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Send Me {video}

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Isaiah 6:8 has been on my heart this past week or so. I’ve spent nearly my entire adult life in Christian ministry. But betrayal trauma nearly silenced my voice, and the years of healing from it practically put a pause in my outreach ministry. Although my personal relationship with God didn’t waiver, the level of my bold outward witness no doubt lessened. “Here am I, Lord. Send me.” “Here am I, YHWH. Send me.” Isaiah 6:8 I’ve been playing catch up back at home this week, after being gone to Convention all the last week. Still continuing to create a… Continue reading →

Pray & Play {video}

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New video up. Pray & Play*, Restorative/healing creativity. Faith+Art Video ⬇️ I already posted a written article on this, a couple weeks ago. I finally got the video edited, if you prefer to watch. What verse has God laid on your heart recently, that you can meditate on while expressing your soul and worship creatively? If my content is helpful, please consider Subscribing to my YouTube channel, as well as here. Thanks. 👩🏻‍🎨

Why Post “Ugly Art”

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Why do I post unfinished, messy middle, even ugly art? It is not what it will be. It is the beginning of something new. It will be transformed step-by-step, layer by layer–just like our lives. Beauty from Ashes! ~Liberty My goal in writing, creating, and sharing is not to impress you with my art (or any other) skills. (Nor incite shame for any lack of them.) My goal is to encourage YOU to create. Regardless of your talents or lack of them. For you to know that anyone can create–and everyone should! I post for you to be free to… Continue reading →

Restorative Creativity

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Some Pray & Play* time. Creativity based on just being present in the moment. Having no agenda or direction. No goal to “finish it.” Not even “practicing” a specific thing. Just Creative Freedom—for Restoration! Continue reading →

When Your Soul Needs Peace

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When there are so many unsettling things in this world surrounding us… 💜 I swing my porch swing, on these beautiful, quiet nights with a cool breeze, the insects chirping. Swinging is so soothing. 💜 I attend a candlelight prayer vigil, with over 100 others. We pray. We encourage. We sing. 💜 I invest in soul settling creativity time. Just putting color and texture to the page. I’ll finish them when the time is right. When your soul needs peace, just create. No plan, no finished art piece. Just rest in the moment, and let color and texture express your… Continue reading →

Light Overcomes

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Last night, my heart was heavy. I knew I needed some creative meditative time. The feeling of “Play” wasn’t there. The “Pray” was heavily dominant in my Pray & Play time. I felt like collaging. Just gluing all the torn pieces together—into a heart of love. The scripture above came immediately to my mind. The quote above came across my feed. But as I dumped my envelope of book and music pages collage fodder on my desk, this verse was at the top of a scrap, on the top of my pile. ❤️ The light shines in the darkness, and… Continue reading →

[Final Notification] He Restores My Soul

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Just a friendly reminder about He Restores My Soul—a transformative Faith+Art journey through Psalm 23! Early Bird pricing ends tonight!  👩🏻‍🎨 I’m so excited to invite you to my He Restores My Soul soul- transforming Faith+Art course! 🎨 This course is all about exploring Psalm 23, and the restoration of our souls that Jesus provides. We will work through the meaning and application of each verse in this Psalm, and then in response, express our worship and prayers to God through the soul-transforming creative process of Mixed Media Art.  🫟 Early Bird Special price: $47 until Sept 1! Coupon Code for discount… Continue reading →

2–How Mixed Media Can Transform Your Life

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Part 2 of How Mixed Media Ruined My Art—But changed my Life! Please Read Part 1 first. This healing and freeing process also brought liberty to my creative teaching. I’ve always taught a wide variety of creative endeavors—in many different “mediums”, from fabric to yarn to paper to many others. As you can imagine, I used to only teach what I felt I could do with a completely predictable outcome, a perfect finished product. Through my healing journey, I also discovered that so many people don’t create, not because they don’t want to, but because they think they can’t. They… Continue reading →

How Mixed Media Ruined My Art

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How Mixed Media Ruined My Art… But brought healing to my soul. Perhaps you can relate in some way. Are you being held back from creating because you think you can’t do it? Won’t be any good at it? Don’t have any natural talent for it? Can’t take the time to do it if it doesn’t turn out great? Were you driven to perfectionism as a child? Or did an abuser shame you into it as an adult? Were you an overachiever? Put that pressure on yourself? What holds you back? My Journey Creating with a goal of perfection came… Continue reading →

It’s Worth It!

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Sometimes you just need to create for the sake of the fun-the calming-the therapeutic benefits. No outcome in mind. No goal. No cares as to whether it’s “pretty” or not. Just creating to create. And it’s worth it! You are worthy to take time to create!Creating just to create contributes to your wholeness—spirit, soul, and body! Last week, I spent creative time just making backgrounds. Experimenting with color combos. Utilizing various techniques. Playing. Practicing. Relaxing. No cares. No holdbacks. No finished product or page as a goal. Just creative time to engage my body. Calm my mind. Refresh my spirit…. Continue reading →