Visual Faith- Christmas Prayer Calendars

 I start some things that SEEM

 like a great idea for Visual Faith practices,

but don't always follow through.

Anyone else like that?

4 calendars-for Advent.

BUT, they were all so different 

and I DID have 4 devotionals

 I was anxious to read.

My friend-

 Bev Wicher designed this calendar.

I used a Frederick Buchner devotion called-

Moving Toward the Manger.

Remember -

 I pick out 4 colored pencils before I start - 

and those are the colors

 I use for the whole calendar.

  My friend - 

Sybil MacBeth designed this calendar.

I used a Henri J. M. Nouwen devotional called-

Jesus- God's Promise.

 Sybil also designed this calendar-

 I love all the space to add extra doodles

 and tangles in prayer time 

around each space.

 My friend- 

Pat Maier designed this calendar.

I read Chad Bird's Glory to God in the Highest.

For me this year- it was a bit different 

in a recovery mode with cataract surgery

 on both eyes and not driving anywhere.

So I had a bit more time to do 4 calendars.

Besides, 

don't I have great and talented friends?

 I loved the words, the prayer time,

 the readings, 

and the heart of Advent in this practice.

 Thanks Lord, for your blessing

 of faithfulness to bring it to completion.