Yarnalong: Chain Reaction Afghan and "The Jesus Prayer" by Frederica Mathewes-Green

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.

More yarny and literary goodness over at Small Things.

Peace of Christ to you,

Jessica Snell