I am creating a series of art and poems based on the words Jesus spoke to women. This poem is based on the account of Jesus’ words to a Mary and Martha in Luke 10:38-42. You can see a video of the art creation HERE or below. *updated from an earlier version on 5/11/23 I have always been headstrongoften in the the wrong directionleaving wreckand ruininside and out my bruised hearta well dug deepsoaks up shifting shadows,a turn of the mouth,the spaces...
I do a simple watercolor activity with friends at a local community center called Our Community Place once a month. I’ve been painting watercolor birds these past few weeks, so this week I used my iPad and Apple Pencil to create a paint (or color) page of local birds here in the Shenandoah Valley. I thought you might enjoy painting this page too! You can look up the birds and their colors, or you can dream up your own...
I am creating a series of art and poems based on the words Jesus spoke to women. This poem is based on the account of Jesus’ words to a woman with a curved spine found in Luke 13:10-13. He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath day. Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years. She was bent over, and could in no way straighten herself up. When Jesus saw her, he called her, and said...
My business has changed a lot over the last 10 years! I started off making cute animal prints for nursery decor on Etsy. In 2015, I started writing this blog and created my first Bible verse printable. I was looking for Bible coloring pages to do with my kids, and I couldn’t find what I was looking for. That led to creating my printable Bible verse cards and coloring pages. In 2018, I started exploring watercolor, and that led...
I am creating a series of art and poems based on the words Jesus spoke to women. This poem is based on the account of Jesus’ conversation with Martha found in Luke 10:38-42. spices, shopping lists, times, menus, moneyI hold my homein my head my place fixedkneading for needs,tangible and solid a well-ordered house of peacewhere no one walks awayhungry but today’s tasksrun dizzying circleswhile Mary sits absorbing my slower sisternearly touching his feetassumes a learner’s pose irritation sours meuntil I burstto...
“God, how are you going to do this?” I felt like I have faced the impossible this year and seen God move in miraculous ways. Yet even now, there are situations big and small that seem impossible. I can’t control them. I can’t fix them. A while ago, I was reading through Luke and noticed the two passages below right next to each other in the account of the events before Jesus’ birth (I am highlighting the parts that...
