I'm reading "The Jesus Prayer: The Ancient Desert Prayer that Tunes the Heart to God" by Frederica Mathewes-Green, and I'm working on the Chain Reaction Afghan for my daughter.
Here are a few of the finished squares of the afghan:
Different techniques for each square, which keeps it fun:
The book, like all of Mathewes-Green's books, is good. Here's a quotation:
The things we lay down firmly in our memories matter. They endure. If you take the words of the Jesus Prayer and "write them on the tablet of your heart" (Prov. 3:3), on the day when you are far away on the gray sea of Alzheimer's, the Prayer will still be there, keeping your hand clasped in the hand of the Lord.
A nun had been assigned to care for an elderly monk with advanced dementia. One day his babbling was of a kind that was distressing to her. Suddenly he broke free, as it were, looked her in the eye and said, "Dear sister, you are upset because of what I am saying. But do not fear. Inside, I am with God."So good. I'm reading this one slowly, mulling and thinking and letting it soak in.
More squares. A woven one:
A medallion:
I think my daughter is really going to like her blanket when it's done.
Peace of Christ to you,
Jessica Snell
15 comments:
Such beautiful squares you have created! Love all the color combinations :)
OH.MY.GOSH!
I am so going to have to do this - when I am done with the rest of my stuff - maybe, maybe I won't wait!
what a fantastic way to use up the stash (of which I have a tremendous one!)
Thank you for stopping by my online-home - looks like I will be visiting here more often!
Blessings
Karen
How have I never heard of that book? Sounds absolutely fascinating! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog! Oh, and my husband and I are pretty squarely opposites on the personality scale, too.
Great variety of squares--looks like it will be a really fun afghan for your daughter.
I love the quote from your book--memorization of Scripture is so important!
Very pretty and it looks very hard!
So lovely! I really need to learn crochet so I can make some lovely afghans!
I think she will too. it will be amazing
Wow, those squares are fantastic: and such a great idea since I have the attention span of a gnat!!
The squares are gorgeous! I love the woven one.
Wow! Those squares are beautiful!
That first square is my favorite! Beautiful colors. The book sounds very interesting.
I just LOVE the medallion square! It's beautiful.
JNCL
The Beauty of Eclecticism
Oh, that afghan will be gorgeous!!!
xo
those are really beautiful!
I love projects where you get to try out new skills and techniques! This will definitely be a great afghan.
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