When multiple friends and family members received ugly and scary diagnoses, Sybil MacBeth found herself exhausted by the words of her prayers and stymied by a lack of focus.
One summer day, she retreated to her back porch for a session of mindless doodling with a basket of her favorite colored markers. She drew a shape, put the name of a friend inside, and added lines and color. She drew another shape with another name and added detail and color. When the page was covered with designs and names, Sybil realized she had prayed. The action of drawing was a wordless offering of friends and family into the care of God. The page of drawings became a visual reminder to pray. This was the beginning of Praying in Color.
Enjoy doodling? Trying to find a way of quietly spending time with God?
Join Sybil Macbeth and find a beautiful way to do both. Children and adults will love this resource.
Here’s what you need to get started:
1) Paper
2) Pen
3) Colored markers or colored pencils or colored gel pens
4) A table or clipboard or book to put your paper on.
Dowmload the excerices below:
Praying in colour information sheet
Share with us
Share your photos of your doodles: ddcc@derrydiocese.org or post them on social media – remember to include @DerryDiocesanCC on Facebook or @derrydiocese on Twitter so we can share them!
