being… Continue reading →

A New Name

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My mind is still meditating on and expanding my study on names, (based on my previous Bible Journaling page for the Great Shepherd & His sheep.) Thinking about how God calls me by name. How I know and hear His voice and follow it. To go a step deeper, to the name He gives me. John tells us, in Revelation 2:17, that overcomers in Christ have a new name, given by God. “To the one who conquers, I will give … a white stone, and on the stone a new name is inscribed that no one knows except the one… Continue reading →